Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places (Paperback)

from debnance

How does this sound for a vacation: A fun-filled trip to Chernobyl, the site of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents? Or how about a boat cruise down the Yamuna River, India's most polluted river? Don't leave out possible trips to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or a visit to the site of th...

from shelbycassie

This book was funny yet informative. I learned how we cannot just look at populated places the way we are used to. There is more to the picture.

from carolfoisset

kinda weird to say that I enjoyed this book, but I did! Blackwell's perspective on polluted places is thought provoking and I found it interesting to learn a bit more about these places. Curious about what Blackwell is doing now, but I couldn't find much info!

from zmagic69

Most stories and books dealing with the environment are written by loony lefty's who would seem to be happy if we Immediately banned everything and walked everywhere all in the name of the planet. The author of this book is funny, intelligent, and thought provoking. The environmental movement wou...

from melydia

The author visits places of notorious environmental damage: Chernobyl, the oil sands pits of Canada, the refineries of Texas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the coal mines of China, the shrinking Amazon rainforest, and the feces-filled rivers of India. There is a surprising (and somewhat refres...