from tnilsson

This is the first book I've read by Alex Shoumatoff, a journalist with at least 10 books to his credit who seems to have spent most of his adult life traveling the world to report on environmental problems for a variety of magazines (his 1986 article for Vanity Fair about Dian Fossey's murder was...

from DoctorDebt

This was the first of Alex Shoumatoff's books I've read. Part travelogue, part biography, and part environmentalist commentary, I found "The Wasting of Borneo" quite compelling. That being said, it was not what I expected. Only the second half or the book focuses on Borneo. The first half relates...

from CatsandCherryPie

I found "The Wasting of Borneo, Dispatches from a Vanishing World" a fascinating read. It is so sad that we do not look ahead to see the effect on other humans, animals and our environment in the quest for things that we believe we need. Do we really need palm oil? Is it really that healthy? Cert...

from annahesser

The collection of stories was fascinating, though it seemed to get a little lost toward the end of the book. The writing was great and the focus on individuals' personal stories as they related to the ecological conflict was more engaging than a simple explanation of the problems would have been....

from Sean191

Palm oil. Oh, horrible palm oil. I'm not being flippant. It's bad. It's a struggle today to do the right thing for the planet and for future generations, but even though I'm beginning to see why ignorance might truly be bliss, it's important to strive to gain an understanding of how our actions (...