World Monuments Endangered
We always hear about the side effects of drugs--legal and otherwise. But many other productions of modern civilization also have side effects.A side effect common to many modern pursuits is the destruction/deterioration of the structures created long before this millenium.
The World Monument Fund has a link to a list of such endangered places.
Not only is the list unhappily long, but the categories into which the list is divided provide a litany of mistakes we are making, and have made:
Sites Threatened by Global Climate Change
Sites Threatened by Conflict
Sites Threatened by Economic and Development Pressures
Reading this list, you should be struck by the breadth and depth of our success at destruction. It does seem at times, to be what we are best at.
By the way -- I came to this list via a list I've subscribed to for years from a librarian named Marylaine Block. The email list is called Neat New Stuff and can be subscribed to here.
2007-06-29 03:07:16
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