"But cities everywhere are in fact much more ecologically efficient than rural suburban living. City dwellers use only half as much electricity as people in less dense areas, and if a city has a good transit system, they drive far less. (Manhattan, in a seeming paradox, is therefore by far the "greenest" American city.)"
I found this to be the most fascinating of all the reading, being that not only did they address our prejudice to city living, they put a truth before us which annihilates that prejudice. We think of cities as dirty and emitting massive amounts of polluted air, and though that may be true to an extent, according to this book, rural living is less ecologically efficient.
Concerning the Mary Oliver portion- before she began writing, she mentioned how for most of her life, she has carried a notebook in her pocket to record numerous different things that she described as important to her "permanently or temporary." I love this because I do the same, but on my phone. Also- "it is better for the heart to break than not to break." ..A heavy, somewhat controversial thought.
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