Thom has spent much of his life working with and for the. In 1979 Hartmann and his wife Louise founde Thom Hartmann is a progressive radio talk show host, author, and retired businessman who was born and grew up in Michigan.

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The main point he makes about this (and also follows throughout his book) us that they also don't try to impose their own beliefs to someone who has a set of different ones. Never once in the book did he tell someone to convert. He just tells us to take a moment and question what the ORIGINAL point of our religion, government, etc. This book is such an amazing and eye-opening experience. It really makes you question the society we live in today and wonder in what ways we can start connecting to nature again.

These words of Albert Einstein are apt in their placement within this book. This is the core of the book, and contains the true sentiment of what the author was trying to convey, in many if not all aspects of the way we have chosen to live today. With the end of one fuel supply fast approaching (oil), hence the title of this book which I think clever, many other facets of life are discussed in an Older Culture versus Younger Culture 'The Ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.' These words of Albert Einstein are apt in their placement within this book. This is the core of the book, and contains the true sentiment of what the author was trying to convey, in many if not all aspects of the way we have chosen to live today.

There's nothing like sitting for 2 hours pounding corn in a hollowed out log with the end of a piece of rebar so you can feed your chickens to make you think 6 minutes of electricity and your little food mill is a gift of the intellect - that ancient wisdom, sustainability AND modest modern convenience would make the best of all worlds. This is a half-baked treatise that uses global warming and peak oil as a rationale for 'spiritual' living.

BOOK REVIEW The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann Three Rivers Press, New York, NY, 2004 Reviewed by Dagny Mofid It is a rare and wonderful thing when a book has the ability to change the way you see the. I noticed a reference a few weeks ago to Thom Hartmann’s book, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight. Compares the Younger Cultures of the last 10,000 years.

Call to action - take some responsibility for your part in the destruction or thriving of life on earth. You're either part of the problem or the solution - no innocent passive witnesses. Need to change the story/idea/mythology of our culture. We are currently an immature culture, where we view ourselves as separate from the rest, the most important, wanting immediate gratification without thinking of tomorrows consequences. Ideal customers for religious cult of consumerism.

He shows that from as early as Mesopotamia, natural resources were eradicated by consistent consumption, eventually causing the fall of the civilization itself. This pattern, he argues, keeps on occurring for each city-state civilization that arises, including ancient Greece, Rome, China, and many others up to this day. He provides arguments from the likes of Aristotle portraying humans as the masters of nature and links these convictions with the tendency of cities to expand, seeking more power. This paves the way to the comparison between the domination nature of city-states communities and the cooperation culture of tribal communities, which is the main theme of the second chapter. For more than a hundred thousand years, tribes generally lived peacefully and sustainably until the arrival of the dominant culture of city-states.

Actual science and studies are thin on the ground. I really should have guessed that something was up when looking at the recommendations: they are from the authors of 'The Crack in the Cosmic Egg', 'Conversations with God', 'Conscious Evolution', 'The Shaman's Doorway', 'A Deep Breath of Life' and 'Voice of the Planet'. I read to the point where he started talking about the indoctrinating This is a half-baked treatise that uses global warming and peak oil as a rationale for 'spiritual' living. Actual science and studies are thin on the ground. I really should have guessed that something was up when looking at the recommendations: they are from the authors of 'The Crack in the Cosmic Egg', 'Conversations with God', 'Conscious Evolution', 'The Shaman's Doorway', 'A Deep Breath of Life' and 'Voice of the Planet'.

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The premise with which I took such exception is that 'city-states' (that is all material progress - all civilization as we know it) is like a cancer. Not the excessive materialism, but all of it - the progress and the immoderation all together. He cannot find one kind word to say about material progress from Gilgamesh in Sumeria, through Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Incas, etc. Well, friends, I read this book while I was marooned.

(And this revised copy was published in 2004!) I absolutely loved the way the author presented facts to us. He did such a good job in explaining the differences between the Older Cultures and the Younger Cultures. Usually, as a Buddhist, it's hard for me to read text that talks about religion (since the author always seemed to be trying to impose their religion on the reader), but Thom Hartmann was an exception. In this book, he tells us that differences between communities are absolutely natural, and it wasn't until the birth of the Younger Culture that identified differences as negative. In the Younger Cultures, we LOVE to conform.

The guy has such an annoying way of combining facts that aren't even remotely linked just to prove his point. Like on location 1074: 'While we’re accumulating wealth and consuming resources at this incredible rate, thousands of people die from hunger worldwide every hour.' Yes those two facts are true but are they linked? Would people not die from hunger if we weren't consuming wealth? And there are a number of other examples like this.

Started reading this 4 years ago but somehow got distracted and didn't take up on the challenge of finishing it only one fine day 4 years later. It is definitely spiritually motivated, however some of the chapters sounded very hippie like, which quite a unexpected Not what a initially expected or bought it in the first place. As i thought it was a book about climate change, but as it turns out it's a book that's more than that. Before moving any further I must say it's been quite an experience. Started reading this 4 years ago but somehow got distracted and didn't take up on the challenge of finishing it only one fine day 4 years later. It is definitely spiritually motivated, however some of the chapters sounded very hippie like, which quite a unexpected yet mysterious pathway I am not entirely familiar with. Nevertheless worth a read.

His daily progressive radio talk show is syndicated and distributed to radio and television stations nationwide and in Europe and Africa. Thom has spent much of his life working with and for the. In 1979 Hartmann and his wife Louise founded whose main purpose is to provide a home and a nurturing environment for neglected and emotionally disturbed children and New England Salem Childrens Trust (NESCT). Hartmann served as NESCT's Executive Director for five years, and on its board for over 25 years. Through his affliiation with German Salem International organization and with that group he helped start international relief programs in Uganda, Colombia, Russia, Israel, India, Australia, and several other countries between 1979 and today. Thom Hartmann introduced the theory of hunters and farmers in his groundbreaking.

But then it is good to read things that you don't agree with - it offers the opportunity to learn something new. I learned a different way of looking at the 'Older Cultures' - that is the tribal cultures. I learned a very interesting method of sustainable farming used in the Amazon by (I think) the Kayapo tribe.

By Cooperating Old Cultures will last longer and be much more sustainable. But to get to this point there will be a crash. Can Old Cultural ideas of cooperation, relationship, friendship, caring for strangers out last the fall of Young Culture. This will be the main issue facing mindful people V those who must win. Another question is will those my age see the beginnings of this crash caused by Young Culture thinking. This is also a question that Hartman could not answer. It should be interesting.

An expert in Portuguese history would immediately disagree, putting 1500 A.D as the correct date. These mistakes might leave the informed reader disappointed. Despite the blatant errors, there is a lot to enjoy in Hartmann’s writings. Fundamentally, he brings hope, reason and practical solutions to change humanity’s path towards redemption. The best part of the book was the first third, or the section titled 'We're Running Out of Ancient Sunlight.'

The younger cultures value productivity, accumulation and individualism. He gives many examples to illustrate his points making this an interesting read, not academic at all. The first part of the book describes the problems: higher concentrations of CO2; loss of diversity with increased plant and animal extinctions; exploitations of the poor and the increasing wealth gap between the rich and poor; deforestation; attempts to privatize a basic human need: water; and continuing human slavery. But the second part explores how we can look back at older ways of thinking and redefine our relationship with the world and with each other. As I was reading, I thought about the Massai I met in Kenya and the recent documentary I watched about the Amish. Both cultures seem backward to a society totally dependent on a diminishing resource, yet they are more prepared to survive the collapse of industrialism than I am.

I am giving the ideas and information in this book short shrift: they are deep, complex, and compelling. There is much more I could say, but why don't I leave it to you to discover for yourself? Go on.read it! If you'd like the Cliff Notes, Leonardo DiCaprio made a documentary based on this book called The 11th Hour. Most books like this leave me feeling depressed and helpless.

Last Hours Of Ancient Sunlight Review

This book delves into the past, the far past whe A very easy to read book yet thought provoking book. Our society is built on teh use of ancient sunlight, we fight wars over it, since it is a limited resource. The civilizations before us did the same and in the end collapsed because they forgot something vitally important.the we are part of nature and it is part of us.

I learned a very interesting method of sustainable farming used in the Amazon by (I think) the Kayapo tribe. I really give the author credit for realizing that no specific measures can save the planet from the fix we've put it in - it will take a change of mindset. That is something that I do agree with wholeheartedly - and for that reason I feel the book is generally worth reading (3 stars). However, the book cannot possibly succeed in its aim of encouraging a different mindset, because it is written in a way to put off anyone who does not already pretty much already agree with him. He repeatedly denigrates the beliefs of many serious religious folk and even of most thinking modern secular folks. He wants to unite, but he takes the soap box for one political party - how does he think he is going to sell 'cooperation' to members of the other party?

Perhaps it did. My favorite part of the book, however, is not its message of challenge and hope to humanity.

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Our 'progress', not just over the past 200 or so years, but Hartmann argues since ancient Mesopotamia (Epic of Gilgamesh), has been based off of either stolen light energy (slavery) or Cold, depressing assessment of our planet's current energy situation and what lead up to it. Enjoyed the concept of all energy being light transformed, with the distinction between current light energy (crops grown, wind blowing, light shining *today*) versus past light energy (fossil fuels etc.) that are stored. Our 'progress', not just over the past 200 or so years, but Hartmann argues since ancient Mesopotamia (Epic of Gilgamesh), has been based off of either stolen light energy (slavery) or past light energy (burning coal or wood at unsustainable rates, other fossil fuels). Hartmann goes on to refer to cultures that grew by these means as 'younger' cultures, versus 'older cultures' which have a fundamentally different view of resources, sustainability, community and our relationship to the planet.