A World Without Us....New York without New Yorkers wouldn't quite be the same

Fascinating idea for a book -- Alan Weisman follows the ecological evolution of the city if all the people were gone. He describes all the processes that lead to the city becoming a forest again. A good read for fans of the Apocalypse, archaeology, or members of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.

There's a great article in the New York Times -- "The World Without New Yorkers (No Cockroaches or Rats, Either)" By Sewell Chan

"Manhattan Island kind of epitomizes urbanity. The thought of all this concrete and steel reverting to forest is unthinkable, and yet it turns out there was a forest there before. My question when I went to New York – and it’s a question I posed to civil engineers, architects, climatologists, botanists and biologists — was: Could the city ever revert to a forest again? And the unanimous conclusion was: Absolutely. Not only would it, but it will."

be sure to check out the multimedia section of the book's website, it has some cool slideshows and more about the book itself.


thanks to Lia for the link