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THOREAU’S SEACH FOR PLACE:
From New York City (1843) to Walden Pond
Paul H. Carr
www.MirrorOfNature.org
I.THOREAU’S SEACH FOR PLACE:
From New York City (1843) to Walden Pond
II. PRESERVING THOREAU’S & OUR
PLACE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
In the spring of 1843, Henry David Thoreau, 26 years
old, set off for New York City to seek his place in the
city’s sparkling literary scene.
Ralph Waldo Emerson had made arrangements
for Henry to live with Waldo’s brother Judge
William Emerson on Staten Island to tutor son
Willie.
Ralph Waldo Emerson with Brother William
From Staten Island’s natural beauty, Henry made frequent
trips to Manhattan to advance his ambition of becoming a
great writer.
Map of blue ferry route from Staten island to Manhattan
Thoreau met such literary figures as poet Walt Whitman,
Herman Melville, and Henry James (father of the novelist).
Poet Walt Whitman
Thoreau met editor of the Tribune Horace Greeley
Unfortunately Henry’s nature writing
was not well received in the city
dedicated to money and power: He wrote
to Emerson,
“Literature comes to a poor market here,
and even the little that I write is more
than will sell.”
Henry, searching for his individuality in
the crowds among the city’s affluence and
squalor wrote:
“The pigs in the street are the most
respectable part of the population. When
will the world learn that a million men are of
no importance compared with one man?”
Discouraged in December 1843, Thoreau returned
home to Concord, where he determined to “be
humbly who you are.”
In 1845, Henry found his place and voice in the
cabin he built on Walden Pond, where he
completed A Week…, his first drafts of Walden, and
Civil Disobedience.
Henry’s sojourn in New York provided an
experience of the most hectic and temporal of
cities that gave a strong impetus to his lifelong
project: cultivating the garden amid the machines.
II.PRESERVING THOREAU’S & OUR
PLACE FROM RISING SEA LEVELS
Most recent prediction for 2100: 2 to 6 feet
13
Sea levels rising 2-4 feet by 2100 will flood Boston, Harvard U.14
The rate of sea
level increase
correlates with
the blue line of
CO2 increase.
Sea level rise is a proxy
for global temperature,
due to thermal
expansion (50%) &
the melting of ice (50%)
Sea level rise rate has
increased 4 times:
3.1 mm/year
( 1 ft/100 yr. ) now
from 0.8 mm/year in
1900
15
Prophetic Pope Francis:
• Stop plundering our planet for profit,
the poor suffering the most.
200 Page Encyclical
Laudato Si:
On Care for our
Common Home.
June 2015
Prophetic Pope Francis:
• “The economic and social costs of using up shared
environmental resources are recognized with
transparency and fully borne by those who incur
them.”
• Carbon dioxide polluters should pay, including us.
200 Page Encyclical
Laudato Si:
On Care for our
Common Home.
June 2015
SOLUTIONS TO GOBAL
WARMING
Electric Cars powered by non
carbon emitting:
• Windmills
• Solar Cells
• Nuclear Fission Power
Plants
Electric cars
getting the
equivalent of 100
miles per gallon
are now available.
Thoreau's Search for Place: From NY City (1843) to Walden Pond
The Coming Climate Crash:
Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession
By HENRY M. PAULSON Jr. Secretary of the Treasury under Pres. George W. Bush.
Co-Author of www.RiskyBusiness.org JUNE 21,
2014http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/lessons-for-climate-change-in-
the-2008-recession.html
“We’re staring down a climate bubble that poses enormous risks to
both our environment and economy. The warning signs are clear and
growing more urgent as the risks go unchecked.
A tax on carbon emissions will unleash a wave of innovation to
develop technologies, lower the costs of clean energy and create jobs
as we and other nations develop new energy products and
infrastructure.
Climate change is the challenge of our time. We’ve seen and felt the
costs of underestimating the financial bubble. Let’s not ignore the
climate bubble.”
I.THOREAU’S SEACH FOR PLACE:
From New York City (1843) to Walden Pond
II. PRESERVING THOREAU’S & OUR
PLANET from CLIMATE CHANGE.

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Thoreau's Search for Place: From NY City (1843) to Walden Pond

  • 1. THOREAU’S SEACH FOR PLACE: From New York City (1843) to Walden Pond Paul H. Carr www.MirrorOfNature.org
  • 2. I.THOREAU’S SEACH FOR PLACE: From New York City (1843) to Walden Pond II. PRESERVING THOREAU’S & OUR PLACE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
  • 3. In the spring of 1843, Henry David Thoreau, 26 years old, set off for New York City to seek his place in the city’s sparkling literary scene.
  • 4. Ralph Waldo Emerson had made arrangements for Henry to live with Waldo’s brother Judge William Emerson on Staten Island to tutor son Willie. Ralph Waldo Emerson with Brother William
  • 5. From Staten Island’s natural beauty, Henry made frequent trips to Manhattan to advance his ambition of becoming a great writer.
  • 6. Map of blue ferry route from Staten island to Manhattan
  • 7. Thoreau met such literary figures as poet Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Henry James (father of the novelist). Poet Walt Whitman
  • 8. Thoreau met editor of the Tribune Horace Greeley
  • 9. Unfortunately Henry’s nature writing was not well received in the city dedicated to money and power: He wrote to Emerson, “Literature comes to a poor market here, and even the little that I write is more than will sell.” Henry, searching for his individuality in the crowds among the city’s affluence and squalor wrote:
  • 10. “The pigs in the street are the most respectable part of the population. When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man?”
  • 11. Discouraged in December 1843, Thoreau returned home to Concord, where he determined to “be humbly who you are.” In 1845, Henry found his place and voice in the cabin he built on Walden Pond, where he completed A Week…, his first drafts of Walden, and Civil Disobedience. Henry’s sojourn in New York provided an experience of the most hectic and temporal of cities that gave a strong impetus to his lifelong project: cultivating the garden amid the machines.
  • 12. II.PRESERVING THOREAU’S & OUR PLACE FROM RISING SEA LEVELS
  • 13. Most recent prediction for 2100: 2 to 6 feet 13
  • 14. Sea levels rising 2-4 feet by 2100 will flood Boston, Harvard U.14
  • 15. The rate of sea level increase correlates with the blue line of CO2 increase. Sea level rise is a proxy for global temperature, due to thermal expansion (50%) & the melting of ice (50%) Sea level rise rate has increased 4 times: 3.1 mm/year ( 1 ft/100 yr. ) now from 0.8 mm/year in 1900 15
  • 16. Prophetic Pope Francis: • Stop plundering our planet for profit, the poor suffering the most. 200 Page Encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home. June 2015
  • 17. Prophetic Pope Francis: • “The economic and social costs of using up shared environmental resources are recognized with transparency and fully borne by those who incur them.” • Carbon dioxide polluters should pay, including us. 200 Page Encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home. June 2015
  • 18. SOLUTIONS TO GOBAL WARMING Electric Cars powered by non carbon emitting: • Windmills • Solar Cells • Nuclear Fission Power Plants Electric cars getting the equivalent of 100 miles per gallon are now available.
  • 20. The Coming Climate Crash: Lessons for Climate Change in the 2008 Recession By HENRY M. PAULSON Jr. Secretary of the Treasury under Pres. George W. Bush. Co-Author of www.RiskyBusiness.org JUNE 21, 2014http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/lessons-for-climate-change-in- the-2008-recession.html “We’re staring down a climate bubble that poses enormous risks to both our environment and economy. The warning signs are clear and growing more urgent as the risks go unchecked. A tax on carbon emissions will unleash a wave of innovation to develop technologies, lower the costs of clean energy and create jobs as we and other nations develop new energy products and infrastructure. Climate change is the challenge of our time. We’ve seen and felt the costs of underestimating the financial bubble. Let’s not ignore the climate bubble.”
  • 21. I.THOREAU’S SEACH FOR PLACE: From New York City (1843) to Walden Pond II. PRESERVING THOREAU’S & OUR PLANET from CLIMATE CHANGE.