----------- Forwarded message ----------- From: Twin Cities WO Chapter President Wild Ones, Native Plants, Natural Landscapes
WO'ers and other interested parties: The National Wild Ones office has recommended info on the following book be passed around. It sends out a frightening alarm. The authors, Andy and Sally Wasowski are honorary Wild Ones Directiors. -----Original Message----- From: Execdirector Sunday, May 09, 2004 To: Wild Ones Subject: Requiem 2nd Edition Sally & Andy Wasowski and Taylor Trade Books are pleased ---make that delighted � to announce that the Updated and Expanded Second Edition of our Requiem for a Lawnmower: Gardening in a Warmer, Drier World is now available! Requiem originally came out in 1991, and garnered rave reviews, such as: �Extremely well-written. I�m going to tell everyone I know about it.� Gardening Author Ken Druse �Between global warming and the increased demand for fresh water, the Wasowskis� crusade for using locally adapted native species has never been more sensible and urgent.� Audubon Magazine �Extraordinarily good, solid and always interesting information. A treasure for all who turn these pages.� Bob Thomson, PBS�s �The Victory Garden� �Down home, common sense, and sometimes brutally honest perceptions. Some will make you laugh and all will make you think.� Fine Gardening �It�s humorous, it�s chatty, it�s full of useful information.� Florida Native Plant Society �The tone is as comfortable as a porch swing.� Dallas Morning News The authors of nine books on native landscaping and environmentally friendly gardening, the Wasowskis have also written over a hundred articles for numerous national and regional gardening magazines as well as the gardening sections of newspapers all over the country. They are popular speakers at gardening and environmental conferences, and have also appeared on National Public Radio�s �Talk of the Nation,� �Living on Earth,� and �All Things Considered.� Please tell your members about Requiem for a Lawnmower. The authors have a limited supply of review copies, available on a first-come-first-served basis. Contact them at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or, you can obtain a copy through Amazon. For discount prices on bulk orders, contact the publisher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR�Please Feel Free to Use this Review that was written by Lorrie Otto. Lorrie Otto is a nationally respected environmental activist and a founder of The Wild Ones, an organization dedicated to promoting natural landscapes. It has over 3,000 members in 40 chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Newsweek magazine called her �the high priestess� of the natural landscaping movement. In 1998, Lorrie was awarded the �Connie,� the National Wildlife Federation�s Conservation Achievement Award. Our first view from outer space was of a glorious green-blue planet so special that we wept. Today the astronauts� cameras show brown-beige consuming our earth. We look with horror and shame. Our oceans are in terrible trouble with large dead spots caused by pesticides and fertilizers. Clean water is becoming scarce. The earth is indeed becoming warmer and drier. And individuals as well as corporations can certainly be blamed for environmental mismanagement of the land. Sally and Andy Wasowski are landscaping naturalists who can help the public address the warning of the WARMING! Requiem for a Lawnmower is such a satisfying title for their latest book. And, as its subtitle indicates, this new edition reflects our environmental concerns. Written with wit and wisdom, Requiem escorts us into a world of common sense gardening and respect for our endangered habitats. Sally and Andy offer us a way to go with our thoughts and our energy. Requiem can inspire homeowners to create beautiful healthy and diverse landscapes that are also environmentally responsible. Of course, neither national nor local governments will help us; politicians are too locked in with lawn-care companies. Only our conscience can give us strength and support. Being a patriotic person is a bit more than just flying an American flag; we can do better. Can we really justify the use of power equipment that adds to the ozone threat, the warming of the earth and the squandering of fossil fuels? As I write, the May migration is in full force, yet I hear no songbirds. Power mowers, blowers, clippers, edgers, spreaders, sweepers, shredders and chippers blast all the subtle and happy sounds of Spring out of my life. And now I read in the news that the new John Deere rider-mower is out with even more horse power and creature comforts: lumbar support, cruise control, automatic transmission, power ports for plugging in cell phones and CD players! Please God, let the Wasowskis win this one! And for a more detailed look at the authors and their books, visit their web site: botanicalmissionaries.com. ---------- End of Forwarded Message --------- Pat Neuman Memeber of Wild Ones Twin Cities Chapter ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
