It's officially Earth Week, and what better way to kick it off in the book lounge than with a summary of our Babble Book Club conversation on Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Last Friday, we had special guest Eric Doherty, a Registered Professional Planner in Vancouver, join us in the book lounge to add a little perspective and depth into the issues of transit infrastructure and city planning presented in Straphanger.

­Babble Book Club's next selection is Things Fall Apart by acclaimed African novelist Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart describes the story of Okonkwo and his family and their struggle to preserve the customs and society of the Igbo amidst the pressure and influence of British colonialism and Christian missionaries during the late nineteenth century.

The Babble Book Club will be hosting Registered Professional Planner Eric Doherty of Ecopath Planning for the discussion of the transit-oriented book Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile by Taras Grescoe this Friday April 12 at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST. Eric will join the conversation for one hour on our established babble thread to provide insight on the world of public transit and alternative transit and city planning.