The World Without Us perspective. Chauncey Mabe of the "South Florida Sun-Sentinel" calls the book "one of the most satisfying environmental books of recent memory, one devoid of self-righteousness, alarmism or tiresome doomsaying". Tom Spears of the CanWest News Service concludes "it's more a portrait of ourselves, taken through an odd lens" and "[s]ometimes an obituary is the best biography". The book is categorized as non-fiction science but some commentators emphasize it may be better described as speculative fiction. "The World Without Us" is grounded in environmental and science journalism. Like other environmental books, it discusses the impact that the human race has had
One Block Off the Grid remained however more active and widely known than its parent company. It was bought in 2012 by Pure Energies Group, a closely held Toronto-based solar panel manufacturer that credited its ability to make the purchase to Ontario's 2009 Green Energy Act. Pure Energies vice president Chris Stern would not give a price for the acquisition but said he expected the new enterprise to be making $50 million by the end of 2012. One Block Off the Grid One Block Off the Grid, or 1BOG, is a US solar company that works with the largest solar providers in the nation to