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By a leading environmental authority, this consumer guide shows readers how they can make easy, everyday environmental choices. In the first years of the twenty-first century, we spent billions of dollars fighting the war on terror but not even one-half of one percent of this amount to tackle an issue that could devastate our planet and that is already taking its toll on our personal health and natural resources. In his testimonial and at times tragic e… More >>
Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown
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#1 by rose williams on May 9, 2010 - 11:40 pm
The book was what I was looking for in terms of what I could do as an individual to simplify my life and lighten the load that is facing our planet today. It has joined a whole shelf full of books that range from how to Simplify all the way to raising back yard livestock. Education and information is the key to change and I feel that I have taken the first step in changing my life for the better.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Stacey Kelman on May 9, 2010 - 11:54 pm
In Safe Trip to Eden, the author introduces an interesting concept called Green Patriotism, which is the call to Americans to protect our environment because it will ultimately strengthen our national security. He takes us on a trip across America and beyond (to the rainforest in Costa Rica, the San Juan Islands, the Adirondacks, etc.) and each place we learn something new about our current environmental state of affairs – the problems, what is being done by environmentalists to correct them, and how we can make choices in our own lives to support the solutions.
The author emphasizes our power as consumers in a capitalistic culture -that with each purchase decision we make, we cast a vote for more of the same. He also makes the point that environmentalism is not a partisan issue. While it has been associated with liberalism, he gives a history of Republicans and environmentalism in chapter 9.
The book is very comprehensive – it discusses the presence of petrochemical toxins in food and home products, the evolving green car industry, a facinating Pentagon risk assessment report on global warming, the rainforest as a source for herbs found in natural medicine, the treatment of livestock, the negative effects of underpricing in the marketplace, how to maintain sustainable forests, and much more.
Overall, it’s a facinating, empowing and very educating read. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5