Terri E. (stocktonmalonefan) - reviewed on 9/12/2011 + 58 more book reviews

This book makes you really think about how we are all connected on this planet and how everything each of us does, choices we make, affect each other.

It's written well, highly informative and thought provoking. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because after reading it I felt very depressed and defeated. I didn't feel there was enough info on how each of us can really make a difference. Maybe there was and I focused on the negative, I don't know. I just know it scared the pee out of me.

I don't think I'll ever be able to buy a new computer without thinking what happens to all of our old ones.

We definitely need to wake up and change how we live, this book will give you that insight.

Reader beware: I found it to be very discouraging.

I still would recommend it to everyone, I would just prefer it had some upbeat ideas in it with more hope for mankind. I recycle, I don't drink out of plastic bottles, I conserve water and try my best to conserve energy-use around our house. I grow my own garden. After reading this book, I realize I need to do much, much more than that.

I had already changed my mind about buying everything "new" a while back. But there are some things that I see American's and other developed nations will have trouble giving up(including me), new appliances, new TV's, new computers--it's a constantly changing technical world out there and everyone wants to have the latest and best model. My parents kept a refrigerator for over twenty-five years. Now we are lucky if we can squeeze ten years out of one. So ask yourself, if 75% of the population is buying this stuff new, what's happening to the old appliances etc. that we toss?

Read this book to find out.

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