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Title: The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living
ISBN: 1584796022
Author:
Josh Dorfman
Publicate Date: 2007-05-01
Publish: 2007-05-01
List Price: $14.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The Lazy Consumerist
The cover and description of this book makes it sound like it details easy and painless ways to be more environmentally friendly, or possibly a book telling you how certain things you think are environmentally friendly really aren't. In reality, it is an advertisement for companies that bill themselves as "green." All it does is list companies in different categories that bill themselves as environmentally friendly. If you are interested enough in the environment to pick up this book, you probably already know about a lot of them. You can find everything this book tells you for free on the internet if you are interested in making a purchase in one of these categories. But even easier (and lazier) is to just not buy this stuff in the first place. Don't waste your money on this book- just think of the trees you'll save!
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2: Going green made easy
One of the few environment frienldy-go green books that I am actually hanging onto. Great resources listed for the consumer from clothing, to energy sources, to food. Compact, easy to read, and makes going green doable.
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3: Good book to see what you can do to become an Al Gore
This book is good for the person who wants to see what they can do for the environmental movement. In a non preachy way it informs the reader on different programs to use from transportation to home remodels. Some of these are know some not. I liked the idea of a co-op owned car to be used only when needed so you don't need to pay for insurance and parking in municipal areas where parking is hard to find or expensive.
I would say that we should all read this book. It would change the way we look at the individual and the environmental movement.
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4: It's easy to be lazy & green!
Good book, lots of info & websites and references for those of us who are lazy, but want to help the environment.
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5: Small Changes multiplied by Millions Means a Network Effect of New Green Consumers
The average person needs to feel empowered to make change at their level. Let's face it, most people don't write letters to their politicians or participate in local debates about the environment (more people should do this). The reality is many of us are caught up in the race of raising children, paying bills, etc. I like how this book empowers the average citizen to make better choices. If we all think that our minor impact is unimportant, then we are taking a few steps back. Who cares if being green is trendy? I rather have it become trendy than unpopular like it was 35 years ago (reserved for only hippies). The important thing is that the trend begins a wave of change around the planet as to how we see the resources that are available to us and how we can best use them. Great Job Josh!
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