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A review by papercraftalex
The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills to Stop Climate Change by David de Rothschild
fast-paced
2.5
I love learning about ways I can better help the Earth. This book didn't teach me much unfortunately. Having been published over a decade ago, it is quite outdated. I can't fault it for that, but I would love to see an updated version. It was also interesting to see the things that affected us in 2007 that really don't anymore. My biggest problem with this read is that it seems to be tips for the privileged. A lot of the tips are very expensive or out of reach for people below the middle class and people in rural environments. It suggests a lot of ways to build or remodel houses that is wholly inaccessible for people renting. The humor just also wasn't for me. My biggest disappointment is that it mentions how we could lower carbon emissions if everyone in the world lost one pound. That's a horrible, privileged, and fatphobic tip that made me hesitant to finish the rest of the book. I really wanted to get to the emergency tips in case of a full global meltdown, so I persisted. Even those tips were meh and they seemed to all be jokes.
I overall can't recommend this book for anyone looking to learn about the environment or how to help it.
I overall can't recommend this book for anyone looking to learn about the environment or how to help it.