Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807085952 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"read this book a few times over- it's a great" according to YENVAN. I've read this book a few times over- it's a great read. "Thought-provoking, well-written, great-read" according to Sara J. Mays. I love this book. It did a great job making me think about all of my consumption of stuff on both an environmental and humanitarian aspect. I'm always a sucker for a well-written book with a good message. Maybe we should consume less stuff, more mindfully and more competelythen feed it back through the chain instead of burying it in a landfill. I love the ending. It gives me much hope that NOW is the time and we are the generation that can and WILL save not only this planet, but our own species as well.. Not very deep, but interesting This is one of those books you don't really appreciate until the end. It is basically a collection of fairly short annecdotes about the author traveling around the world to find out where the stuff he uses comes from and the stuff he discards goes to. At first they seem kind of sketchy and underdeveloped, but as you continue to read, you realize that it's an informative and intersting collection of stories that are both memorable and build into a bigger picture of the global chain of consumption. Of course
Although a timely effort, Pearce's diffusion of his reportorial mission with green-pleading mires his refreshing discoveries in moralizing and familiar cant. (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Tracking the routes taken by the items in his home—his coffee, cellphone, computer, green beans, chocolate, socks—from raw ingredient to finished product, the author presents fascinating firsthand investigations, as when he visits a group of fair-trade coffee farmers, follows the trail of his donated shirts to markets in Africa, visits Uzbek communities whose health, infrastructure and environment have been devastated by the cotton industry, and interviews female sweatshop workers who view their factory jobs as empowering. The most effective chapters puncture the feel-good myths surrounding fair trade and recycling and introduce unique characters, such as the farmers and middlemen res
A 2008 Indie Next Pick In Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge. It’s a fascinating portrait, by turns sobering and hopeful, of the effects the world’s more than six billion inhabitants have on our planet—and of the working and living conditions of the people who produce most of thes