Cradle to Cradle
Jun. 5th, 2007 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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ceelove after hearing wonderful things about it from her and others. Wow. This book could really change the world. Although aspects of it are depressing, it proposes a way out of our current ecological crisis that is not dependent on all of us consuming less. It suggests we model ourselves on nature - create lots of things that are GOOD for the environment rather than just trying to use things that are less bad. Nature's model is that waste equals food. The book suggests this could be our model as well if we're willing to change the way we think about making things. I hope that this book starts a movement, and the movement can sustain itself.
Either way, though, this book will make you think differently about everything from the kind of house you live in to objects that you touch every day, where they came from, and where they are going. Five stars. Everyone should read it, and read it slowly.
Now that I'm done with this one, I can more deeply sink my teeth into some other nonfiction. Just started: Benjamin Franklin: A Life and Sacred Women, Sacred Dance.
ceelove after hearing wonderful things about it from her and others. Wow. This book could really change the world. Although aspects of it are depressing, it proposes a way out of our current ecological crisis that is not dependent on all of us consuming less. It suggests we model ourselves on nature - create lots of things that are GOOD for the environment rather than just trying to use things that are less bad. Nature's model is that waste equals food. The book suggests this could be our model as well if we're willing to change the way we think about making things. I hope that this book starts a movement, and the movement can sustain itself.Either way, though, this book will make you think differently about everything from the kind of house you live in to objects that you touch every day, where they came from, and where they are going. Five stars. Everyone should read it, and read it slowly.
Now that I'm done with this one, I can more deeply sink my teeth into some other nonfiction. Just started: Benjamin Franklin: A Life and Sacred Women, Sacred Dance.
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Date: 2007-06-06 02:37 am (UTC)He paints a picture of Truman that shows that for all that he was a hardworking farmer/bank clerk/clothing salesman, he was never an ordinary man. I'm enjoying it. Of course, I haven't gotten to the politics yet. But you know me, I love reading about how people got to be the way they are. With Truman, it looks like he had a lot of experiences that *could* have been formative, but it seems like he just came out of the womb unusually thoughtful, neat, and so forth.
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Date: 2007-06-06 02:51 am (UTC)