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Do It For Beauty: A Practical Guide to Sustainable Living
In Do It For Beauty, Jonathan Biddle offers a new perspective on the climate crisis, moving past feelings of guilt and helplessness to embrace hope and collective action. He argues that a shift to a reciprocal mindset with the Earth is essential for creating a more sustainable future. This book serves as a two-part guide, first laying out the foundational problems of carbon emissions, development, and waste. The second part then provides a practical, step-by-step approach to help you adapt your life and contribute to restoring the world.
This actionable guide covers a wide range of topics, including household products, food, travel, and finance, breaking down complex decisions into manageable Starter, Next Level, and Advanced actions. He also explores how individuals can influence large-scale change through their careers and by supporting technological innovations in areas like energy, materials, and recycling.
By focusing on a single positive action repeated millions of times, Do It For Beauty inspires you to be part of a powerful ripple effect and help build a more beautiful world for future generations.
This actionable guide covers a wide range of topics, including household products, food, travel, and finance, breaking down complex decisions into manageable Starter, Next Level, and Advanced actions. He also explores how individuals can influence large-scale change through their careers and by supporting technological innovations in areas like energy, materials, and recycling.
By focusing on a single positive action repeated millions of times, Do It For Beauty inspires you to be part of a powerful ripple effect and help build a more beautiful world for future generations.
135 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 23, 2025
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December 23, 2025
This was a very short (about 140 pages), digestible read. I appreciated the focus on actionable steps we can take to be more sustainable in our daily lives and how the focus was not on having to be perfect all the time in every area of our lives.
The first half of the book was a high-level overview of the state of climate change and why sustainable living is important, while the second half gave actionable steps towards sustainable living and places to learn more and ways to improve as our practice gets better over time. It is definitely written for beginners in the sustainability journey, and was written in an easy to understand way. I do think it could have slowed down in a few spots and taken a bit more time, but overall, I quite liked the read.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The first half of the book was a high-level overview of the state of climate change and why sustainable living is important, while the second half gave actionable steps towards sustainable living and places to learn more and ways to improve as our practice gets better over time. It is definitely written for beginners in the sustainability journey, and was written in an easy to understand way. I do think it could have slowed down in a few spots and taken a bit more time, but overall, I quite liked the read.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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