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How to Make the World a Better Place: A Guide to Doing Good
More than one hundred straightforward suggestions for effecting positive social change
- GenresNonfictionEnvironment
303 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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July 27, 2021What's a good book learned a lot it's kind of out of date but was kind of eye-opening
January 16, 2022
This book written 1990, is the reason I went vegetarian over 25 years ago. Highly recommend if you wish to make a difference and help Mother Earth! The ideas never go out of style.
January 19, 2018
By avoiding [ ] that keep others idle, we can take action and make a difference.
125 Eggs: There is something appealing in thinking of a flock of hens clucking about the yard, trysting with the rooster behind the willow tree, and laying an occasional egg to nourish their human caretakers. Again this pleasant image is a thing of the past. Most chickens (both egg layers and those destined for the frying pan) are raised in conditions that make a feedlot or dairy bard look like a four-star luxury hotel. [We have these Old MacDonald ideas of what their life involves.]
187 [micro-lending origins described]
216 Rather than an unending source of sun, and and sex--alternative travel sees the Third World as struggling societies in need of understanding and support from the people of industrialized nations.
Every hour more than 5000 tourists from industrialized countries set out on a Third World adventure. Tourism has become a leading source of income for many developing countries. North Americans flock to Mexico and the Caribbean every winter; Europeans descend to the Canary Islands, North Africa and the South Pacific; the planeloads of Japanese converge on the Philippines.
[But come on! Don't rip on Japanese people. They're generally super nice. Way more altruistic than Americans!]
125 Eggs: There is something appealing in thinking of a flock of hens clucking about the yard, trysting with the rooster behind the willow tree, and laying an occasional egg to nourish their human caretakers. Again this pleasant image is a thing of the past. Most chickens (both egg layers and those destined for the frying pan) are raised in conditions that make a feedlot or dairy bard look like a four-star luxury hotel. [We have these Old MacDonald ideas of what their life involves.]
187 [micro-lending origins described]
216 Rather than an unending source of sun, and and sex--alternative travel sees the Third World as struggling societies in need of understanding and support from the people of industrialized nations.
Every hour more than 5000 tourists from industrialized countries set out on a Third World adventure. Tourism has become a leading source of income for many developing countries. North Americans flock to Mexico and the Caribbean every winter; Europeans descend to the Canary Islands, North Africa and the South Pacific; the planeloads of Japanese converge on the Philippines.
[But come on! Don't rip on Japanese people. They're generally super nice. Way more altruistic than Americans!]
March 25, 2009
Catalog of ideas of how to live with less and enjoy it.
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