| | 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth (G K Hall Large Print General Series) |  | Author: Earthworks Group
Publisher: G K Hall & Co
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2415079
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Largeprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 218
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0816151288
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.70525
EAN: 9780816151288
ASIN: 0816151288
Publication Date: April 1991
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Condition: Hardcover. Nice copy, ex-library, some cover wear. 100% satisfaction guarantee with every purchase! Part of the proceeds from all sales benefit the hungry and homeless in the St. Louis area as well as Hurricane Katrina victims and neglected animals across the nation.
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 Book's effect could be 18,000 times more powerful, if it weren't for the exaggerations October 24, 2005
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is great to instill a mindset that what we do as individuals really does effect the environment. And I do care about the environment. So much so that this book bugs me because some of the things it says are incorrect. The errors have kept me from lending it out. For eg. Page 27 lists 'titanium dioxide' as a harmful heavy metal. Then why is that chemical on the ingredients list of white powdered doughnuts? P46 Claims Elephants may be extinct by the year 2000. P48 States that your toilet takes 5-7 gallons per flush! My oldest is a 1953 commode that takes 3 gallons. It is an interesting fact that toilets can make up 40% of your water usage. But where do they get 5-7 gallons?! P66 "The smallest drip from a leaky faucet can waste over 50 gallons a day." I have had 'the smallest drips' that I put containers under until they could be repaired. I never needed a 55 gallon drum!! You get the idea. The book ruins its credibility with exaggeration and overstatement. Its a shame. It is a useful concept.
 Great for kids August 25, 2004
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I read through this book as a child and it impacted me greatly. Ever since then, I've looked for simple ways to change my habits and routines so as to impact the environment less.
 A Handy Reference Book April 27, 1999
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
It's a great little reference book that you will refer back to again and again. In one or two pages, each topic gives background information, some interesting facts and figures, a list of the promised "Simple Things You Can Do" and, in some cases, a list of additional reference material. Many of the suggested simple things are not only easy to live with, but can save you money, too. If everyone could do even 5 of the 50 things mentioned in this book, the world would be a lot better off for it. (Suggestion for parents - buy the book and share it with your children)
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