50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth (Paperback)

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Product Description

To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Earth Day, an updated guide to environmental awareness encompasses the latest research into such issues as global warming, ozone depletion, and endangered species and offers advice on how readers can help the environment. Original. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Bathroom Readers Pr; 1st edition (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929634063
• ISBN-13: 978-0929634067
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,070,850 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Handy Reference Book, April 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth (Audio Cassette)

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)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for kids, August 24, 2004

By	Kelly H (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Book's effect could be 18,000 times more powerful, if it weren't for the exaggerations, October 24, 2005

By	John Burd (Coal Township PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.