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Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet: Everyday Things to Help Solve Global Warming Paperback – April 28, 2008

by Eric Sorensen (Author), Staff of Sightline Institute (Author)

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What do a clothesline, a locally grown tomato, and a microchip have in common? They’re all ordinary things that can have an extraordinary impact in the fight against global warming. Carbon dioxide from vehicles, appliances, heating and cooling systems, and other common devices is thickening the Earth’s atmosphere and causing dangerous climate changes around the globe. But some everyday things like the seven wonders described in this book can vastly reduce these impacts. The wonders are profiled in short, lively chapters that also explore the key issues behind global warming: transportation ("The Bicycle"), population ("The Condom"), fossil fuel efficiency ("The Ceiling Fan"), renewable energy ("The Clothesline"), food production and distribution ("The Real Tomato"), resource conservation and reuse ("The Library Book"), and the information economy ("The Microchip"). With its inspiring vision and simple but sound explanations of complex processes, this hopeful little book offers a powerful template for personal action.

Print length

120 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Sierra Club Books
Publication date

April 28, 2008
Dimensions

4.5 x 0.25 x 6.75 inches
ISBN-10

1578051452
ISBN-13

978-1578051458
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sierra Club Books; First Edition (April 28, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1578051452
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1578051458
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.5 x 0.25 x 6.75 inches

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Nico Scheidemantel

Good read but skeptical of all those statistics

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2010

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I was assigned this book for a class and found it to be a good overview of the basic ideas behind addressing global warming on a personal level. It would be a very good starter for someone who doesn't know too much about what we as individuals can do, as the suggestions presented by the "seven wonders" are easy to understand and apply to real life. The only thing I was skeptical about was the use of statistics, some of which were difficult to believe to be true.

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J. Taylor

Seven Wonder for a Cool Planet.

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2013

This has to be the worst book I have ever read in my life. I felt like I was getting dumber with every page I turned. Why did I read it? Required reading for a college class. I did ask the instructor if I wrote a paper to turn in and had various facts and information without citing any sources, would that be okay. Obviously she said no, so why have us read something that does this?

The author is basically stating I hate America and America should give up their cars and travel on bikes, the rest of the world does it, so why can't they. Americans should be forced to use condoms to limit the number of new Americans coming in to this world since they waste to many resources, the rest of the world is keeping it population in check, why can't they and Air Condition is the greatest evil of the world and only if America could use ceiling fans they would be just as comfortable as the rest of the world (tell me how that works out for you Arizona). This book is the biggest collection of dog s*** ever put together.