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Zéro Déchet (2013)

by Bea Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Arènes Éditions

review 1: This past half a year or so we've been living full-time on the road in a house on wheels. We've seen such beautiful places with landscapes varying from mountainous depths filled with elk and reindeer, the unique colors of the desert to a flatter place here in Florida covered in lakes and a wide array of birds. I love nature. I love this planet and I want to keep it beautiful. Unfortunately, we are trashing it without acknowledgment for our waste and actions. Granted, the planet will always be here. It is ourselves we are dooming to extinction, but we're taking others down with us. We're depleting the oceans with our waste, the bees and dirt with our pesticides, our air with our poor choices of what we eat. Since roughly 2007 I have made strides to live more sustainably. An... mored now, knowing there is always more I can do, I'm pleased to come across books like this and people like Bea who are showing what is possible. Even if viewed as extreme, it's no sweat off my back because I've always been viewed as extreme. To me, extreme is what we are doing to the planet and how often we are willing to look away and not take responsibility. All it takes are little actions that build up to being great things. So, I now strive to live as plastic and completely waste free as I can. And boy has it been liberating and enlightening all the same. I'm excited for this next chapter and hope more consider living with less waste, a smaller impact but a greater and more mindful heart.
review 2: Some may think that Bea Johnson's lifestyle is extreme, however I found reading about her zero waste home fascinating. I was drawn to the idea of simplifying my life, that maybe I don't need so many things? I know in my own life that sometimes all my things become a burden, sometimes I can't find the things I really need because they are hiding somewhere underneath all the things I don't need. So many of Bea's ideas seem to be solutions to my problems, having less stuff will save me time and money, using reusables will save money and trips to the store for disposables, and save room in my stockpile as well. This book gave me a lot to think about, I doubt I will get to where Bea is any time soon, however, I found lots of ideas that I could start using wright away and ideas for experiments I'd like to try in the future. In the end the book really drove home the idea that what is good for the environment, my pocketbook, and my health may all be the same thing. less

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