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Dormir Nu é Ecológico (2009)

by Vanessa Farquharson(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

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Memoir & Autobiography

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Editorial Presença

review 1: This author has a wonderful sense of humor! Her challenge (to herself) to "go green" for a year doing one new "green" thing a day and blog about it. Not all her choices are all that green. Some are intensely green. And she isn't being green 100% of the time. She cheats frequently & her friends say, "Don't worry. I wont tell."The pitfalls and benefits of some of her green choices can be pretty hilarious! I love reading her newbie opinion on all the various options for saving the planet. Many preach about how to be better to Mother Earth, but who is actually doing it & enjoying it for that matter?I guess part of what makes her adventure in green all that more entertaining to me is that we are already big time into living self sufficiently aka as close to the land as possible... more.Now I thought that this would be a day by day break down of what she does. Close, but no. The book is sectioned into months. The beginning of each months section lists on the first page what new green thing she did on each day. Then you dive into that months adventures broken down by the day. Sometimes skipping several days. Therefore you don't get to read about every single green experience she had. I can only guess that those experiences weren't particularly entertaining, so she spared us.I'm not sure that someone who isn't interested in the "save the earth" train of thought would like this book. However, if you are considering going green, are already working at it, maybe need a nudge, or some new ideas you will probably enjoy this book as much as I did!
review 2: Update: I did finish it. I have to give her credit, she did some more extreme green things than I would be willing to do, such as unplugging her fridge and freezer and not using her oven. On the other hand, some of her "easy" challenges seemed a little superficial to me. I'm trying not to judge though--it's good that she gave up her straightening iron, for example, it's just that I can't imagine having a daily routine that includes one in the first place. This is likely due in large part to the fact that the author and I are in very different places in our lives--she's young and single and has a job that requires her to look current and professional, whereas I'm a freelancer and chase after a three-year-old all day. ***Not sure if this is going to hold my attention all the way through. So far it's reading like a blog turned book (which it may well be, I'm not familiar with the author's blog) and a lot of the stuff she's talking about isn't news to me, but it's early days yet. As she takes on more challenges it may get more interesting. less

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