Cradle to Cradle (finito)

Hi Sisters,

Thea- I like the idea for a new rule, it will be helpful to know where everyone is in the book.

Ani- When you have a moment could you write up a post telling us why you had us read this book?

The writing style used in the book is great and I am completely comfortable with the lack of statistics. I don't think statistics are central to their argument and, as they mentioned a couple of times, a little bit of a bad thing is still bad.

Actually, I think that is one of the biggest takeaways from the book and one of the hardest ideas to overcome as we head off into the world that they envision. Reduce, reuse, recycle has been the mantra of environmentalists for decades, though it has had little effect as it has been broadcast into a society that rewards ever increasing consumption. I don't know about the two of you, but I always got the impression that if I used less I could save the world, but this book punches some big holes in that theory.

The hardest part of this book for me was the lack of action that I could take as an individual. The change that the authors envision is so far ahead of where we actually are, it seems almost impossible to create and the authors don't give many ideas for enacting it unless you are a chemist, an architect, planning a building project, own a manufacturing company, or in general have gobs of money. I also feel like many of their ideas will lead to health inequities as most low income people will be priced out of the higher quality materials.

If you have any ideas of what we can do as individuals I would love to hear them.

~Heidi