Better By Nichole Caldwell

Better by Nichole Caldwell is about how to live a more sustainable life style not matter where you live or who you are. Better has inspired me to try to live a more green life style. “living green requires a shift in how we live out lives”. This saying really opened my eyes. I used to stupidly think that because something was packaged as being green meant it was “green”. Yes, Some packaging might be better for the environment than others, but overall its still not good. I should make things that I normally buy prepackaged it will not only be cheaper it will save on the unnecessary packaging. Unnecessary packing is not the only thing I agreed with Nichole about that is bad for the environment. She talked about how raising animals for consumption …show more content…
We also have blackberry and raspberry bush. We make our own pasta sauce and freeze it so we have it whenever we need it and don 't have to buy any from the store. We can peppers and green beans. We make our pickles from our cucumbers. We can apple sauce. Strengths of this book are that it uses a lot of research and statistics to back up what she is trying to say. The statistic really bring to the readers attention the negative impact people are having on the environment. Without the statistics the reader could just think that everything being said is being made up. Weaknesses of this book are that so many topics are covered that it is almost to overwhelming to read all at once. I think she should have split it up into two books. One book should have been about the back background of Nichole and the farm. This one should talk about the betterArts, the radio station and all the programs the farm offers. The second book should have all the statistics and information to inform people about sustainable living as well as all the DIY’s at the end of the …show more content…
I think the target market is for people in their late teens to mid twenties. I think this because people who are in their thirties and older have their habits and routines and it would be harder to persuade them to change their ways then it would be for a person in their twenties who is just starting life on their own. That being said I would recommend this book to a lot of my friends. We are all into trying to better the environment and live green life styles. I think this book would inspire them to be more proactive just like it did me. Overall this was a very informative book. I got a good look into was Better Farms and betterArts is all about. I am proud to say that I live close to this amazing place and I am even luckier to be able to work with them to try to make what they do more known not only in Northern New York, but around the