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CSUS 200 Book Review on the Book Eaarth If you have not recognized the huge problem that is global warming, then you should read the book Eaarth. This award winning book, released in 2010, is by Bill Mckibben, a passionate environmentalist author who has released several other books about similar topics. In this informative and analytical book Mckibben discusses the tragedy and scary reality that global warming is becoming to the point that the planet is not the same and can never return back. The planet is no longer Earth, it is a new place, Eaarth. I believe that this is a well written book that shows promise of presenting a plan for saving and preserving the planet we live on, through practical alternatives to the way we currently live. …show more content…
“Don’t let your eyes glaze over at this parade of statistics” (5) he states. These statistics startled me into taking this book seriously and considering his ideas that are presented later in the book. Throughout the book, he makes some very interesting and, what I believe to be, valid points. An interesting statement he makes in the beginning is “…global warming is a huge experiment” (13). I could not agree more with this statement, as it explains the fact that we have never seen global warming happen before in our history. I can say that I agree with everything that is stated in the first chapter because most of it is facts and truth about climate change, something that is undeniably …show more content…
However, in this chapter he really focuses on local farming and then onto local energy sources. He highlights the importance of these ideas by saying “Our food supply, in other words – by far the most important thing on earth” (159). This statement drives home the importance of focusing on local farming and energy sources because they greatly impact our food source. I agree with not only this statement but also the idea of focusing on energies and money on local projects. Similarily to chapter three, I agreed with everything that Mckibben said in chapter four because I already understood the importance of focusing on local farming and energy

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