tylerrrrrrrr's review against another edition
4.0
The facts and figures provided by this book are at once astounding and terrifying. It was easy for me to feel depressed after reading but I wanted to continue to learn how badly we as a society are treating the planet. Anyone who reads this book will definitely feel guilty eating meat in the future.
lllkilli's review against another edition
3.0
Preaching to the choir, or so I hope. Im skeptics that the condescending tone would convince anyone not already tipping off the fence to try veganism. To its credit it focused on the environmental impact rather than ethics of eating animals.
Noticeable absence of eco concerns for type of plant based foods. High water usage, forest clearing for cash crops, greenhouses require power, emissions from transporting out of season tropical plants to norrthern counties.
Noticeable absence of eco concerns for type of plant based foods. High water usage, forest clearing for cash crops, greenhouses require power, emissions from transporting out of season tropical plants to norrthern counties.
tewalkerjr's review against another edition
2.0
The authors have a strong and important point to make about the need to move away from livestock agriculture, and especially factory farming, because of the impacts on climate change and biodiversity loss. They do make that point . . . but they make it very repetitively while using lots of breathless prose to frame worst-case scenarios as absolute certainties. There are also more than a few places where the book editor in me wanted them to organize things into a better flow.
That said, it's a lot of (footnoted) information in a small, easy-to-read package — and it does highlight an issue of great importance for abating climate change.
That said, it's a lot of (footnoted) information in a small, easy-to-read package — and it does highlight an issue of great importance for abating climate change.
missybblio's review
4.0
The first thing that struck me about this book is its colors. The book is printed in a black, green and white tone that feels very trendy and pleasing. Flipping through the book there are a lot of images and graphs that catch the eye and make reading through it very easy.
This book is filled with more facts and information than you will know what to do with on the first read, but it is presented in a way that is not dry and has an underlying humor. This is a great book to give to someone considering a meat free lifestyle, or even for someone who just wants to add a little fuel to their environmentalist fire. The information in this book made issues with the meat industry very real and comprehensible, and encourages readers to imagine a future where we are not able to curb our current consumption.
The only reason I am not giving this book the full 5 stars is because from a skeptics point of view, some of the sections where the writers are imagining our future feel a bit like hokie conspiracy and I think the message would thrive without those details!
This book is filled with more facts and information than you will know what to do with on the first read, but it is presented in a way that is not dry and has an underlying humor. This is a great book to give to someone considering a meat free lifestyle, or even for someone who just wants to add a little fuel to their environmentalist fire. The information in this book made issues with the meat industry very real and comprehensible, and encourages readers to imagine a future where we are not able to curb our current consumption.
The only reason I am not giving this book the full 5 stars is because from a skeptics point of view, some of the sections where the writers are imagining our future feel a bit like hokie conspiracy and I think the message would thrive without those details!
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