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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a revelation to me. Of course, I realized that there were serious environmental risks to the planet, and that a major shift to renewable energy was required. But I didn't fully understand just how unsustainable our entire economic system is - the way we grow our food, build our buildin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53925731">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's not enough to just recognize that global warming is likely to annihilate the human species, possibly as early as 2030.  That just causes cynicism.  This book focuses more on the solution than the bleak outlook.  By reading and studying this book, young people can be part of the solution.  All o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79719336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good ideas, though some were a little short sighted or poorly explained, but 4 out of 5 for actually recognizing some great ideas that have been around for a while to save our civilizations. Great to get someone less familiar up to speed with possibilities for now and the future.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good Stuff. Lester Brown is head of the Earth Policy Institute. He presents arguments, reason and plans for addressing the climate crisis. some of his plans i like, but did not feel they are realistic. a great read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.&quot;<br/><br/>Just listened to his speech delivered for the Lannan Foundation.  Awesome!  <br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/lester-brown/" title="http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/lester-brown/">http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/lester...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this book for a class.  It is a very good detailed book about global warming and really interesting solutions to some of the issues with the climate.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The climate change manual. If you want to know the problems AND the solutions, read this frightening and inspiring book by Lester Brown. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent, even though sometimes confusing to me because some of his proposed solutions do not seem ecologically sound.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are interested in environmental sustainability, then you may enjoy this book.  I would, however, suggest that you skip or skim the first six chapters, which spend a couple hundred pages establishing that there is a problem.  If you are interested in the book at all, it's probably safe to assu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34163701">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quickly becoming a classic among climate change literature...]]></body>
    
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