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In Comfortably Unaware, Dr. Richard Oppenlander tackles the crucial issue of global depletion as it relates to food choice. We should all be committed, he tells us, to understanding the reality and consequences of our diet, the footprint it makes on our environment, and seek food products that are in the best interest of all living things. His forthright information and stark mental images are often disturbing-and that's how it should be. As the guardians of Planet Earth, we need to be shaken out of our complacency, to stop being comfortably unaware, and to understand the measures we must take to ensure the health and well-being of our planet-and of ourselves.
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Dr. Richard Oppenlander introduces the idea of global ecological depletion in terms of food and food-choices. He presents an understanding of sustainability that complicates simplistic metrics and definitions, demanding a more holistic approach in our choices. To this end, he structures the book as "more of a symphony than a conventional nonfiction book," presenting information that contextualizes further chapters. After introducing the ideas of sustainability and global depletion he wants to explore in the book, he turns to areas of depletion (rainforests, land, water, oceans, etc.), and finally to an account of how depletion arrived at the crisis point and what we can do about it. He provides the facts and an appreciation for their gravity. His focus is on food-choices because food is what links us all together. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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