3.0

The general premise of this book is a very good one: reducing waste and becoming an environmentalist imperfectly is better than not doing it at all. The tips were generally helpful and some of them were things I hadn't thought of before. I love the research involved and the casual conversational tone. What I didn't like was that it made it seem that personal impact matters more in fixing the planet rather than corporations. Also, the tips would be good for a middle class and privileged beginner, it's not helpful for people who already were heavily involved in environmentalism and people who experience systemic oppression that makes it harder to do many of the things listed. I think having poor voices and indigenous voices involved could add a lot of dimension to this book. I would have loved if some of the tips involved ways we can work with legislation to help the environment or ways to hold large corporations accountable and a part about the land back movement and how indigenous people are the front-runners of sustainability. It has potential, but it ultimately seems like something a white, middle-class woman would buy and vaguely use to appease her guilt.