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ACME Climate Action [Hardcover]

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Book Description

1 Sep 2008 0007274750 978-0007274758

WELCOME TO ACME

The Eighties - what a decade. Yuppies got mobile phones, there were important changes to the Swedish Act of Succession and we discovered who shot J.R. (it was his scheming sister-in-law and mistress, Kristin). Oh, and for the first time in history, our environmental footprint exceeded the earth’s biocapacity.

What this meant was humanity was drawing an environmental debt, consuming resources faster then Mother Earth could replace them. And this debt is growing. Let’s be 100% clear about this, because this is really important - we are living beyond our means. With the US as the benchmark for global consumption, we would require 25 Earths to satisfy our wants. As it is, we already need one and a half planets for one planet’s consumption. We consume more than we can sustainably afford and pollute faster than it can be cleared up.

It’s time for a new way of thinking. It’s time for Acme Climate Action.

This kit is to get you thinking - and doing something - about the climate crisis.

It’s designed to be taken apart, poked, cut, stuck, stretched and, well, destroyed. Yes, well destroyed. There are posters, postcards, stickers, letters and notebooks. When correctly used, you should have nothing left.

With Acme Climate Action you can save the world and get hand exercises at the same time.


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  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate (1 Sep 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007274750
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007274758
  • Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 1.8 x 19.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 619,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘With stickers for your light switches and home appliances, letters to send to troublesome politicians and companies, inspiring posters for your home and office, a ‘carbon wheel’ to calculate your footprint, a home energy audit, labels to re-use your envelopes, DIY ideas to give your throwaways a new lease of life and postcards to spread the word, this is a book to get busy with.’ The Ecologist

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last... an eco book with a sense of humour 5 Sep 2008
Format:Hardcover
Love this book. Bought it on the off chance that it would get our office a bit more motivated about green issues. We spent the afternoon drooling over the design, fighting about who would get the posters and putting stickers in inappropriate places. Idle pleasures with an eco conscience. Result.
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This is a great book. It looks wonderful and is fun to use but it's also incredibly informative without being patronising, and full of ideas for things we can all do to make a difference. I'm buying loads to give as gifts this year, as well as buying two for myself - one to keep whole to enjoy and refer to, and one to use as it's meant - what a good idea to make the whole book into something that can be entirely recycled! Well done Provokateur - keep the cool green ideas coming!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff as usual... 19 Feb 2013
By Karlos
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love all of the ACME books, and this one doesn't disappoint.
Humorous, informative, creative and entertaining. Great quality feel with top notch design elements.
Just buy it - cheap as chips for what you're getting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A active way to help climate change 28 Nov 2009
Format:Hardcover
Most of the green guide are always with many rules. ACME give me a relaxing way of doing something for climate chagne. It's more like you can follow the book's suggestions to do some action. I really like the way they try to make people move from daily life.

For our planet, everyone should read this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Genius 16 Oct 2008
Format:Hardcover
A great piece of design work. Fun and an important message. Perfect for Christmas gifts - I will be buying copies for all my friends.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is fantastic for all ages 13 Oct 2008
Format:Hardcover
The Acme Climate Action book is fantastic. I like it as much as my children do. They like the jokes like the Ostrich card an eco alternative to the Oyster. I love the graphics. There are fonts from every decade of my forty two year old life reminding us how to save the planet. It is not preachy, it is just fun. It really appeals to the graffiti artist in me. All those message stickers and so many surfaces to cover. The postcards are lovely. The only problem with it is that one would want to save it in its entirety but also use what is there. I think the thing to do is buy two and preserve one as a beautiful and social design relic from the beginning of the naughties, a strange and yet uncategorized era.
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