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Can I Recycle My Granny?: And 39 Other Eco-dilemmas [Kindle Edition]

Ethan Greenhart (Author)

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'Ethan Greenhart, an aptly named environmentalist – although the first seven letters of that word might be redundant . . . I would recommend that you go out and buy Can I Recycle My Granny . . . richly comic.' (Independent )

'a skidmark on the gusset of environmentalism' (BBC Focus Magazine )

'Taking the imperilled world by storm . . . a book that should be in every Green Party Christmas stocking' (Irish Independent )

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Meet Ethan Greenhart, committed eco-activist, ethicist and campaigner. In this must-have guide, Ethan answers some of today’s most pressing environmental dilemmas such as, ‘Is it ethical to watch sport?’, ‘Is it ethical to get into an ambulance?’ and crucially, ‘Is it ethical to laugh?’

Ethan makes no compromises as he advises us that having a baby is ‘an unethical crime of the highest order’ and that confetti is ‘Wedding Day acid rain’.

Described as ‘One of this country’s sharpest social commentators’ (Telegraph) Brendan O’Neill has created a hugely popular fictional columnist, most famous for his contributions to online magazine, Spiked.

Is it ethical to buy this book? Probably not, but it’ll be worth every tree-murdering page . . .

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 238 KB
Print Length: 224 pages
Publisher: Hodder (16 Oct 2008)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B002VHI8BS
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #355,374 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

Superb satire - hilarious 8 Jan 2010

By Mr. M. Clough

Format:Paperback

The purpose, of course, is to show the absurdity of environmentalist thinking, something which at least two reviewers here have failed to grasp. The basic point is a serious one: that green ideology is deeply and scarily misanthropic. This is imaginatively worked throughout and hilariously taken to extremis. This is satire at its best, readable, funny, entertaining and never losing sight of an important message. Ed Miliband should be sent a copy - urgently, as his thinking unfortunately seems to be veering dangerously towards Greenhart's. Fantastic book!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Only the totally po-faced and humorless won't appreciate this gem 23 Dec 2010

By Captain Ahab

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Don't listen to the achingly serious, po-faced miseries who've posted their disapproval of a book that dares to poke a little light fun at environmentalism.

This is a witty look at how a serious issue - environmental protection - somehow gets twisted around into a form of elitism, where the working and lower-middle classes get blamed for just being normal, whilst the professional and upper-middle classes (who as we all know pollute the most) largely exculpate themselves from any blame, as they "carbon-offset" and buy organic, etc, etc.

This is NOT an anti-green book, as some reviewers have suggested. To think this shows a lack of finesse and subtlety and a failure to appreciate the shades of difference between parody, lampoon and satire. It is a witty, but gentle, reproof to environmentalists that understanding and tolerance are essential aspects of being green.

Anyone who cares about both the environment and people (and who is capable of smiling and laughing) will appreciate this little satirical gem. Open your mind, and give it a try.

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6 of 13 people found the following review helpful

This book is a spoof written by an anti-green 29 Aug 2009

By Carol Ferndale

Format:Paperback

Just for anyone that is not aware, this book is actually a spoof lampooning the green movement written by arch-anti-green, Brendan O'Neill.

Although some aspects of green-ism can be comical and extreme, O'Neill in his writings elsewhere seems to dismiss all green issues completely. He continually rails against a so-called "liberal elite", although he is not exactly clear who these people are, and he continually talks about "the masses" or "the working class", implying that a lot of current arguments and opinions are against them. Thus, O'Neill seems to view any attack or critique of things from cheap flights to violence at football matches as an a attack on the working class, without seeming to realise that things such as global warming and violence affect poorer people more severely than the better off.

O'Neill tends to stereotype poorer people as all sharing a number of negative characteristics, and then implies that any critique of such negative things is an attack on poorer people, or the masses. He doesn't appear to make any allowances for the fact that the less powerful in society might actually be quite diverse, and do not necessarily fall into a stereotype, eg: the tattooed football hooligan.

O'Neill's arguments tend to be very ad hominem, for example, he critices the perceived social standing of those who hold certain views on issues such as green issues, hooliganism, supermarkets, rather than addressing the issues and arguments themselves.

Enjoy this book by all means, but don't take it too seriously. Weigh up the arguments for yourself.

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Ethics!!

Had this a s a gift for Christmas, but gave up reading it after 3 chapters.
Mildly amusing but not at all helpful in helping you recycle.Don't waste your money. Read more

Published on 5 Jan 2010 by JULIE OREILLY

Not a book for anyone with any ethics

Ethical dilema? Should bin my secret santa after only 3 chapters? I think so - I cannoy bear the inconsitency, the holier than thou attitude or the middle class monied eco... Read more

Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Veggie pig

Tongue-in-cheek eco book

Eco dilemmas answered in an amusing, tongue in cheek manner. A fun book but not as helpful in seriously addressing eco problems as I had hoped!

Published on 27 July 2009 by Mr. D. Boucher

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