As someone who tries to be “green” sort-of by default/necessity and tends to eschew the hippy/radical aspect of “eco”living… I seem to have stumbled upon your book most by accident, but in the less than 36 hours that it has been in my posession I have devoured a good 100+ pages.

(a digression) While I understand that this might not be a huge undertaking to some, I am a part (though a slightly older part) of the internet generation; so 100 pages in roughly 28 waking hours while there is work, eating, and internetting to be done is a bit of an achievement! Let’s just say that the biblical amount of rain and all the time I have on public transport is to thank for it.

THAT being said… I find that I empathize with many of your plights, and dammit! most people DO think you are wierd if you read the ingredients of a product at the supermarket before you buy it. So what? I’m going to do it anyway.

oh damn… now I’m rambling. There’s a lesson people; always have an out-line.

Love the book so-far. And I think I “get it” … I HOPE I do, at least.

and if I may indulge in a small eco-brag: I furnished my house with mostly yard sale, free-store, and craigslist items. Though I do thank goodness that there is a large population of “older” people around who no-longer need/want/etc. their lovely hard-wood dressers or mahogany and oak Lane tables that only need a sanding! Some of these pieces, though imperfect, will easily outlast a desk made from MDF and veneer bought from your local box store.

But ya, they could use a natural mascara too… Especially one that tastes like sugar.