Comfortably Unaware by Dr. Richard A. Oppenlander

Do you know the true cost that your food has on our resources? "What you choose to eat is killing our planet," says lecturer and author Dr. Richard Oppenlander. In Comfortably Unaware, he reveals the truth about food choices and its impact on our world. Dr. 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 ourselves.

Dr. Oppenlander breaks down the information in easy-to-read chapters that touch on issues ranging from the rainforests ("depleting the lungs of our planet"), to water and oceans, to the air we breathe and our atmosphere. His fresh insight on this frequently suppressed topic goes well beyond the now-familiar warnings about "global warming." His information is essential reading; he provides entirely new perspectives on our culture and how this global crisis reached such startling proportions, as well as, most important, how to solve the problem.

Comfortably Unaware will open your eyes to the global effects of your food choices and, hopefully, will encourage you to make a difference. 180 pages. $22.95 per copy.

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