Mall of America - People fly across their state to go on a shopaholic splash-out until the plastic crumbles. They stay in one of the mall's hotels, eat, drink, carry bags, and when they have finished with their retail therapy they fly back home. At home the joy lasts for a couple of weeks, then the credit card bill comes....OUTCH!!
This book investigates the consumerism of modern day America and tells you some shocking facts and numbers. A depressing read for anyone green when it comes to consumption figures, e.g. 25% of all the exported timber in the world goes to the U.S., or if every person in the world would want to sustain an all American lifestyle we would need four more earths...!
Mall of America - People fly across their state to go on a shopaholic splash-out until the plastic crumbles. They stay in one of the mall's hotels, eat, drink, carry bags, and when they have finished with their retail therapy they fly back home. At home the joy lasts for a couple of weeks, then the credit card bill comes....OUTCH!!
This book investigates the consumerism of modern day America and tells you some shocking facts and numbers. A depressing read for anyone green when it comes to consumption figures, e.g. 25% of all the exported timber in the world goes to the U.S., or if every person in the world would want to sustain an all American lifestyle we would need four more earths...!
As I worked for a New York based company at that time I knew a number of colleagues who lost friends and family in the towers on that day. As a regular visitor to NY, and having stood on the observation roof of the twin towers, the events of that day hold a deep level of interest.
I bought the book thinking it was going to give an honest in-site as to the conditions in the remains following the collapse. Instead the author used the book to glorify what he did, make out he was a remarkable hero and character assassinate people that were allegedly with him during that day. He describes how survivors, members of the public and Port authority workers found it hard to coup with the conditions and the situation. How this man can name, names ... Read More:
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