A review by chaitanyasethi
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have by Tatiana Schlossberg

2.0

I did not enjoy this book at all. It's a basic primer on sustainability and one that tries to introduce the idea at an individual level - the impact that our day to day lives have on the climate overall. The idea behind the book was that if you read reports about sustainability and climate change, it makes you feel helpless and insignificant at a personal level(agreed) and that most people want to be able to make eco-friendly decisions but lack the knowledge(agreed). It covers four basic grounds - food, fuel, fashion, and technology/internet.

Because it is an introductory book, it just skims over many things briefly. The writing is strange - the author is trying to be funny but the jokes are really off-putting, and there are so many percentages and numbers that it is impossible to keep track. For a worthy intention, the book should be acknowledged but the output is far from impressive.