Writers who constantly warn us of our impending environmental demise should try a less worn out approach. They tell us that there is too much carbon in the atmosphere, fish stocks are depleting, species are rapidly becoming extinct, forests are being obliterated, etc. These changes may sound alarming, but they are only alarming in the abstract. We need books that pose our environmental situation as a threat to iPhone manufacturing, stainless steel appliances, fast food, and video games. These are the things that we interact with the most in our day to day lives, and as a result they are the most real to us. The prospective loss of Tim Horton's Iced Caps carries more gravity than the loss of the polar ice caps.
