Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth by Diane Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The author is a plucky person and writes in a chatty style. The book isn't a diary, nor is it a clear concise book. I'm not sure what it is, other than a book full of tales about the author's antics in trying to get some action on behalf of the polluters to help out the people they harm.
There is no beginning, middle, nor ending, the book is a wandering path of things that Diane did. Most of the middle part of the book seems to follow what she did one thing after another, but as she likely does in life, it jumps around a little too. This doesn't help the book; nothing is ever resolved. Nothing came to a conclusion. I'm sure it's part of her wishes otherwise as well. I love the passion she has and the spunk and complete fortitude to go out and do something, anything. She says often she never plans, just does it, and doesn't matter if she ends up in jail.
Most of her protests are against the major polluters in her backyard in Seadrift Texas: Formosa Plastics, Union Carbide, and Dow Chemical who bought or merged with Union Carbide. And then there's the BP oil spill near the end. She also tries to get justice for the Bhopal residents that are still having health issues, and dying, from one of the worst environmental disasters in the world.
The book is very readable. Might make you take another look at plastics in our lives. The problem isn't just after using them and ending up in the ocean, it's also quite toxic to produce to the environment and the workers.
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