This book taught me a lot about how humanity affects/controls/takes advantage of the earth. It started out really well, but got a little dodgy in the middle. At some point the author seems a little whiny about how humans are destroying the planet. However sticking with the book it finishes well and over all like I said before it was a major learning experience and not always how you think. <br/>     When thinking of how I was going to rate the book I gave it somewhere between 3 and 4 stars, but considering the amount of interesting facts that it contains, I settled on 4. While this review might not seem glowing, I would still suggest this book to anyone interested in understanding the human plight/blight.