A book review of sorts.

[vixenvixen]

For the past few months (yes, months, its been a bit of a slow reading summer) I've been reading a book called "Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash" by Elizabeth Royte. It's one of the most interesting books I've read. The author spends a year essentially "following her trash" around New York City. She starts with a regimen of weighing and

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[shawnaree]

I'm reading Cradle to Cradle right now (it's waterproof!). I'm not particularly far in the book, having just finished the first chapter (this book is not a tree), but I'm enjoying it emmensely when I'm not completely stacked with grad school reading.

Either way, I should say that not all coastal cities that have "storm run-off" are on an ocean. Grand Rapids overflows its waste and sewage management facilities and the run off flows down the Grand River and into Lake Michigan. They actually make announcements about when it's safe or not safe to swim/boat around that area (it's gross).