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How can each of us live
Cooler Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days—what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work—may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles might make the biggest difference to the climate? This science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing this global problem.
Cooler Smarter is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green guides suggest an array of tips,
Cooler Smarter offers proven strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials. The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to sweat the small stuff. It also turns many eco-myths on their head, like the importance of locally produced food or the superiority of all hybrid cars.
The advice in
Cooler Smarter can help save you money and live healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low carbon-living, to confront one of society’s greatest threats.
(Excerpt from amazon.com)
本書作者維克托·E·弗蘭克爾博士是奧地利著名的神經病學和精神病學教授，維也納第三心理治療學派創始人。二次世界大戰期間，他被囚禁納粹集中營整整三年，轉輾於奧斯威辛、達豪等四所集中營，是少數幸存者之一。他的父母、兄弟、妻子等全家人除了一個妹妹以外全部死於集中營。集中營的非人生活使囚犯從活生生的人成為一個個號碼，除了自身赤裸的軀殼以外，喪失了所有一切。作者就是在這種一無所有狀況下，發現人擁有選擇人生態度的自由，這是任何人都無法剝奪的。當一個人領悟到生命的意義和目的，就有意想不到的無窮無盡力量，能夠毫不畏懼地經受任何艱辛困苦。作者從親身經歷體驗，根據存在主義哲學思想，提出了意義療法，發展成為繼弗洛伊德和阿德勒之後又一心理治療學派。 
