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Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living | 
| Author: Doug Fine
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2609
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1400066441
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.72092
EAN: 9781400066445
ASIN: 1400066441
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
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Advance praise for Farewell, My Subaru
“Fine is Bryson Funny.” ——Santa Cruz Sentinel
“Fine is an amiable and self-deprecating storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams. If you're a fan of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-style humor -- and also looking to find out how to raise your own livestock to feed your ice-cream fetish -- Farewell may prove a vital tool.” —— The Washington Post
“Fine is an eco-hero for our time..” —— Miami Herald
“An afterward offers solid advice and sources for learning more.” —— On Earth Magazine, Natural Resources Defense Fund
“This is Green Acres for the smart set—: a witty and educational look at sustainable living. Buy it, read it, compost it.”
–A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
“The details of Doug Fine’s experiment in green living are great fun——but more important is the spirit, the dawning understanding that living in connection to something more tangible than a computer mouse is what we were built for. It’ll make you want to move!”
–Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Like many Americans, Doug Fine enjoys his creature comforts, but he also knows full well they keep him addicted to oil. So he wonders: Is it possible to keep his Netflix and his car, his Wi-Fi and his subwoofers, and still reduce his carbon footprint?
In an attempt to find out, Fine up and moves to a remote ranch in New Mexico, where he brazenly vows to grow his own food, use sunlight to power his world, and drive on restaurant grease. Never mind that he’s never raised so much as a chicken or a bean. Or that he has no mechanical or electrical skills.
Whether installing Japanese solar panels, defending the goats he found on Craigslist against coyotes, or co-opting waste oil from the local Chinese restaurant to try and fill the new “veggie oil” tank in his ROAT (short for Ridiculously Oversized American Truck), Fine’s extraordinary undertaking makes one thing clear: It ain’t easy being green. In fact, his journey uncovers a slew of surprising facts about alternative energy, organic and locally grown food, and climate change.
Both a hilarious romp and an inspiring call to action, Farewell, My Subaru makes a profound statement about trading today’s instant gratifications for a deeper, more enduring kind of satisfaction.
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Living life vicariously! May 15, 2008
Doug Fine did an amazing job at hooking me with his first words of this great book. To be quite honest, you have to know that I am a conservative, (unfortunately) carbon-wasting, set-in-her ways kind of girl. By the time I was done reading this amazing book I was ready to find solar panels and craving chocolate goat-milk ice cream. Doug Fine captures a sense of place and time so well, and does it with an honestly and openness that cut through my usual defenses. He cares about people,and it shows. Great book.
An Epic Adventure May 12, 2008
Tag along as Doug Fine sorts through life of living green and trying to live and eat in his local zone. From his last stop to the Big Warehouse store to the pit stop to fill up on "veg" grease- the reader will enjoy the fun and pitfalls along the way.
Hilarious Page-Turner and You Might Even Get Inspired, Too! May 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I couldn't put this down and finished it in one evening. This is a truly hilarious page-turner, which is pretty unusual for a book about "eco-living". So many "green / eco" books are preachy and just make you feel guilty and lazy, but "Farewell, My Subaru" is just good fun for anyone -- environmentalist or not.
Enjoy!
CD Version - a 'Fine' Audio Book- Farwell, My Subaru... April 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is such an interesting story! It is written with humor and such realness. My husband and I both are listening to it on our rides in the car. And he has asked me "Have you been listening to "Farwell, My Subaru"? I replied ah... didn't want to listen without you. It is an experince that we are enjoying sharing together. He also said it is the best audio book ever! Doug Fine was great on Jay Leno - The Tonight Show too.
Fantastic and Fun Read April 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and there were many places I found to be laugh out loud funny throughout. In Farewell, My Subaru, Doug Fine comes from an honest place as he talks about the things he went into this with no idea about nor any delusions thereof, and he shares his trials and victories with his readers in a very candid way.
Doug Fine recently posted on his blog that his goat Natalie just had twins. When I read that I felt like I knew them and was so excited.
I really do recommend this book to readers who are looking to be inspired to live more sustainably in their own lifestyle, or those like me who dream of giving up the grid like Doug Fine, or if for anyone that just want some great fun reading about life and love on the Funky Butte Ranch.
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