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Crap at the Environment

Crap at the Environment

by Mark Watson (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 2009

    $3.24

  • Used

    Paperback 2008

    $3.24
Synopsis

He used to be totally crap. Now, he's only marginally better. What the environmental movement has been waiting for is a plane-frequenting, blissfully ignorant comedian with no green credibility whatsoever to tackle one of the most important issues of our time. When non-expert Mark Watson announced his intention to spend the year becoming less Crap At The Environment, within 24 hours, 500 mates and fans had joined him. He lived for (almost) a week without plastic. He ransacked libraries in order to read frightening books on climate change. He lured audiences outside to plant trees, confronted his morbid fear of bike-riding, even started eating vegetables. And a man who began 2007 as a blight on the planet ended up coming to the attention of the most famous almost-president in the world, Al Gore ...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 19 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0340952814
ISBN 13: 9780340952818

Media Reviews
'[One of] the new green heroes.' -- Sunday Times on CRAP AT THE ENVIRONMENT 'Despite his irrational fear of cycling and uselessness at crafts; he can write an accessible environmental book which is both informative and laugh out loud funny, or, if you prefer, funformative ' -- The List 'Unpretentious, informative and very, very funny. Buy it for all your friends, or buy one and share. Imagine all the tree you'll save!' -- Herald Sun, Australia 'A quirky, irreverant take on the green lifestyle ... an accessible antidote to the flood of more worthy environmental titles already available ... in comical, self-deprecating style' -- Bookseller 'Mark Watson comes across like a green St Paul to Al Gore's Jesus Christ' -- BBC List 'funny, at times bizarre... full of nervous energy... amusing' -- Sunday Express 20080513 'A practical, often amusing, always insightful and pragmatic look at what individuals can do about global warming - worth reading!' -- Sydney Morning Herald, PICK OF THE WEEK 20080513 'Expect to hear plenty more about him' -- Observer 20080513 'Packed with brilliant observations and sharp one-liners' -- The Times on A Light-hearted Look at Murder 20080513 'Intelligent, humane and desperately funny' -- Independent on Sunday 20080513 'Woody Allen and William Boyd have had a bastard love-child and his name is Mark Watson' -- Stephen Fry 20080513 'It prompts an appreciation of how much effort it's really going to take to make a difference, while poking your guilt.' -- Metro 20080709 'A year in the life of the hapless eco-warrior and gifted comedian crusading against his own environmental apathy. Even if he doesn't quite manage to save the world, he makes it a funnier one to be in.' -- The Times 20090221
Author Bio
A former Cambridge Footlighter, Mark Watson first made an impact on the comedy circuit in 2002 when he won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic competition and was a runner-up in 'So You Think You're Funny?' He has become known for his Edinburgh shows (2005's 50 Years Before Death And The Awful Prospect Of Eternity was nominated for the Perrier) and his gruelling shows that last more than 24 hours. Perrier's successor, the if.comeddies, awarded the panel award for best capturing the spirit of the fringe, in 2007. Watson won the Chortle award winner for innovation in 2005, when he was also nominated for best breakthrough act, and was nominated for best compere in 2007. He is also a novelist, with his debut Bullet Points, published in 2003; has written for TV and in 2007 landed his first radio series, Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better.