From the Bottom Up: One Man's Crusade to Clean America's Rivers (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “A how to do it manual for pursuing your dreams with grit, determination and laughter. Very interesting and you gotta love how hard this man works to do something for all Americans! Inspiring! And he's coming to my college to speak! Go Chad! Plant trees!!” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 3 stars

  “Very inspiring story about a young man's incredible dedication to clean up the rivers. Book zones in on some irrelevant information, however, I would highly recommend the book to anyone.”

  Paul R wrote this review Tuesday, May 13 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “A how to do it manual for pursuing your dreams with grit, determination and laughter. Very interesting and you gotta love how hard this man works to do something for all Americans! Inspiring! And he's coming to my college to speak! Go Chad! Plant trees!!”

  Carol R wrote this review Tuesday, March 4 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “The Introduction, first few chapters, and the appendix with trash statistics were interesting.”

  Betty B wrote this review Sunday, December 23 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Uplifting story about what one person can do to save the planet.”

  santhosh k wrote this review Wednesday, October 24 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “An inspiring read about a young man from the Quad Cities (IA/IL towns that span the Mississippi) who gets so fed up with the junk and trash in the river where he works that he decides to start picking it up on his own. With a small grant from Alcoa he buys a boat and can afford dumping fees for all of the junk he finds. From that seed grows the Living Lands and Waters program that is running cleanups all over the country and planting riverbed trees as well. This book describes each season - the people involved, the methods used to pick up the trash and to secure funding. This book motivated me to organize a lakefront trash pickup here in Evanston, IL with the Y-Guides... and we will be doing more. A very inspirational person with a compelling tale to tell - if you are at all interested in ecology or not-for-profit fund-raising then this is a must-read. If you liked Johnny Appleseed - you'll love this!”

  chaudruc wrote this review Thursday, July 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No