by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
The “Make Do and Mend 2009” was the top-selling book at John Lewis in the week of launch. Congratulations to all 28,000 John Lewis Partners.
As readers will remember we reviewed this book and it is a great common sense publication that is somewhat an updated version of the old World War Two classic by the same name minus the 2009.
One can definitely say a “well done” to John Lewis Partnership, the John Lewis Foundations and especially all the 28,000 John Lewis Partners who contributed to the book and its making.
“Make Do and Mend 2009” definitely is a publication that is needed in our current times and will still be a very good guides even if and when we get out of this recession/depression as, some day, we must.
This day, however, could be still some way off though for we must not get sent back into a “back to business as usual” mentality just because there is a little upturn for many an analyst is issuing warnings that the worst is still to come.
Therefore the “Make Do and Mend 2009” book is one that people should definitely consider investing in and also, I have to say, it would not be a bad idea if, indeed, we would look at the advice that was given in the book of WWII vintage the new one was based on, to a degree; and not just the title.
Much of this was and is, obviously, common sense advice but it would appear, again and again, that common sense is indeed a misnomer as it does not seem to be at all that common.
I can never understand why someone has to have the tap running, for instance, when brushing the teeth. Or why people have the lights on all over the house when they are all in one or two rooms only at most of the time.
The same is for leaving TVs on and on standby. Much of this is laziness as so many love the idea of simply not having to worry about switching the lights on and off when going from one room to the next and as to the TV not having to turn it on, physically, at the set.
Most of the problem as to the way we have damaged our Planet has all to do with out laziness and our overconsumption.
We have to look at new ways and into the past where people still had the right attitude, to some degree, of making do and mend, and change.
© 2009
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