Kate Wheeler

A note-taker and a doodler are paired up for a science project that seems them travel through time, gathering information on how humanity has dealt with the problem of trash and learned how to recycle. A few examples are from the distant past, but most are more recent. When the problem of plastic pollution seems too big to face, solutions and innovations are presented - along with the message that scientists and artists are both needed to come up with more ideas. Fun and informative!

I had a hard time finishing this book which I found disjointed and less than satisfying. About all I liked were the passages dealing with life with the poor of Peru.

Some of the stories in this collection are really stellar and thought-provoking, but some are rather lackluster. The uneven texture isn't so bad that I'd recommend you away from it, but approach it with an eye to finding what you like. Not everything is going to grab you.