In contrast, primitive lifestyles are exalted. They rely on human labor rather than expensive machines. It has a picture of Chinese farmers using their feet to operate an irrigation device. She does not mention that bikes are not very useful for other than short distances and are not convenient in rain or snow. These books ignore the fact that if the people on the Earth are to become healthier and live longer, they will do so through technology, not ideology.
Evil Children learn that greedy lumber companies cut down forests.
Gluttonous fast food companies clear the rain forests to raise cattle for hamburgers. Profit-seeking hunters extinguished the passenger pigeon. But in the 1970s, things began to change. The first was governmental reluctance to curb industrial growth and commercial development. The second was the greed and unscrupulous actions of businesses that placed profit ahead of responsibility.