Getting ready for the Better World Book kickstarter - April 2019

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:We are planning to offer kickbacks to people who promote the kickstarter. This is open to anyone who wants in. If you let us know that you are interested, we'll set up some spiffy links and send them to you once the kickstarter is live. If someone supports after clicking those links, then we'll send you a cut.

Below is what we are thinking of offering. The idea is to double incentivize extra support - more money from more backers and more money per backer.

In the past people have asked for a link and then only had 1 supporter - they were giving themselves a discount. So... If you bring in 2 or more supporters:



I would like to help promote the kickstarter. Not sure how much I could really do, since I live like a recluse:-),  but I know I would be posting it on FB and talking about it anyway. I will do all I can. I think this is a great idea and long overdue. I have been looking for something like this for a long time. So I am sure other are too.

Nicole Alderman wrote:I like the food forest one (#1) the best, but I voted for the apple one (#3) because I'm thinking that one catches the eye better and might appeal to a broader audience.

paul wheaton wrote:praise my budget!  praise it!

paul wheaton wrote:praise my budget!  praise it!

r ranson wrote:Outside permies, I know about 2 people who would be interested in those, and maybe another four who wouldn't but I would give it to anyway.

But I'm practising to become a hermit.  I don't know many people.  I'm probably not the target audience.

Mike Jay wrote:I like the sofa in combination with "luxuriant".  That gives me a feeling of cozy laziness.  Kind of like a hammock for cold climates.

Molly Kay wrote:Thought it was a chair.

paul wheaton wrote:

Molly Kay wrote:Thought it was a chair.

I always thought it was an excellent couch image.   Now that you said that, I can't stop seeing a chair!

I have requested a larger couch!

Mike Jay wrote:Maybe it's a love seat?  Snuggly place for two to save the world together.  Awwwwww

Shawn Klassen-Koop wrote:Thumbnail version.

paul wheaton wrote:

Molly Kay wrote:Thought it was a chair.

I always thought it was an excellent couch image.   Now that you said that, I can't stop seeing a chair!

I have requested a larger couch!

Lyda Eagle wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:

Molly Kay wrote:Thought it was a chair.

I always thought it was an excellent couch image.   Now that you said that, I can't stop seeing a chair!

I have requested a larger couch!

If you turn the couch/chair/loveseat upside down it looks like a smiley face, kinda like a frogs face or a hippo .....  :-)

Tyler Ludens wrote:After listening to the Otis podcast I was ready to rush over and throw money at the book kickstarter which I thought would be live!  

I think you should put the summary of this section in the beginning, not the end. I was a little confused on what the 'carzy' was all about. I like the scale, just explain it more.

Every person who reads this book will be at a different point on the
journey towards ecological awesomeness. Talking to others about their
journey can be inspiring, humbling, annoying, or infuriating. In order
to help you understand your relationship to others on this path, I
came up with the Wheaton Eco Scale. I encourage you to make up scales
too. It’s fun!

Ten years ago a newspaper columnist quit her “trying to be green”
column after one year. Readers would write in, telling her what to put
in the column. Eventually those messages came with the words “or
else.” She decided to end the column after receiving death threats
from several readers. To respond to this travesty, I needed this
scale.  Since its creation, this scale has been handy for hundreds of
things.