Green Living For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))

Green Living For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))
by Yvonne Jeffery, Liz Barclay, Michael Grosvenor

Green Living For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))
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Author: Liz Barclay, Michael Grosvenor, Yvonne Jeffery
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-19
ISBN: 0470227427
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: For Dummies

Book Reviews of Green Living For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))

Book Review: Soup to Nuts Guide
Summary: 5 Stars

This book covers a vast amount of information in the typical Dummy fashion. If you know nothing about living a green lifestyle, Green Living for Dummies will teach you the basics and lots more. Because of the breadth of this book, virtually everyone will learn from it.

The book begins like most green living books do, with an overview of the importance of being green for our deeply troubled Earth.

However, unlike most eco-friendly books I've read, this one covers the gamut:

Green at Home: includes a section on detecting and banishing health hazards like asbestos and lead.Basics on green remodeling and building and on green cleaning.

Chapter on garbage. This was great, as part of the problem is the proper disposal of unwanted stuff. Includes how and what to recycle, including what to do with the problematic computers and cell phones.

Chapter on growing your own food.

The chapter on how to purchase the best green and ethical food was excellent.

Subsequent chapters included green clothing, ethical investments, donations and banking.

Transportation, green travel...

Even working in a green environment was covered.

Like I said, a green soup to nuts books. Lots of good, current information. Highly recommended.

Author of award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet

Summary of Green Living For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))

Want to do your part to reduce energy consumption, waste, and pollution; clean up the environment, and save the planet? Green Living For Dummies is packed with practical suggestions you can follow to make your lifestyle greener by doing as little damage as possible to the planet and the animal and plant life that depend on it.

This practical guide delivers an array of realistic practices and changes you can undertake to help the environment and create a better home for yourself and your loved ones. You?ll discover easy and innovative ways to make a difference by reducing energy use and waste, scaling back reliance on your car, and even making minor adjustments to your diet. You?ll also find how to live green at work and in your community, and you?ll develop a deeper understanding of how these changes benefit both the environment and your own health and well-being! Discover how to:

  • Go green gradually
  • Make eco-friendly home improvements
  • Work greener transportation into your lifestyle
  • Save money by going green
  • Eat locally and organically
  • Raise your children?s environmental awareness
  • Reduce waste by repairing, restoring, and reusing
  • Become a green consumer
  • Invest in green companies for fun and profit

Complete with handy lists of things you can do to make a difference right away and down the road Green Living For Dummies is the resource you need to start taking steps toward shrinking your footprint.

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