Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying

Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying | David Bach, Hillary Rosner | Go Green and Prosper

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	Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying David Bach, Hillary Rosner Broadway, 2008 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Little Things Add Up

If you are looking for a common sense approach to green things that you can do to make a difference, this book is a good start. The bonus is things that you can do can and will save you money in the long run. Some of the suggestions are not possible for many people (give up your car for instance) but there are definitely things that all of us can do to make a big difference and put a few bucks in our pocket too. Check it out; highly recommended.

Go Green and Prosper

In Go Green, Live Rich, David Bach and Hillary Rosner show us how acting in an environmentally responsible way can actually make us a lot of money and make us healthier at the same time.

Bach writes: "Going green is the most important issue that will shape our future."

By using less resources, buying less stuff, making our homes and transportation more energy efficient, we absolutely save money. The brilliance is taking that money and investing it.

He writes: It's not what you earn that makes you rich or poor; it is what you spend." I wholeheartedly agree with this assessment and it sums up what I like so much about this book. Stop buying all that stuff and invest or contribute to green causes, instead.

Bach provides dollar amounts for each of the 50 ways to go green:
* Improve fuel efficiency: $884
* Seal leaks in home: $129
* Lower thermostat: $85
* Brownbag lunch: $ 1560
* Total savings: $3758
Invest that savings (preferably in green businesses) for 30 years: $678,146

There are 50 tips for greening your life, including: build green, bring your bags, clean green and take a volunteer vacation.

Bach writes:"I believe green investing will be to the 21st century what technology was the the 20th century," and encourages readers to invest in green opportunities, businesses and services that will help the environment.

Bach also encourages the reader to contribute to green causes.

Go Green Live Rich is a starting point for living a green lifestyle, but in no way is it comprehensive. Bach and Rosner do a great job in proving that green doesn't have to be expensive, however. There are lots of other books out there with more information on green living. Here are a few of my favorites:Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your Life, Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World and Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.

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dozens of little ideas to green up your life, if you are into that sort of thing

As I see a reviewer's job, it isn't to judge a book only by whether you agree with the author or not. For example, many of the assumptions behind this book seem pretty stretched to me, however, I still think the book does a pretty good job at what it sets out to do. So, I give it four stars. I often get questions from people who violently disagree with a book I review and see that I also disagree with the author, and wonder why I don't pan it. So, I thought I would explain why. My rating does not imply agreement, but rather my judgment on how well the authors set out to do what they were after, and if its audience can get from it what they are after. Oh, sure, there are times I do go after a book that gets on my last nerve, but I try not to indulge in that very often. If I did, this would be one of those books.

However, when you have a book whose co-author worked on Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", you know where you are going. Plus, I don't mind people making choices to green up their life if that is how they want to spend their resources. My main objection to these kinds of policies is when they are forced on people by government. But if you choose to live this way and think it improves your way of life and standard of living, who am I to tell you it doesn't?

This little book goes through 49 tips and a couple of political pleas in 11 chapters and provides all kinds of ways the authors think you should change you life to accommodate their vision of the world. The chapters help you think about your "carbon footprint", transporting yourself in more nature friendly ways, lowering your home's energy use, water use, and buying nature friendly houses and housing add ons such as siding. They also provide shopping tips they say will actually lower your costs such as eating less but eating organic without meat, bringing your own bags, and buying in bulk. Their grow your own food is a great idea, but their claim it will save you money is silly.

They then move into changing your personal values and raising your kids with eco-friendly values, going green at work (and inspiring your co-workers to do the same), and thinking about ideas that you might turn into a green business. This last is the only way I can see making money on what is discussed in this book. I am not saying don't do any of it, but I am saying that the documentation they provide in the back is pretty fuzzy and mixes a lot of things together in ways that are more like alchemy than science. Hey, but do what you want to do.

The last chapter talks about making donations to socially aware causes, investing in green companies (be warned, this can be VERY expensive), and working for environmental causes.

Not a bad book and if you share its values, you will likely enjoy it. However, you will probably already know the tips it provides. For me, most of their claims rang hollow.

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

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Pretty Good

This work by Mr Bach continues to be consistant in quality. Although presented differently (i.e. format), he gives good ideas, excellent points and things to ponder. I would suggest this to anyone who would like to integrate being environmentally aware into their financial structure.

Interesting tips

I thought this audio was good, but I felt like they tried to rush so many ideas or tips that it sounded like the people speaking on the audio had the tape on fast forward.

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