The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time

The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time | Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas M. Kostigen | Fantastic and useful ideas

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	The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas M. Kostigen Three Rivers Press, 2007 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Stays true to its vision of serving as the go-to, accessible, reason-based green guide

The power of The Green Book lies in its strict adherence to its vision: to make a practical, accessible guide for the average consumer to live a little more greenly, one day at a time. The Green Book is not revolutionary in the scientific concepts or practical advice presented. The strength is that all these tips are collected together in a small book, with the rationale behind each idea. Yes, you could probably dig up all this information elsewhere on the Internet, but who would want to?

I just read an energy saving "tip" on my electric company's website saying that a mom fed her kids off paper plates for the whole summer to save energy running the dishwasher. So she saved water and electricity at the cost of trees, landfill space, and manufacturing waste? When that's the quality of information you can find for free on the Internet, I'll pay $10 for a well-written, well-researched, and heavily endorsed green guide.

This is the guide for everyone who liked the concept of the July 2007 Live Earth concerts and wants to start taking one step at a time to live a greener life. If you can't afford a Prius or retrofit your home with solar panels, look no further. You still can make a dent in your energy footprint, and without becoming obsessive about the topic. The Green Guide will make you cognizant of what your shower, air conditioning, computer use, and buying habits do to the environment and the power of small changes if enough people adopt them.

The book is structured into chapters on the functional areas where you can apply tips: at home, work, school, while traveling, while shopping, and so on. The tips apply not just to saving Mother Earth, but to keeping our own bodies healthy (bicycling outside when you have the least exposure to smog, not using plastic containers to avoid chemical leaching). The Green Book made me think in new ways about environmental consciousness. Buying local made toys saves petroleum that would have been used to ship them across the Pacific from Asian countries. If you are going to buy a non-replantable Christmas tree, go for a live one instead of an artificial ones, because the artificial ones have a short 6 year-life span and end up in landfills with their PVC and lead waste. Paper or plastic? Go for paper, because they baggers will fill more groceries per bag, and paper has a better chance of being recycled.

The Green Book is complete with an exhaustive guide to online references for more information.

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Fantastic and useful ideas

This book has found a way to teach us valuable lessons about our responsibilities towards the environment (and each other), while at the same time providing humor and wit. The writing and editing are excellent.
I highly recommend it!

Excellent Source of Information

The Green Book is a cleverly written, excellent source of information,including the pages listing many relevant websites.

Easy to be "Green"

This book is a great reference on very simple things that you would not think about to help make a difference in saving our planet. My 11 year old son reads it and puts it to use. I highly recommend everyone to get a copy and keep it where everyone can see it. Just pick it up and pick a page. By just doing one simple thing in there, we can all make a difference!!!!

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The Green Book

Great source of information & ideas for anyone interested in becoming more environmentally aware. There are tips and ideas for everyone.
I would highly recommend this book. You need to take a look.........

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