ProjectLiveGreen

If you want to get-up-to- speed in a green way sooner rather than later, then you might want to take a little personal crash course on the subject. And what better way to do that than by tapping into a couple of the following resources that speak directly to the topic you’re studying! The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Savings the Planet One Simple Step at a Time (Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas M. Kostigen) addresses the fact that Americans endanger the balance of the ecosystem by the amount of waste we produce, the amount of water we use, and the amount of energy we consume; and celebrities, including Robert Redford, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., contribute observations and suggestions for living green. In the hope that the glamour of the A-list will make discussion of environmental challenges more palpable, the authors establish 12 aspects of our habitat, such as home, work, and school, and suggest better lifestyle choices in each arena. Small adjustments in the way we consume and dispose of resources add up to significant and positive environmental effects; for example, if everyone in the U.S. used one less paper napkin per day, in a year’s time we would have saved one billion pounds of landfill waste. An outstanding resource, one reviewer commented that the book is “non preachy and illustrates the million little things we can do to be greener without any real inconvenience.”Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home (Renee Loux) demonstrates that being green at home is easy, affordable, and better in every sense of the word. She discusses the daily choices we face that can keep the home, personal care, and beauty routines free of toxins. She exposes the dirt on cleaning products and common hazardous ingredients and reveals her recommendations for greener options, including her “Green Thumb Guides” for choosing non-toxic, eco-smart, and human-friendly products. Peppered with compelling and inspiring facts, Easy Green Living is full of “5 Step” lists, products and recipes for green cleaning, helpful charts, safer choices for every room, and inspirational advice so we can save the planet–one cleaning spritz at a time.Going Green: A Wise Consumer’s Guide to a Shrinking Planet (Sally Kneidel) focuses on the biggest environmental culprits of the American lifestyle–our diet, our housing, our clothing, and our transportation–and provides practical, effective steps we can all take to reduce our carbon footprint and live more sustainably. A reviewer of the book has written that the book is “ideal reading for any consumer who worries about the world of tomorrow.”Going Green Without Going Broke (Diedre Holley) was written for those of us who have limited resources unlike others that encourage you to run out and buy a wind turbine. The suggestions in this book range in cost from free to about 80. You’ll find 25 ways to go green without emptying your wallet on the pages of this helpful book, and most of them will even put a little green back in your pocket! We have heard for years that it’s greener and cheaper to make it yourself. Is it really? The author has done studies on that very thing so you can make an informed decision rather than the expensive trial and error method. Minimal impact on your wallet; minimal impact on your lifestyle; big impact on the environment.