Product Description

Includes a guide to ethical shopping and investing

Your introduction to taking simple steps towards sustainable living

Packed with practical and realistic advice, Green Living For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to minimising your impact on the world around you. Here you′ll discover effective and simple strategies for making a difference in every part of your life – from reducing energy waste in your home and cutting reliance on your car, to going green in the garden and at work.

• Minimise household rubbish
• Buy green energy
• Eat seasonally and organically
• Switch holidays for eco–tourism
• Teach your kids to be green

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82010 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

Review
"Green lifestyle advice for the eco–aware." (Ethical Corporation Magazine, March 2007)

"Essential reading" (Mature Times, Tuesday 16th May)

"Green Living For Dummies is a unique book on how to live a greener lifestyle that provides practical, realistic advice" (Prizes Galore, June 2007)

"This book offers clear, practical, realistic advice on simple lifestyle changes…" (Finance Daily, June 2007)

"...introduction to taking simple steps towards sustainable living, a comprehensive guide to minimising your impact on the world around you…" (Irish Examiner, 2nd June 2007)

"Everything you always wanted to know about sustainable living", (Organic Life, September 2007)
 

"If you′re eager to do your bit for the planet, but need more guidance on how to go about it–, you need this book!" (Best, 4th September 2007)

 "If you want to make some major changes but don’t know where to start, this guide offers practical advice…"(BBC Good Homes, November 2007)

"...the essential companion for anyone just starting on their green journey... has helpful hints that even seasoned greenies will appreciate." (House & Home Ideas, November 2007)

"Each area is clearly marked and split into simple sections with actions for the reader to follow."  (Resource UK, January 2008)

Review
"Green lifestyle advice for the eco–aware." (Ethical Corporation Magazine, March 2007)

"Essential reading" (Mature Times, Tuesday 16th May)

"Green Living For Dummies is a unique book on how to live a greener lifestyle that provides practical, realistic advice" (Prizes Galore, June 2007)

"This book offers clear, practical, realistic advice on simple lifestyle changes…" (Finance Daily, June 2007)

"...introduction to taking simple steps towards sustainable living, a comprehensive guide to minimising your impact on the world around you…" (Irish Examiner, 2nd June 2007)

"Everything you always wanted to know about sustainable living", (Organic Life, September 2007)

 "If you′re eager to do your bit for the planet,you need this book!" (Best, 4th September 2007)

 "If you want to make some major changes but don’t know where to start, this guide offers practical advice…"(BBC Good Homes, November 2007)

"...the essential companion for anyone just starting on their green journey... has helpful hints that even seasoned greenies will appreciate." (House & Home Ideas, November 2007)

"Each area is clearly marked and split into simple sections with actions for the reader to follow."  (Resource UK, January 2008)

Prizes Galore, June 2007
"Green Living For Dummies is a unique book on how to live a
greener lifestyle that provides practical, realistic advice"

Customer Reviews

Soup to Nuts Guide
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

Green Living for Dummies
Some 'For dummies' books can be very hit and miss, but this one is an excellent introduction to Green Living and ecology in everyday life. It looks at a whole host of topics such as, your place in the environment and getting started, how to make changes around the home, how to be a green consumer, going green at school and at work and green travel. It looks at all the facets of these various topics (and more) in great depth and in the 'dummies' usual format. Some idea are common sense and others need a change in lifestyle and general habits, but they are all clear and explained thoroughly. Not all of these ideas will be applicable to you, or will be easy to implement, but as a general guide to this very current topic, you can do a lot worse. This is a good overview, with some good ideas and written in a very accessible way. Worth a look.