The Everything Green Living Book: Easy Ways to Conserve Energy, Protect Your Family's Health, and Help Save the Environment [Paperback]

Diane Gow-McDilda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2007

Want to learn more about organic food? Curious about alternative power sources? Want to do your part to help save the environment? The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink, and dress affects the earth and the environment--and this concise, eye-opening book gives you all the tools you need to live a "green" lifestyle.

The Everything Green Living Book shows you how to:

• Get involved in Earth Day through grassroots efforts or volunteering
• Build or buy a green house
• Use and select nontoxic cleaning supplies
• Reap the benefits of organic foods
• Utilize nonpollutant modes of transportation
• Recycle more efficiently and find all-natural clothing and personal care items
• Educate your children on the green lifestyle

This Earth-conscious manual is your introduction to the green lifestyle--so you can help the Earth prosper for another 4.5 billion years!

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About the Author

Diane Gow McDilda is an environmental journalist with more than twenty years of experience. She holds a master's degree in Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. She lives in Gainesville, FL.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (September 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598694251
• ISBN-13: 978-1598694253
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,101,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of practical ideas here!, September 10, 2007

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Shannon (Salem, OR, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Everything Green Living Book: Easy Ways to Conserve Energy, Protect Your Family's Health, and Help Save the Environment (Paperback)

What an excellent resource this book is for anyone who is seeking ways to make a positive impact on the environment. The media today is saturated with doomsday news, which often leaves me feeling like there's nothing I can do as an individual. It's great to have a resource that provides so many ideas and so much information about positive things we can ALL do to help protect our environment.

I bought one copy for myself and ordered a second to send in to my child's middle school science class!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little elementary, March 21, 2008

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Chanda (Georgia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Everything Green Living Book: Easy Ways to Conserve Energy, Protect Your Family's Health, and Help Save the Environment (Paperback)

This book tries to focus on too many issues. It's just a little elementary for my taste, but probably great for someone who has no clue how to live "green."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good jumping board, written from a different POV, May 9, 2008

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Melanie Gold "melgold" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Everything Green Living Book: Easy Ways to Conserve Energy, Protect Your Family's Health, and Help Save the Environment (Paperback)

The market is saturated with green these days, so readers may have a hard time figuring out which books to read. I like this book for providing a broad foundation of information. Using the classic "Everything" format (and a title that's more palatable than Dummies or Complete Idiot's), the author shows that greening up your life doesn't have to be a radical endeavor. There are lots of Internet resources for learning more about specific programs, products, etc. And I like that McDilda an environmental engineer, not a stereotypical Hollywoodesque tree hugger who's jumping on the bandwagon.