Go Green, Save Green: A Simple Guide to Saving Time, Money, and God's Green Earth [Paperback]

Nancy Sleeth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 25, 2009

Many people want to “go green” but put it off because they believe it's too time consuming and too expensive. Not so! Nancy Sleeth and her family have been living an eco-friendly lifestyle for years saving both time and money. Now, for the first time, she divulges hundreds of practical, easy-to-implement steps that you can take to create substantial money savings while protecting the earth. Sleeth also demonstrates how going green helps people live more God-centered lives by becoming better stewards of financial and natural resources. Chapter titles include: (1) Home; (2) Lawn and Garden; (3) Work; (4) Transportation; (5) Food; (6) Sabbath; (7) Holidays; (8) Entertainment; (9) School; (10) Church; (11) Nature; and (12) Community.
Features:

• Hundreds of simple, easy-to-implement money-saving tips for going green at home and at the office.
• Simple cost-saving formulas that allow readers to calculate their energy/financial savings as they go green.
• Helpful “try this instead of that” charts offering money-saving green solutions for everyday living.
• Inspirational Scripture and quotes from church leaders (both historical and current) that support the biblically mandated stewardship component of going green

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; Trade Paperback Edition edition (March 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141432698X
• ISBN-13: 978-1414326986
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #649,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After a spiritual and environmental conversion experience, Nancy Sleeth and her family radically altered their footprint, reducing their electricity use to one-tenth and their fossil fuel use to one-third the national averages. Along with her husband, Matthew, Nancy now travels throughout the U.S. speaking and writing about faith and the environment.
Prior to heeding this environmental calling, Sleeth served as communications director for a Fortune 500 company and as a high school and college educator and administrator.

Sleeth is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds a masters degree in journalism. She is the author of Go Green, Save Green: A Simple guide to saving time, money, and God's green earth, the first-ever practical guide for going green from a faith perspective. Nancy and Matthew are the parents of Clark Sleeth, who is preparing for a calling in missionary medicine, and Emma Sleeth, a student at Asbury College and author of It's Easy Being Green (Zondervan, Spring 2008). Nancy is the Program Director of Blessed Earth, a faith-based nonprofit focusing on environmental stewardship.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars save stuff, April 1, 2009

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thisbrit "thisbrit" (bluegrass) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Go Green, Save Green: A Simple Guide to Saving Time, Money, and God's Green Earth (Paperback)

A singularly interesting and valuable tool for any "greenie", this text is the ultimate for a spiritually-minded person. Combines the best of both areas: ecologically sound, and centered on the Bible. I would send this book to any friends who are confused about their own role in the society in which we live. This is a difficult time for everyone in America, and even those with an adequate source of funds will find money saving tips galore, to reduce wanton expense and therefore have more to donate/give away/share. Start reading and then start DOING. It is easy with this book in your hands. Thanks Mrs. Sleeth.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable guide to living green and cutting living expenses, March 24, 2009

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Ransom (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Go Green, Save Green: A Simple Guide to Saving Time, Money, and God's Green Earth (Paperback)

Wow. An amazingly helpful book absolutely jammed with ideas for how to live green and reduce your carbon footprint. The bonus is that most of these ideas also enable you to drastically reduce your monthly living expenses. A welcome book in these tough economic times.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Green made EASY!, March 19, 2009

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W. Sears (Wilmore, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Go Green, Save Green: A Simple Guide to Saving Time, Money, and God's Green Earth (Paperback)

The way the book was laid out caused me to think this might be a boring read -- more of a reference, perhaps. When I sat down and started reading, the thing reads itself. Almost every green author right now has a top-10 list of how-to-go-green directives. The difference with Nancy's book is that she tells you why it's important to do those things (i.e. statistics about how many gallons of water it takes to produce certain products, etc.).

The frequent home-spun stories are warm and inviting, as well, causing the reader to identify with the everyday applications of the thousands of tips in the book. Having read the book, I've done a complete overhaul of my house (CFLs, low-flow showerhead, recycling, cloth napkins, water/heating/cooling conservation, as well as used clothing and checking out other used items on Craigslist and Freecycle. THIS is the book that can help all of us save money, remind us of the joys of family, and actively save the planet in our everyday lives. A must-have, for sure.