A warm-hearted, nonjudgmental guide, Home Ecology is replete with tips, suggestions, checklists and sources for further information on every aspect of the home, from food, energy and water to children, gardening, and pets. Printed on recycled paper.
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Christensen writes not as a professional environmentalist, but as a mother who wants society to change to a "sustainable way of life." She is more concerned with adopting a better lifestyle and bringing up children to see how their choices affect the Earth than with research, green consumerism, or having us accept every piece of advice she gives. This is fortunate, since some of her suggestions could prove problematical. For instance, she opposes, though not adamantly, having children inoculated, yet some United States school systems will not admit children without proof of certain vaccinations. Despite some practical problems of this nature, Christensen's advice is generally down-to-earth, urging people to change their day-to-day living in many small ways. She has consulted experts in reaching her ideas and urges readers to do likewise. Recommended for public libraries.
- Sue McKimm, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Cleveland
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Sue McKimm, Cuyahoga Cty. P.L., Cleveland
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Karen Christenson is an author and journalist whose concern about the environment was revived by the birth of her son in 1985. She and her family divide their time between London and Boulder.
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An intrepid solo traveler since age fourteen, always in love with books and global vistas, Karen has edited well-known reference works such as the Encyclopedia of Community and is the author of a number of popular environmental books, including The Armchair Environmentalist, which have been translated into French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai. She is CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group, which she cofounded in 1998.
Karen grew up in Minnesota and in the Silicon Valley in California. After graduating with a degree in literature from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara, she went to London and worked as a nanny and chauffeur before starting her publishing career at Blackwell Scientific Publications and Faber & Faber, where she was editorial assistant to Valerie (Mrs. T. S.) Eliot on the first (and so far only) volume of the T. S. Eliot letters (1988). Her memoir of work on the T. S. Eliot letters, "Dear Mrs. Eliot," was the cover story in the U.K. newspaper the Guardian's Review magazine, 29 January 2005.
Karen grew up in Minnesota and in the Silicon Valley in California. After graduating with a degree in literature from the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara, she went to London and worked as a nanny and chauffeur before starting her publishing career at Blackwell Scientific Publications and Faber & Faber, where she was editorial assistant to Valerie (Mrs. T. S.) Eliot on the first (and so far only) volume of the T. S. Eliot letters (1988). Her memoir of work on the T. S. Eliot letters, "Dear Mrs. Eliot," was the cover story in the U.K. newspaper the Guardian's Review magazine, 29 January 2005.
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Practical Advice,
This review is from: Home Ecology: Simple and Practical Ways to Green Your Home (Paperback)
Practical Advice on many issues of running a household in an environmentally friendly way. Some of the suggestions on living "green" I would not personally use, but the book is a great starting point for making your home greener.
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