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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
by
Elizabeth Rogers,
Thomas M. Kostigen (Goodreads Author)
Ellen DeGeneres, Robert Redford, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Martha Stewart, Tyra Banks, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Tiki Barber, Owen Wilson, and Justin Timberlake tell you how they make a difference to the environment.
Inside The Green Book, find out how you can too:
- Don’t ask for ATM receipts. If everyone in the United States refused their receipts,...more
Inside The Green Book, find out how you can too:
- Don’t ask for ATM receipts. If everyone in the United States refused their receipts,...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
June 19th 2007
by Three Rivers Press
(first published 2007)
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Printed on 100% recycled paper, The Green Book reads more like an anecdotal children’s encyclopedia (minus the pictures) than it does a full-fledged book. The 12 chapters, each covering a common space or activity such as home, work, school, and travel, systematically present simple ways in which readers can decrease their ecological footprint in each space. Each chapter contains 3 sections, including a section introducing the big picture, followed by 3 simple steps to becoming greener, and, fi...more
This book goes way beyond the advice: "Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle" -- although many of the suggestions are soundly based on those principles. Each item they address has a simple trade or fix, the reason why it's better, and an example of the positive result from the change. (IE: Buying a patio furniture bench made from recycled plastic will prevent 2000 plastic bottles from entering a landfill.)
The book is organized into sections like Entertainment, Travel, and Shopping for t...more
The book is organized into sections like Entertainment, Travel, and Shopping for t...more
A nifty little book that can be read in a matter of hours. It really should serve as a reference. Most of it is common sense. Not much new to me here and I'm already doing nearly everything they recommend. So in that sense, I was disappointed. I read it to learn something new, not to reaffirm that I'm doing the right thing. A few things, like the efficiencies of dishwashers and microwaves are based on certain assumptions that don't necessarily hold in all cases.
They use a lot of ana...more
They use a lot of ana...more
I really liked how this book gave a lot of statistics. If you cut your shower by 2 minutes, you'll save 10 gallons of water. It really brings things to light, and I wrote down a lot of tips on what I can do to cut down on waste and conserve natural resources.
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Every single person on this planet should read The Green Book. It's a wonderfully quick and easy-to-read-through book crammed full of practical ideas for famiies and individuals to put to immediate use in an effort to make a positive impact on our beautiful Earth. The authors do not take a finger-pointing approach. On the contrary, they humble themselves and talk about the challenges facing 'real families' with regard to recycling but they also offer up suggestions that are very real and pretty ...more
I got this book from my mom for my birthday. It's printed on recycled paper and it contains tons of good ideas and tips to help save the earth. I appreciate that! I did learn many little ideas that I did not know about, and I'll keep this on my shelf forever!
The only complaints I have are that after literally every idea, the authors tell what kind of impact you can have on a global scale if you choose to do the specific thing. For example, use regular soap instead of buying special b...more
The only complaints I have are that after literally every idea, the authors tell what kind of impact you can have on a global scale if you choose to do the specific thing. For example, use regular soap instead of buying special b...more
Love that it was printed on recycled paper, so immediately it practices what it preaches. Includes imple and feasible ideas on how we can all do our part to help save the environment. While what they are telling us isn't exactly groundbreaking, and most of us are aware of these options, they're easily obtainable in our every day lives but alot of people just forget about these choices that are available to them. Also contains information people may not be aware of, such a e-waste. Also has a t...more
When confronting issues of ecology and conservation, I can often feel hopeless -- that no matter what I do, it's not enough. Or my efforts make little effect at all. This book made me feel that one person can -- and should -- do what she can to help save the planet. Not only were there hundreds of ideas on how to make small changes, the impact of those changes was clearly spelled out. Now I now that by skipping the beef in one meal, I save 2500 gallons of water. The same kinds of comparisons are...more
Simply being aware and changing our daily habits do make a difference honestly. Though I don't need movie star testimonials to encourage me to do so. This book has hundreds of doable and simple changes or choices we can make to conserve and make an impact on our planet. Some I already practice and others are things I hadn't thought of:
Just getting started on GREEN..here are some easy changes you can make..can you do any of these? Not buying bottled water, taking your own shopping bag...more
Just getting started on GREEN..here are some easy changes you can make..can you do any of these? Not buying bottled water, taking your own shopping bag...more
ดูเหมือนจะดีที่แนะนำวิธีจัดการกับเกือบทุกสิ่งทุกอย่าง
แต่จริงๆแล้วมีแต่ข้อความ"ซ้ำซาก"อยู่ทั้งเล่ม ที่สามารถสรุปเหลือสั้นๆได้แค่ ใช้ของที่ทำจากวัสดุรีไซเคิลได้, reuse และประหยัด
เต็มไปด้วยสถิติและการเปรียบเทียบที่กระชากใจ แต่ถ้าต้องอ่านสถิติพวกนี้หน้าละสามรอบไปสองร้อยกว่าหน้าก็เหมือนโดนกระชากวิญญาณ!
ถ้าหนังสือเล่มนี้เขียนสรุปให้สั้นลง จะสามารถเอากระดาษไปวางต่อกันรอบโลกได้กี่รอบนะ
(แล้วยังหน้า reference อีก 30 หน้านั่นล่ะ! .. แล้วกระดาษรองปกหลังที่เป็น"...more
แต่จริงๆแล้วมีแต่ข้อความ"ซ้ำซาก"อยู่ทั้งเล่ม ที่สามารถสรุปเหลือสั้นๆได้แค่ ใช้ของที่ทำจากวัสดุรีไซเคิลได้, reuse และประหยัด
เต็มไปด้วยสถิติและการเปรียบเทียบที่กระชากใจ แต่ถ้าต้องอ่านสถิติพวกนี้หน้าละสามรอบไปสองร้อยกว่าหน้าก็เหมือนโดนกระชากวิญญาณ!
ถ้าหนังสือเล่มนี้เขียนสรุปให้สั้นลง จะสามารถเอากระดาษไปวางต่อกันรอบโลกได้กี่รอบนะ
(แล้วยังหน้า reference อีก 30 หน้านั่นล่ะ! .. แล้วกระดาษรองปกหลังที่เป็น"...more
Lovely cover design and interior format. However, the book was disappointing. It'd serve as a nice introduction for those who haven't a clue how to recycle--and by that I mean those entirely void of clue.
First two chapters were okay, but then it became very repetitive, in ideas and advice, and annoying, in analogies and attempts at communicating just what vast changes can come about by being environment-friendly.
For example, it was tolerable the first twenty times they ...more
First two chapters were okay, but then it became very repetitive, in ideas and advice, and annoying, in analogies and attempts at communicating just what vast changes can come about by being environment-friendly.
For example, it was tolerable the first twenty times they ...more
This book is billed as one simple step at a time idea book for making greener choices. And simple it was, too simple if you're already living a relatively green-aware lifestyle. I put this book down so many times that I finally just gave up and skimmed it for any ideas that I wasn't already following or had not at least heard. Frankly there were only a handful; most were only slightly better than basic common sense, both ecological and economical. Additionally there seemed to be very little scie...more
This book has some great suggestions for living a green life. They may seem extreme, but they are, in fact, in line with living a life that tries not to impose on the environment. My biggest gripe about this book is that it features passages from celebrities about living green. Quite frankly, I don't give a crap what Cameron Diaz has to say about living green! Most celebrities live excessive lifestyles so I don't think they are qualified to write passages for a "green" lifestyle bo...more
This is such a fantastic handbook for those who want to become more eco-friendly. What I like about it is it's not Liking the Smell of Your Own Farts South Park style eco-conscious parody, but a list of little tips that don't take much effort or major lifestyle shifts in order to enact what could domino into a large impact on our world. Just give it a try. It feels good. Everybody's doing it. Don't you wanna be cool? I thought you were cool, man...
Vaguely useful, with some nice everyday tips that are good reminders of things I know I should already be doing. This would be great for people who are just starting to think about what they can do about the environment, but just too basic for anything beyond. For better or for worse, this also simplifies the issues a lot (e.g. on cloth vs. disposable diapers--they simply say "use cloth" and leave it at that without any further discussion).
This was a real eye opener. It really teaches you a lot of things that you can do to help our earth be a little bit greener. Most of them are things you can change daily and not even notice that you are doing it, such as turning off the water when you are brushing your teeth or washing your hands, I mean, do we REALLY need to have it running, it is kind of wasteful. It was crazy to me the amount of water each individual uses in a single day.
This book provides steps for a simple approach to living less wasteful lives. Reading this book doesn't make you feel guilty and it doesn't preach. Instead, it shows you how simple changes can help you use the resources we take for granted more efficiently.
I also found this book to be a useful reference guide for making informed decisions. It contains an index and is arranged by topic, such as "home", "school" and "shopping" so you get specific pointe...more
I also found this book to be a useful reference guide for making informed decisions. It contains an index and is arranged by topic, such as "home", "school" and "shopping" so you get specific pointe...more
I think I've read too many green books. They are seeming quite repetitive. And I don't appreciate the "dumbing down" factor for this one, as it uses the pathetic ploy of chapters written by celebrities which are not insightful or interesting.
However, there were a few tidbits of interest:
There is supposedly a new DVD format called Blue-Ray, which stores more info and uses discs with 50% paper content, making them shreddable and more recyclable! Though the format is...more
However, there were a few tidbits of interest:
There is supposedly a new DVD format called Blue-Ray, which stores more info and uses discs with 50% paper content, making them shreddable and more recyclable! Though the format is...more
Decent read on simple steps to living green. The celebrity inputs were useless and often missed the point. As normally happens when the celebrity class tries to help they wind up making being green look stupid. I think William McDonough's book, Cradle to Cradle, is a better treatise on what the "new green" needs to look like. As far as the "little" things this book is fine to read, but I would not base a philosophy around it.
I really liked this book--very quick read, very interesting, lots of good information and ways to apply conservation techniques in every area of our lives. I kept a little notebook right next to me the whole time to write down things I thought we could do; things like buying reusable air filters for our home that are machine-washable, using baby bar soap instead of soap in the plastic bottles, auto-switching power strips, getting off the mailing list for junk mail (www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglist,...more
Lots of great ideas in here! I love how the author, for each chapter, lists three really really easy things to do to be more eco-friendly, and then gives a bunch of suggestions for those who want to do more. I also like the statistics about how much impact each suggestion has because it's motivating and also helps one prioritize. Good stuff! I'd like to own this one.
This book is more of a list of ways to conserve energy and live healthy lives and provide for a healthy next generation. It has some really good ideas, but it's not really something that most people sit down and read. It's more of a guideline reference to someone who needs ideas for the weekend or an ecofriendly outing. Environmentalists read this book!!
I was hoping to get some easy tips on how I can be more "green" but this book mostly made me feel alternately guilty and pissed off. Guilty because I don't do as much as I can and doubt I will really start and pissed because every few pages they had celebrity testimonial. Like everyone was just waiting to save the planet until Cameron Diaz said it was a good idea?
I pride myself on making a tremendous effort at being green. I had heard wonders about this book and picked it up, along with a few other green living books. This is the only one I still haven't finished.
It has tons of little tips. But nothing really jumped out at me as extraordinary. There was little I didn't already know or do. The book was cool-- made out of recycled paper, throwing in a pop culture appeal with all the celebs-- but it was dry. Statistics, statistics, statistics--...more
It has tons of little tips. But nothing really jumped out at me as extraordinary. There was little I didn't already know or do. The book was cool-- made out of recycled paper, throwing in a pop culture appeal with all the celebs-- but it was dry. Statistics, statistics, statistics--...more
This is a good "overview" book with lots and lots of ideas to get you started in turning over a new green leaf (seasoned "greenies" will also likely find some ideas they hadn't previously considered). I did think it had a number of useful suggestions that anyone could put into practice and I, of course, love the suggestion that all parents should try cloth diapers. The style of the book, short blurbs on each topic giving one "simple" idea in each paragraph, make the...more
Some good ideas to get you started if, like me, you ar just beginning to be more conscientious about the benefits of being green. It certainly made me realize how wasteful I have been in the past and how easy it is to make small changes that can make a huge difference.
This book is awsome! Its more of a list of things that you could do to help with being more "Green", but the ideas of why we should do them is kind of shocking. The amount that we waste on an everyday basis is horrific! This is an awsome read!
This is a great book full of practical ways you can change your everyday habits as you work toward a more "green" lifestyle. It shows how simple and non-threatening going green really is. And it can even save you money!
All the obvious steps are in here, but there was also a lot of others that I have never thought of. I like all the statistics listed and also the ‘simple steps’ that are given. This is a great book for someone who is wanting to or just starting to live a greener life.
Great guide on going green although you've probably already heard of most of the suggestions proposed in the book. Book is printed on 100% recycled paper! As other reviewers have stated, the celebrity endorsements/stories are distracting and should have been omitted, in my opinion.
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