Green Living For Dummies - Brossura

Jeffery, Yvonne; Barclay, Liz; Grosvenor, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0470227427 ISBN 13: 9780470227428

Casa editrice: For Dummies, 2008

Riassunto

Offering a budget-friendly guide to sustainable living, an easy-to-follow handbook explains how readers can live a more ecologically aware lifestyle, with simple but effective strategies on how to make a difference by reducing household waste, opting for greener transportation alternatives, eating seasonally and organically, using green energy, and avoiding toxins. Original.

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L'autore:

Yvonne Jeffery is an author, editor, and award-winning feature writer with 15 years experience writing home and lifestyle stories, many of them focused on sustainable living. She credits the six months that she spent in Cambodia prior to that country’s democratic elections in 1993 with giving her a sense of how the world and its people are interconnected — and how small steps eventually can make a difference.
Yvonne’s work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and books around the world. Her credits include National Geographic Traveler, American Profile, The Sunday Telegraph (UK), and CanWest newspapers. She’s also a weekly columnist for the Calgary Herald newspaper.

Liz Barclay has worked as an adviser, trainer, and manager with the Citizens Advice Bureau, a nonprofit organization in the United Kingdom that provides free, impartial advice to help individuals resolve legal, financial, consumer, and other problems. She still advises small businesses and sole proprietors on relationship management with staff and customers.
Liz is well connected within the media; she hosts You and Yours, a BBC radio program, and has worked on a wide range of business and finance programs for the BBC, both on TV and radio. Liz has written for the News Of The World, The Express, Moneywise, Family Circle, Save Money, and the Mail On Sunday personal finance magazine and has also written UK Law and Your Rights For Dummies and Small Business Employment Law For Dummies.

Michael Grosvenor is a leading urban planning professional and freelance writer on sustainability. Through his work and writing, Michael promotes the benefits of making sustainable lifestyle choices. Michael has particular expertise in transportation and advises the private sector and government on policies that promote increased public transportation, walking, and cycling facilities. Michael is a strong advocate for the important role that public transportation plays in cities and towns.
Michael is the director of his own consulting firm and holds Masters degrees in Urban Affairs and Applied Social Research and a Degree in Town Planning. He’s also a member of the Planning Institute of Australia and provides advice to the Institute on integrated land use and transportation planning issues. Michael has lived and studied in New York City but currently enjoys an inner-city lifestyle in Sydney, Australia.

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Features strategies to apply green principles in your daily life

Minimize your impact on the world and enjoy a green lifestyle

Want to join the worldwide environmental initiative? This practical guide is packed with realistic ways to help the environment and create a better home for you and your loved ones, from reducing energy use and waste and scaling back reliance on your car to making a difference in your diet, at work, and in your community. You'll see how green living affects the environment — and why going green is great for your well-being!

Discover how to:

• Make eco-friendly home improvements

• Work greener transportation into your lifestyle

• Eat locally and organically

• Raise green kids

• Repair, restore, and reuse

• Become a green consumer and investor

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• Editore: For Dummies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470227427
• ISBN 13: 9780470227428
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368