Download or read book The Eco Shopper s Guide to Buying Green written by J. Angelique Johnson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes various items young readers can choose when shopping that are "green" alternatives.
Download or read book The Eco Neighbor s Guide to a Green Community written by J. Angelique Johnson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes various ways young readers can help out in their communities by using "green" alternatives.
Download or read book The Better World Shopping Guide 6th Edition written by Ellis Jones and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small enough to fit in your pocket, this practical little book will help you change the world as you shop! While we strive to make our vote count every four years, few of us realize that our most immediate power to shape the world is squandered on a daily basis. Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change. In fact, it already has. The world that exists today is in large part a result of our purchasing decisions. The Better World Shopping Guide rates hundreds of products and services from A to F, so you can quickly tell the "good guys" from the "bad guys" and ensure your money is not supporting corporations that make decisions based solely on the bottom line. Drawing on decades of meticulous research, this completely revised and updated sixth edition will help you find out who actually "walks the talk" when it comes to: Environmental sustainability Human rights Community involvement Animal protection Social justice Small enough to fit in a back pocket or handbag and organized in a user-friendly format, The Better World Shopping Guide helps you reward companies who are doing good, penalize those involved in destructive activities, and change the world as you shop! Ellis Jones, PhD is the award-winning, bestselling author of five previous editions of The Better World Shopping Guide , and co-author of The Better World Handbook . A scholar of social responsibility, global citizenship, and everyday activism, he has dedicated himself to uncovering practical ways for people to make a difference in the world. He currently teaches at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA.
Download or read book Shop Green Live Well written by Carla Windsor and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shop Green, Live Well: The Eco-Conscious Consumer's Guide to Shopping Are you tired of feeling guilty about your shopping habits? Do you want to make a difference for the planet, but don't know where to start? Shop Green, Live Well is the ultimate guide to shopping in a more sustainable way. This book will teach you everything you need to know about green products and services, how to reduce your environmental impact when shopping, how to support sustainable businesses, and how to make informed shopping choices. With Shop Green, Live Well, you'll learn how to: Identify and purchase green products and services Reduce your environmental impact when shopping Support sustainable businesses Make informed shopping choices You'll also find case studies and examples of eco-conscious consumers who are making a difference in the world. Shop Green, Live Well is the perfect book for anyone who wants to make a difference for the planet without sacrificing their quality of life. Imagine a world where every shopping decision you made was a good one for the environment. Where you could feel good about buying the things you need and want, knowing that you're not harming the planet. That's the world that Shop Green, Live Well can help you create. This book is more than just a guide to shopping. It's a call to action. It's a chance for you to make a difference for the planet, one purchase at a time. Order your copy of Shop Green, Live Well today and start making a difference tomorrow.
Download or read book The Eco Student s Guide to Being Green at School written by J. Angelique Johnson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes various ways young readers can help out in their schools by using "green" alternatives.
Download or read book Greenopia Chicago written by Gay Browne and published by Green Media Group. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 1,300 listings of local green retailers, service providers, and organizations throughout the Chicago area, this guide is an indispensable reference for eco-friendly shopping in the Windy City. It also offers practical advice and environmental tips that can be easily used at home. Listings range from organic restaurants and grocery stores to dry cleaners, organic pest-control services, and sustainable building suppliers, such as landscapers and interior designers. All listings are vetted by a research team and then rescreened by local expert advisers, providing shoppers with confident, reliable choices. Some listings are further recognized with a "green leaf" award, which gauges green businesses on a scale of one to four leaves, four being the greenest. This guide is a truly complete resource for green living.
Download or read book Greenopia New York City written by and published by Greenopia. This book was released on 2008-04-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 1,000 listings of green retailers, service providers, and organisations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, this guide is an indispensable reference for eco-friendly shopping. It also offers practical advice and environmental tips that can be easily used at home. Listings range from organic restaurants and grocery stores to dry cleaners, organic pest-control services, and sustainable building suppliers, such as landscapers and interior designers. All listings are vetted by a research team and then rescreened by local expert advisers, providing shoppers with confident, reliable choices. Some listings are further recognised with a "green leaf" award, which gauges green businesses on a scale of one to four leaves, four being the greenest. This guide is a truly complete resource for green living.
Download or read book The Green Supermarket Shopping Guide written by John F Wasik and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for the earth-conscious consumer shows shoppers which products come in packages made from recycled materials, which companies help the environment and which hurt it, how to decode confusing environmental claims on labels, and more.
Download or read book America Goes Green 3 volumes written by Kim Kennedy White and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 1358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume encyclopedia explores the evolution of green ideology and eco-friendly practices in contemporary American culture, ranging from the creation of regional and national guidelines for green living to the publication of an increasing number of environmental blogs written from the layperson's perspective. Evidence of humanity's detrimental impact on the environment is mounting. As Americans, we are confronted daily with news stories, blogs, and social media commentary about the necessity of practicing green behaviors to offset environmental damage. This essential reference is a fascinating review of the issues surrounding green living, including the impact of this lifestyle on Americans' time and money, the information needed to adhere to green principles in the 21st century, and case studies and examples of successful implementation. America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States examines this gripping topic through 3 volumes organized by A–Z entries across 11 themes; state-by-state essays grouped by region; and references including primary source documents, bibliography, glossary, and green resources. This timely encyclopedia explores the development of an eco-friendly culture in America, and entries present the debates, viewpoints, and challenges of green living.
Download or read book The Eco Chick Guide to Life written by Starre Vartan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering young women in their 20s and 30s practical tips for lowering their impact on the Earth, this timely guide provides hundreds of ideas on how to be ecologically smart and still be stylish and trendsetting.
Download or read book A Teen Guide to Eco Fashion written by Liz Gogerly and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2013 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical advice about living an eco-conscious life including the sourcing of eco-friendly clothes, and how they can apply a range of 'R's, such as recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption, to an imaginative range of fashion projects.
Download or read book Green Living written by Green Matters and published by Rock Point. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you aspire to live a green or zero-waste life, but just don’t know where to begin? Green Living is here to guide you to an eco-friendly lifestyle through approachable, easy-to-implement strategies. Authored by the successful GreenMatters.com website, which is dedicated to making news and topics across sustainability and innovation accessible to everyone, this indispensable resource is packed with suggestions and ideas to implement sustainable living in all areas of your life and home. You’ll be inspired to dive deeper into green living and feel empowered by your choice to help the environment and create a healthier household. Learn not just the “why” of going green, but the “how,” with quick-and-easy tips to substitute unsustainable and unhealthy products with greener options. Each chapter has Seed, Sprout, and Tree steps to help meet you where you’re at and develop your green practices in a way that works with your lifestyle. With additional micro-actions and tips throughout as well as definitions for commonly used green terminology, this book is for people just getting started or those looking to learn more eco-friendly hacks. Save money (and the planet) with easy steps like switching to single-use alternatives like reusable straws and cloth shopping totes. Also, find resources to help you get creative and reuse materials you already have for a new purpose, from DIY pet toys to home decor, minimizing what you buy and preventing materials from going into the landfill. Other topics covered: Recycling and composting Eco-friendly cleaning Minimalist organizing Green beauty Sustainable fashion This comprehensive guide to green will take a permanent place on your bookshelf as you return to it again and again on your journey to sustainability.
Download or read book Thepurplebook Green written by Hillary Mendelsohn and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all want to live a little greener, we just don't always know which choices to make, or where to find the goods. thepurplebook online shopping guides have always brought the best of the internet to light and, with this special Green Edition, we have turned our focus the the web's finest eco-friendly stores. These shops reward your environmental awareness with unmatched selections of product that have been designed with the planet in mind.On the recycled paper within, you'll find everything you need to go green: fashion, function, food, home improvement, furnishings, garden supply, personal necessities and gifts for man, woman and child. One simple book reveals a world full of wonderful and responsible shopping options. The only plastic you'll need is your credit card.
Download or read book The Essential Green You written by Deirdre Imus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to detoxifying your lifestyle and your body, inside and out, from expert and activist Deirdre Imus In The Essential Green You!, the third volume in the New York Times bestselling Green This! series, Deirdre Imus shares tips on how to "green" the way you take care of yourself, whether with the food you eat or the clothes you wear, or the cosmetics, toiletries, and hair products you use every single day. Deirdre provides detailed, practical advice that includes: - How to find everything from organic groceries to nontoxic personal care items - Toxic ingredients to avoid in the products you use every day - Where to find clothes that are both environment-friendly and fashionable - Healthy alternatives to commonly used medications - How to make better eating habits a priority and live more consciously Living organically doesn't require a drastic overhaul and it doesn't have to be complicated or expensive -- Deirdre Imus shows how easy and important it is for women to "buy green, eat green, and be green."
Download or read book The Green Shopper written by RD king and published by 大賢者外語. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are You Willing To Learn About Shopping Green And Transform Your Life Today? Proven Tips, Tools and Tactics To get The Most Out Of Your Efforts To Go Green! A lot of shoppers only seem to have an abstract understanding of the advantages of organic foods and products on the environment and their wellness. If you're reading this, I'm assuming you have already taken the first step in this journey, which is identifying what you need to do in order to get the most out of your efforts to go green. Is your lack of knowledge about how to make the right choices making your life difficult... maybe even miserable? And if you want to make a change for the better where it concerns your health, you will get moving toward making this change and getting the information that you need! Your friendly guide using eco-friendly products in the market. This is what you’re getting from this ultimate guide to green shopping: Nutrition And Organics Organics And Your Health Organic Skin Care Choosing Organic Skin Care Products Organic Bath Soaps
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Download or read book Generation Green written by Linda Sivertsen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know about the Earth's environmental crisis, but there is someone who can truly make a difference: you. If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think. It's just as easy to do even more to help save the earth, and Generation Green shows you how. This book: Lays out the inside scoop on the biggest issues affecting our planet, such as global warming and overflowing landfills Offers dozens of tips on how to shop, dress, eat, and travel the green way Includes interviews with teens like you who are involved with fun, innovative green causes Shows that being environmentally conscious can be a natural part of your life -- and your generation's contribution to turning things around. It doesn't matter if you can't vote or drive. Your efforts -- big or small -- will contribute to saving the planet. It's time for all of us to take action. It's time to go green!
