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Includes a guide to ethical shopping and investing
Your introduction to taking simple steps towards sustainable living
Packed with practical and realistic advice, Green Living For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to minimising your impact on the world around you. Here you'll discover effective and simple strategies for making a difference in every part of your life - from reducing energy waste in your home and cutting reliance on your car, to going green in the garden and at work.
Minimise household rubbish
Buy green energy
Eat seasonally and organically
Switch holidays for eco-tourism
Teach your kids to be green
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Your Environment, Your Responsibility 7
Chapter 1: Being Greener for the Good of the Planet and Its People 9
Chapter 2: Understanding the Environment and Its Problems 25
Part II: Living a Green Lifestyle 43
Chapter 3: Living in a Green Home 45
Chapter 4: Acting Green at Home 67
Chapter 5: Getting Green in the Garden 89
Chapter 6: Waste Not, Want Not: Minimising Your Rubbish 107
Part III: Green Shopping 127
Chapter 7: Living to Eat or Eating to Live? 129
Chapter 8: Wearing It Well 155
Chapter 9: Banking on Your Ethics 167
Part IV: Thinking Green Outside the Home 181
Chapter 10: Implementing Ideas for a Greener Working Environment 183
Chapter 11: Going Green at School 195
Part V: Travelling Without Doing Any More Damage to the Planet 205
Chapter 12: Choosing Your Transport Wisely 207
Chapter 13: Expanding the Green Car Evolution 223
Chapter 14: Becoming a Green Tourist 235
Part VI: The Part of Tens 249
Chapter 15: Ten Great Sustainable Actions You Can Take Today 251
Chapter 16: Ten (Or So) Informative and Fun Web Sites 259
Chapter 17: Ten Green Ideas to Try 263
Chapter 18: Ten (Or So) Things to Tell Your Kids about Sustainable Living 269
Chapter 19: Ten Green Projects to Get the Whole Community Involved 277
Appendix: The Best Green Web Sites 285
Index 295
