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I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what they can do to make a difference and try to be greener. I would highly recommend this to everyone.
I purchased this as a gift, but ended up reading to find out what it was about. It is definitely worth purchasing to knowledge people on what they can do to help save the environment. I couldn't believe the things I read that most people would even think of that could save our environment.
The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a TimeThis book is the best book on living green I have ever read. I think this is a must own in the new green economy. It is easy to understand, breaks down the why and how and is even printed in recycled materials.
It wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. Thought I'd save her some cash and maybe save yet another book from going in the trash. 90% of the stuff in here was common sense or stuff our parents taught us years and years ago. I ended up passing it on to a friend who was talking about buying it herself.
This book was written for people who want in on the "Green" trend and get that warm fuzzy feeling without it really changing their current lifestyle. I would not recommend this book to someone who really wants to make a difference in their life and take the "Green" trend seriously. It's insulting to a reader who really wants to change their way of living (they want you to put down $13 to tell you that when you aren't in the room to shut off your lights to save energy. honestly--This book could've been written in 3 words: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Instead, they stayed generic and offer the reader nothing--Plus, it's so bad that it has to get some celebrity opinions so it could desperately draw an audience. This book is decent in the following ways:--It's mostly a tip book; there are some irrelevant "essays" or blurbs provided by some of today's popular celebrities (like Tyra Banks, Ellen Degeneres) but fortunately, you can skip them--For the most part, it's an optimistic book.
It means well enough--The Book is printed with 100% postconsumer recycled paper/fiberBUTThis book is horrible in the following ways:--In terms of Eco-Living Guides, this book is hands down awful. Really.).--The book is 200 pages but more than a quarter of it is simply references for info like that above. So overall, this book is terrible. For instance, if they recommend us to buy recycled office supplies, it would've been nice to provide the reader for some places or websited to actually BUY recycled office supplies. It just offers ideas that make you more aware of the way you're living and ways you can change it. Instead this book beat those three magic words to death by nit picking every aspect of your life (ex.
instead of just saying "buy recycled school supplies," each supply has its own tip, "buy recycled paper" "buy recycled binders")--The tips are regurgitated throughout, for instance the same tip to "reuse your paper clips" is found in the sections for both the officeand school--While it means well with its tips, it could have been much more helpful.
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