Do one green thing : saving the earth through simple, everyday choices / Mindy Pennybacker ; illustrations by Carolyn Vibbert ; foreword by Meryl Streep.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 270 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cmISBN:- 0312559763 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780312559762 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Saving the earth through simple, everyday choices
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 333.72 P416 | Available | 33111006297002 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
If you can only read and reference one green thing, make it this book: an easily comprehensible, clearly presnted source for green living. Everything you need to know is right here at your fingertips. Unlike a lot of other overwhelming green guides on the market, this is green decision making in bite sized pieces.With chose it/lose it comparisons throughout, now it's simple to figure out it's worth switching to a green detergent, what kind of plastic your sports bottle is made of, or which fish is safest to eat. Rather than spending time trying to figure ou t how best to go green, use this book and devote that time to making the difference.
"Thomas Dunne books"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-253) and index.
Food and drink. Drinking water ; Produce ; Fish ; Meat, dairy, poultry, and eggs ; Food storage and cookware -- A green and healthy home. Appliances ; Lighting ; Saving water ; Simple green housekeeping ; Reduce, reuse, recycle -- Personal care and apparel. Skin and hair ; Clothing -- Transportation. Walking, biking, and ride sharing.
Presents green decision making in bite-size pieces, with simple choose it or lose it comparisons throughout, from how drinking filtered water can help save oil to how skipping red meat at least one day a week can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.