Customer Reviews
Soup to Nuts Guide - By: Norma Lehmeierhartie, 15 Apr 2008 
This book covers a vast amount of information in the typical Dummy fashion. If you know nothing about living a green lifestyle, Green Living for Dummies will teach you the basics & lots more. Because of the breadth of this book, virtuallly everyone will learn from it.
The book begins like most green living books do, with an overview of the importance of being green for our deeply troubled Earth.
However, unlike most eco-friendly books I've read, this one covers the gamut:
Green at Home: includes a section on detecting & banishing health hazards like asbestos & lead.Basics on green remodeling & building & on green cleaning.
Chapter on garbage. This was great, as part of the problem is the proper disposal of unwanted stuff. Includes how & what to recycle, including what to do with the problematic computers & cell phones.
Chapter on growing your own food.
The chapter on how to purchase the best green & ethical food was excellent.
Subsequent chapters included green clothing, ethical investments, donations & banking.
Transportation, green travel...
Even working in a green environment was covered.
Like I said, a green soup to nuts books. Lots of good, current information. Highly recommended.
Author of award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet
Green Living for Dummies - By: Spider Monkey, 31 Dec 2007 Some 'For dummies' books can be very hit & miss, but this one is an excellent introduction to Green Living & ecology in everyday life. It looks at a whole host of topics such as, your place in the environment & getting started, how to make changes around the home, how to be a green consumer, going green at school & at work & green travel. It looks at alll the facets of these various topics (and more) in great depth & in the 'dummies' usual format. Some idea are common sense & others need a change in lifestyle & general habits, but they are alll clear & explained thoroughly. Not alll of these ideas will be applicable to you, or will be easy to implement, but as a general guide to this very current topic, you can do a lot worse. This is a good overview, with some good ideas & written in a very accessible way. Worth a look.
