Archive for 'Books'

Printed on 100% recycled paper, here’s the perfect gift for you, your friends and your family. Author Helen Coronato is hosting a signed giveaway of her highly acclaimed book, Eco Friendly Families - a guide to green for toddlers to teens.
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It’s that time of year.  Each of our contributors will be posting their own Green Holiday Gift Guide.  Here are some great ideas from our London-based writer, the fabulously green, Carrie.

For Men

The new MacBook Pro—More energy efficient and highly recyclable
Sigg Water Bottle—the gift I gave to my brother last year. A safe, long-lasting aluminum water [...]

Planning a wedding can be stressful, but it can also put a lot of stress on the planet.
Just think: Guests typically fly or drive in from miles away, as do the caterers, photographers and musicians; the bridesmaids’ dresses have to be boxed and shipped, sometimes to all corners of the country; hundreds of sheets of [...]

Card and gift design company, Soul U.K., has recently come out with a vibrant, new collection of retro-paisley gifts.

The Karma collection is made completely from unbleached organic cotton and includes compact mirrors, pretty pen pouches, bags, diaries and other gifts. The Karma design will help you make a statement in colorful 70’s style without the [...]

I received an advance copy of Sustainable Sushi, and because I love sushi so much, I was compelled to dive right in. 
Available in January ‘09, be sure to put it on your list of must reads. Author and ocean conservationist, Aaron Casson Trenor, lays it out so every consumer can easily understand and [...]

As a Subaru driver, the title of this book, Farewell, My Subaru, caught my eye.

Author Doug Fine decided to take “an epic adventure in local living” and settle down on a forty-one acre ranch in a remote area of New Mexico.  With humor, humility and chutzpah, he shares the trials and tribulations of trying to [...]

Written by Eric Sorensen and the staff of Sightline Institute, this pocket-sized read is concise and clever.  In seven, easy to follow chapters, the writers cut to the core of some key issues behind global warming, such as:  transportation, fossil fuel efficiency, renewable energy, and the information economy.  The fun part is how they relate [...]

I didn’t have to read many pages of Helen Coronato’s upcoming book, Eco-Friendly Families, to know that she and I think along similar lines.  Take paper towels, for example.  Seems Helen used a lot more of them prior to having her children, rolls of them, in fact, to do her housework.  I remember not using [...]

Some thrill-seekers yearn to walk upon the peaks of Earth’s highest points. Jim Malusa, however, is not like most thrill-seekers. Equipped with a bicycle, sleeping bag and occasionally well-insulated beer, he chronicles his adventures as he rides to the lowest geographical point of each continent.

His tales appear in “Into Thick Air,” published by Sierra [...]

We live in a neighborhood aptly named The Woodlands. We’re surrounded by loads of trees which offer up spectacular fall colors from every vantage point in the house. When you buy a house here you agree to abide by the rules of a covenant drawn up in the late 1980’s which disallows, among [...]

Hey, Big Daddy’s Day is almost here. Make his day … whether you go low key (hanging by the grill, going for a bike ride) or big time, just make it eco-friendly — you both will be glad you did. Here are many ways to rock his green world.

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Before you reach for another “health and beauty aid” grab this new book, Not Just a Pretty Face, by Stacy Malkan. It’s an inspiring account of why we need to be more aware of what’s in our products before slathering them on, and push for more corporate accountability and governmental policy change.
Hopefully by now, we [...]