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What is the best country for green living and that has the most friendly environmental recycling place???

Solar Power Your Home for Dummies is one of the more popular books out on solar power for homes. Since it’s part of the “for Dummies” series, it is likely basic to intermediate. The reveiws on this one are all over the map. — Zana Read the rest of this entry »

This guest article is written by a man promoting biodegradable party supplies and shipping materials. A good reminder that we can select green products in every aspect of our lives.  I will stick with using my regular dishes and washing them afterwards, but that’s me. I respect that each of us will make different choices. — Zana Read the rest of this entry »

(This article originated on Yahoo Answers. I have consent to use it here on the blog. It is organized so that the question is in the blog post section, and the answers are in the comments portion. Feel free to add your own thoughts.

I sift through the material I find there, looking for things that I think deserve wider dissemination. So this page is powered by Yahoo! Answers. — Zana)

We’re poor, I’m not afraid to admit it. I’m married with a year-old son and a baby on the way. We’re on CalWORKS (call it welfare if you want to be a jerk), and I just can’t eat as healthy as I would like with food stamps – organic and vegetarian is just not an option for us. I can’t use canvas shopping bags unless I get them for free. I can recycle and conserve energy – but that’s about it.

But I want to DO MORE. Any tips?

I’ve just been going through the top books at Amazon in the sustainable living category, deciding which ones to feature. For some of them, I have to read quite a few of the reviews to get my own sense of them. I used to be a librarian, so evaluating books is something I love to do!

When I got to this one, I didn’t have to ponder it for even a minute. This Rodale reference book is  extremely useful. I have relied on this book (and earlier incarnations of it) myself, both in libraries when helping people and in my own gardens. Its subtitle is deserved: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals. – Zana
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End your worries about garden problems with safe, effective solutions from The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control! Read the rest of this entry »

Does the the state of the world  get you down? Do you worry about the future of our children and grandchildren? For me, yes and yes… That’s why I was so delighted to discover the existence of this book:  Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
I’ve been a fan of Paul Hawken’s for decades now, but I didn’t know that grace, justice, and beauty WERE being restored to the world on the scale that he describes. Here is the blurb about the book:

One of the world’s most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity Read the rest of this entry »