Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home
category: Going Green
- ISBN13: 9781594867927
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
We are what we eat, but we also are what we use to clean our homes, pamper our skin, and decorate our rooms, according to Renée Loux, accomplished raw food chef, award-winning author, and host of Fine Living TV’s Easy Being Green. In her new book, Easy Green Living, she applies her whole-foods philosophy to home, garden, and beauty routines.
As recent special issues of Vanity Fair, Time, Newsweek, and other major publications have demonstrated, going green is an idea whose time has come. Whether addressing big-picture topics like renewable energy, or offering simple suggestions for everyday living, this complete lifestyle guide shows that healthier choices don’t mean a radical or complicated life change–it is, after all, easy to be green.
This book is very easy to read with wonderful and useful information. If you want to start thinking “green” then this book is a great start.
Rating: 5 / 5
With all the five star ratings previously, I had high expectations for this book. Sadly, it did not live up to those expectations and for one reason only: this book includes way too much information about chemicals and the harm they cause. Don’t get me wrong, I want to know ‘generally’ about these things such as parabens, etc. but I don’t need a complete list of every chemical manufactured on the planet and what they do. I did not find that positive or motivating. Having said that, YOU may want to know! And, I would actually buy this book again. It is a great reference book that you could go back to over and over again. And, because it is so detailed, it would really help you find anything you could possible ever need. For example, later today I will be checking a website that she mentioned that sells eco-friendly lightbulbs that can be used with a dimmer switch! And I may take a look at a company that sells reclaimed wood for replacing my floors…It really is a great book, I just felt that I was skipping over the parts which I didn’t have such an interest in.
Rating: 4 / 5
This was an excellent resource for how to go green whether it be all at once or one step at a time. I liked the reviews of companies and websites where you can purchase green products.
Rating: 5 / 5
I LOVED this book! If you are interested in learning more about organic/green living, this book has everything in it! It was an easy read full of eye opening information. It explains ingredients and chemicals and their dangers. It also gives a list of websites, products, and stores to purchase non-toxic,natural, and organic products to everything from lightbulbs, to furniture to beauty products! I borrowed it from the library but had to purchase it because it had SO much GREAT information in it! A must BUY!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I LOVE this book! I was interested in going green, but didn’t know where to start. She tells you everything you need to know. The book is divided into sections – food, cleaning, body/beauty etc. In each section she explains everything in detail. She provides a lot of facts, truths and reasons why it is better to be green. After that, she provides a list of products and the stores/websites to purchase them at. It is so handy! While it’s nice to know the facts and theories I really just want to know what to buy. While it seems a bit impossible to turn your whole house green immediately, she makes it really easy to do it in steps. I started with cleaning products. I marked her book and made lists of what I wanted to buy. Most of the products were available at Target for the exact same price, if not lower, than my regular cleaning products. It was so easy! I found recycled paper towels and toilet paper at Trader Joes for the exact samer price as my non-recycled ones. Now I am moving onto beauty. I’ve found many sunscreens, lotions,and shampoos for only a couple of dollars more and at local stores. If not, they are easily ordered off the internet. It may take a while, but I will eventually replace all of my products with more green ones. Renee’s book is easy to read and understand and has really changed the way I think about what I buy. This is a Must Buy!
Rating: 5 / 5