Living Green: A Practical Guide to Simple Sustainability

Have you ever wanted to change the world? Now is your chance. If you are concerned about climate change, personal health or just want to live a little more lightly on the planet, this book is for you. An informative, easy-to-read consumer guide that outlines simple steps to improve your health and explains the consequences of your lifestyle on the planet. LIVING GREEN addresses diet, consumer products, home building and energy and explains sustainability and the green movement. LIVING GREEN offers important guidelines and practical solutions such as: * The 10 foods you should always eat organic to avoid pesticides, herbicides, hormones and antibiotics * Affordable and practical ways to offset your “carbon footprint” and neutralise your personal impact on global warming * The most chemically intensive personal care, household cleaning and lawn care products, with effective natural alternatives * How soft plastic water bottles hurt your health, your pocket book and our environment, with a simple and refreshing alternative * How a simple carbon filter can dramatically improve your everyday health and potentially add years to your life * The truth about hybrids and flex fuels * Why an organic mattress is the most important health investment you can make