Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home | 
 enlarge | Author: Renee Loux
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  17 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594867925
Dewey Decimal Number: 640
EAN: 9781594867927
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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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 Renee 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. Renee Loux demonstrates that being green at home is easy, affordable, and better in every sense of the word. She discusses the daily choices we face that can keep the home, personal care, and beauty routines free of toxins. She exposes the dirt on cleaning products and common hazardous ingredients and reveals her recommendations for greener options, including her "Green Thumb Guides" for choosing non-toxic, eco-smart, and human-friendly products. Peppered with compelling and inspiring facts, Easy Green Living is full of "5 Step" lists, products and recipes for green cleaning, helpful charts, safer choices for every room, and inspirational advice so we can save the planet--one cleaning spritz at a time. 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.
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Highly Recommended! December 3, 2008
Amanda (Princeton, NJ)
I purchased this book because I wanted to green my home (and of course make environmentally friendly choices too). I've been trying to do this for years and have been overwhelmed. With so many products claiming to be "natural" and "eco-friendly" - even though I can't pronounce half the ingredients on the label - I needed help making these daily choices.
I purchased the book because reviews said it was detailed and comprehensive...and I was not disappointed! I read the book cover-to-cover and it's absolutely packed with information. At the same time, the author was engaging and entertaining - Renee Loux made the content easy and fun to read. Very inspiring!
She starts out with all these great tips. Chapter 1 alone made the book worth the purchase. In the following chapters, she leaves no question unanswered. She covers everything. I've already gone back to the book several times - it's an encyclopedia for greening your life!
Definitely recommended!
Easy decision on easy green December 1, 2008
M. Lyle (Millburn, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy Green Living is a practical and down-to-earth guide to greening your lifestyle. It is very approachable and allows the reader to diagnose their current way of life while picking up tips to make simple decisions to improve the environment. It has been an invaluable reference for me and is a resource that I have continued to turn to for advice. It is going to be my holiday '09 gift for friends and family!
My First Review November 2, 2008
John Henry (New Paltz, NY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have never been motivated enough by any book to spend time and thought writing a review but this book is the exception. The book is unusually thorough, covering its subject matter in depth and breadth. We should all read it cover to cover but its simple and compact organization invites us to browse and still get lots of ideas. Though I'm not into cosmetics, I found even that section interesting.
The book is well written and an easy read. Technical readers will find it a pleasant experience with good sentence structure and enjoyable phrasing.
Renee makes her ideas clear without preachiness or hysteria. She believes we can live the good life and do the right thing (read sustainable, healthy, thoughtful) at the same time. Life on this planet is short; we should make it as good as possible. This book helps define some ways to improve the experience. You might try one of Renee's receipies from her other books. She thinks and cooks -wow.
My favorite writer is Louise Erdrich and now in second place is Renee Loux. That's a strange pairing but I guess it's that they both talk about things important to the world.
best of the bunch October 25, 2008
M. Bourdon
I've read many green living books and I have found this one to be my favourite by far. I've been surprised by the effectiveness of many of the homemade recipes and look forward to trying the rest of them.
A Must-Have for Green Living October 11, 2008
D. Thorpe (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have recommended this book to the Richardson Public Library. It is packed with lists of eco-friendly products one can buy, and even has recipes for making one's own cleaning items. I thought I was fairly green, but believe me, there was ample room for improvement, and this book is my new friend.
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