Do One Green Thing Saving the Earth Through Simple, Everyday Choices [Paperback]

If you can only read and reference one green thing, make it this book: an easily comprehensible, clearly presnted source for green living. Everything you need to know is right here at your fingertips. Unlike a lot of other overwhelming green guides on the market, this is green decision making in bite sized pieces.With chose it/lose it comparisons throughout, now it's simple to figure out it's worth switching to a green detergent, what kind of plastic your sports bottle is made of, or which fish is safest to eat. Rather than spending time trying tofigure out how best to go green, use this book and devote that time tomakingthe difference.

With a foreword by Meryl Streep, this guide is for the person who doesn't do or buy everything green, but wants to make a difference in affordable everyday decisions. Including aChoose It/ Lose Itfeature for quick and easy green comparisons.Mindy Pennybacker was editor-in-chief of THE GREEN GUIDE for over a decade, as well as co-founder of the affiliated website. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Sierra, and The Nation, among others.Do One Green Thinggrew out of her longstanding commitment to answering readers' questions about green living.

One green thing: It's so simple. This book takes the pressure off by giving you one easy but effective choice to make in each basic area of your life...DoOne Green Thingmakes me feel happy and confident that more positive change is afoot, and that we all have an important and rewarding part to play. Meryl Streep

Provides multiple lists on good and bad choices for dozens of products and uses& Pennybacker includes not only Choose it/Lose it tables but also clearly elucidates why one should reach for canned wild salmon caught in Alaska as opposed to its farmed equivalent from the eastern seaboard.... The format and language are clear, and the outlook is determined as Pennybacker lays it all lƒf