The Little Book of Living Green - Softcover

Hegarty, Mark

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9780740777554: The Little Book of Living Green

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0740777556 ISBN 13: 9780740777554

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

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Mark Hegarty offers more than 150 insights on how you can go green within the comfort of your own home. Witty and concise, Hegarty offers practical tips like donating your gently used items to charity or using baking soda and vinegar instead of harsh chemical-based solvents that are toxic to the environment. The book teaches rather than preaches by including humorous asides and line-drawn cartoons also sketched by Hegarty. The book is printed on recycled paper with sustainable soy ink.

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Environmental tips balancing fact and humour
A great deal has been written and said about environmental issues. It is undoubtedly something we have to take seriously, but most people's impressions of environmental threats are of huge, vague and unstoppable nightmares. This gives you two choices: ignore it, or sit and worry. This book aims to provide a path between these extremes: it provides hassle-free tips on how to make your everyday existence a little greener. These facts and tips are (hopefully) peppered with just enough humour to keep you sane while you fret about the future of the planet. Flick through, adopt what you like, and save the planet from the comfort of your own living room.

Most offices generate huge quantities of high quality paper waste. By establishing a recyclable paper bin, and simply using both sides of a piece of paper, you can make a difference in both in terms of reducing office costs and slowing deforestation. Each ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees and 380 gallons of oil. Most councils will also charge lower business rates if you put your waste paper in a separate bag for collection and recycling.

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