nrgsavr
Green Basics
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| 25 Jan 2009 07:52 AM |
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I know this forum is all about creating the green home or recreating your home to be green, but does anyone have any books about living green? There is alot more to being green than just the whole energy thing and the resource depletion. We do so much that is bad for us and the environment.
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gavinr
Green Basics
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| 25 Jan 2009 07:55 AM |
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I just started reading a series of books by Michael Pollan. I don't know if they are good yet, but they were recommended to me. They are focused on diet/food.
The Botany of Desire
Second Nature
The Omnivore's Dilemma
In Defense of Food
If anyone knows of other books by Michael Pollan, I would like to hear about them. |
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nrgsavr
Green Basics
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| 17 Feb 2009 11:53 AM |
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I've heard of him, but I didn't know he had written so much. Is there one of those books you would recommend as a starting point.
Those seem to be all about food though. What about totally living green. A guidebook of sorts on how to navigate life in a sustainable and green fashion. |
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chloe
Green Basics
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| 18 Feb 2009 10:04 AM |
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try "living green" by Greg Horn. Its about how to make simple changes to create a more sustainable life. My advice though is to take the shift to living more sustainably one step at a time. It is a huge shift from the everyday life we now think is normal and if you try to do it all at once, you are likely to become overwhelmed and never achieve your goals. |
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nrgsavr
Green Basics
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| 08 Jun 2009 05:50 PM |
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I just listened to Michale Pollan on a replay of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me from NPR and this guy seems like a little bit of a conspiracy theorist to some degree. Anyone else get that feeling? |
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PDSNJ
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| 23 Jul 2009 11:58 AM |
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I haven't read any living green books yet, but thanks to the posters above for the great resources.
I actually have a friend (who I haven't talked to in a long time now that I think about it) who hopes to be at 60% self-sufficiency in about 10 years. I should ask him for some book recommendations. |
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alberta
Green Basics
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| 06 Aug 2009 04:44 AM |
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60% self sufficient. I not sure what that means. If you require outside assistance to live, groceries, power, etc. then you aren't self-sufficient. IMO, its a polar characteristic. You either are or you aren't. It could be broken down into such small increments that we may find that people in general are already 50-60% self-sufficient.
So what do you mean by 60% self-sufficient? |
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