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Includes a guide to ethical shopping and investing Your introduction to taking simple steps towards sustainable living Packed with practical and realistic advice, Green Living For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to minimising your impact on the world around you. Here you’ll discover effective and simple strategies for making a difference in every part of your life – from reducing energy waste in your home and cutting reliance on your car, to going green in the garden and at work. * Minimise household rubbish * Buy green energy * Eat seasonally and organically * Switch holidays for eco-tourism * Teach your kids to be green Liz Barclay is a writer and journalist who presents BBC Radio 4’s consumer affairs programme You and Yours. Michael Grosvenor is an urban planning professional with a special interest in sustainable transport. * Understanding The Problems We’re Storing up for the Future * Our Environment: Then, Now and in the Future * Living in a Green Home * Acting ‘Green’ Every Day * Getting Green in the Garden * Waste Not, Want Not – Minimising Your Rubbish * Living to Eat or Eating to Live * Wearing It Well * Homeware Shopping from the Eco-Mall * Counting On Ethical Banking * Ideas for a Greener Work Environment * Going Green at School * Choosing Your Transport Wisely * The Smart Car Evolution * Committing To Acts of Eco-Tourism * Ten Great Sustainable Actions You Can Take Today * Ten Informative and Fun Websites * Ten Examples of Environmental Innovation * Ten Things to Teach Your Kids About Sustainable Living * Ten Green Projects to get the Whole Community Involved In
