Book Description
The Little Book of Living Green is part of the Pocket Oracle series, which provides advice and instruction for everyday life. This user-friendly guide to environmental concern is full of simple ways to help care for your surroundings from the comfort of your own home.
From the Author
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.
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.
Excerpted from Little Book of Living Green by Mark Hegarty, Neil Bennett. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
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.
