- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books; First Edition edition (6 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749921951
- ISBN-13: 978-0749921958
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 20.4 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,259,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Do you want to go 'organic' - but don't know where to begin? This lively, informative guide is the perfect book for those who like the principles of organic living but don't know how to incorporate it into their everyday lives. Packed with tips, expert advice and excellent question and answer sections, you'll discover how to be healthier and more environmentally friendly in just 10 easy steps. In this beautifully designed, full colour book, you'll discover: - What organic means and why you should go organic - How to buy organic produce - How to grow your own food organically - The benefits to children of organic living - Where to get environmentally-friendly cleaning products for your home - The global implications of organic living - And much more.
About the Author
Karen Sullivan is a bestselling author and highly-regarded journalist specialising in health and childcare - Her previous books include Natural Healthcare for Children (Piatkus), The Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Complementary Health and The Common Sense Guide to Pregnancy and Childcare - Karen has two young children and lives in London.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not only interesting and timely, but it is genuinely thought-provoking. I heard the author speak in Bristol and was compelled to buy the book and I read it from cover to cover in one sitting. It's a fascinating read, brilliantly researched, with practical information on every single element of living organically. For readers' information, that means why we should go organic (after reading this, you'll be in no doubt as to why!), what's going on in the world, how to recognise organic brands, the best places to buy organic food, how to cook organic food to get the most from what we eat, organic food for children (this is scary!), growing organic (sensible, easy-to-follow advice for everything from lawns to herbs in boxes) and organic household and body. Karen Sullivan doesn't preach, she simply presents the facts (compellingly) and offers sensible solutions and game plans. For example, she tells us what needs to be organic and what doesn't, and how to manage it on a tight budget. There's also a good section called Nobody's Perfect, and she talks about the oddities, and the drawbacks of an organic lifestyle, which is ultimately reassuring and sensible. I love this book, and I took it along to the supermarket the last time I went shopping. Highly recommended, even if you want to make only a few changes to your lifestyle.
Format:Paperback
have recently been taking an interest in Organic living and this purchase is excellent.Had i realised i was giving my family such a cocktail of chemicals i would have changed years ago.Well written and good basic information.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Great introduction to Organic living
28 Sep 2001
Format:Paperback
Loved the simple approach, but best of all learned Organics is not a marketing hype, but an increasing, interested way of life for many. This motivated me to search out organics, laws, labeling, government agencies and other web sites. I have learned Americans are bombarded with unnecessary chemicals, and consumerism, and we should have a choice about what we purchase. Some states are ahead in this lifestyle than others. Unfortunately, we trust the products with the small amounts, but fail to think about its build up. I am learning. Great book, and making the transformation into organics-food, cosmetics, cleaning etc. And have saved money by living a more simple life.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Simple wise advise
29 May 2006
Format:Paperback
Oddly enough one of the best pieces of organic food advise I have heard that this book seems to drive home is read labels as if you were reading a medication prescription, and know what is in the item you are buying, whether it is food, clothing, cars, furniture. Then stop and ask yourself if you really need the item or simply want it. Less is best and thinking as if you lived pre WW2 helps because this was an era where people grew more of their own foods, wore clothes out, repaired items rather than toss them out and buy a new item.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very good, easy to follow advise
29 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
This book has been very helpful to me in learning how to incorporate more ways to be organic in my life/home/eating/etc.
Practical advise & ways to make a difference, even if it is only a small one.
Effective ways to go organic in regards to babies (glass not plastic bottles!, pesticides in kids), building homes (low voc paint, no voc paint), painting, eating, gardening, banking and a lot more.
Of the 4 "green" books that I own so far, this one has the most & best advice in it.
Practical advise & ways to make a difference, even if it is only a small one.
Effective ways to go organic in regards to babies (glass not plastic bottles!, pesticides in kids), building homes (low voc paint, no voc paint), painting, eating, gardening, banking and a lot more.
Of the 4 "green" books that I own so far, this one has the most & best advice in it.
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