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Amazon.com: eco friendly in Amazon.com Eco-Friendly Families  Going green is a family affair?Parents and kids making the world a better place. Eco-friendliness has grown into a way of life across the country. Eco-Friendly Families is the perfect guide to raising a family with ?green? values, whether they?re celebrating their first Earth Day or are old hands at recycling, eating organic, and carrying a cloth bag to the supermarket. Parents and children can all live by eco-example by following the tips in this book, including: ? Start-up advice for going green as a family affair? motivating all family members to embrace change ? Family activities that can make every day Earth Day and living green fun ? A practical guide to growing up green?what everyone can do around the house, at school, at work, and on vacation ? Realistic ways to deepen family involvement through environmentalism, conservation, activism, and advocacy ? Effective suggestions for raising responsible, ecoconscious citizens Author: Helen Coronato Paperback: 224 pages Company: Alpha (2008-08-05) ISBN: 159257761X List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $8.00 Used Price: $7.85 Designs for a Healthy Home: An Eco-Friendly Approach  A beautiful, inspiring, and practical guide to natural home design, Designs for a Healthy Home is an invaluable resource for homeowners with an interest in ecology and a desire to approach the environment responsibly. The book shows how to design and furnish homes that not only promote health and well-being but also reduce pollution and conserve natural resources. A healthy home is made from nontoxic recyclable materials; contains durable, multifunctional furnishings and fixtures; uses energy efficiently; and conveys a sense of connection to the natural world. The author explains how to make homes cofriendly by creatively using space, light, air, and water, along with environmentally safe building materials, energy-saving technology, and informed thinking. Techniques for experimenting with color, texture, and pattern to find simple, inexpensive, and stylish design solutions are also included. Author: Dan Phillips Hardcover: 192 pages Company: Conari Press (2003-01) ISBN: 1579590713 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $8.49 Used Price: $1.79 The Healthy Home Workbook: Easy Steps for Eco-Friendly Living  A healthy home is one that's free of toxins and stocked with natural materials that are as good for the body as they are soothing for the spirit. The Healthy Home Workbook leads the way to creating a space that is friendly to the environment, reflects the owner's personal style, and won't break the bank. With the same engaging approach and sophisticated style that makes her a such a popular guest star of HGTV's Curb Appeal, Kimberly Rider clarifies eco-friendly design and makes recycling chic. Dozens of projects, such as identifying and replacing harmful cleaning products, caring for pets without chemicals, and choosing furniture and flooring made with sustainable materials, can be completed in a few hours, a day, or over a weekend. Room-by-room health specifics, from mold in the bathroom to electromagnetic fields in the home office, are addressed in a practical way, while informative reference sections help decode chemical additives in everything from bug spray to shampoo, and highlight earth-friendly materials. Gorgeous interior photography shows how to incorporate these healthful habits without sacrificing style. A concealed spiral binding and tabbed sections complete this elegant, handy reference guide. Inspirational and informative, The Healthy Home Workbook is the blueprint for a clean, fresh, and harmonious home.Author: Kimberly Rider, Thayer Allyson Gowdy Spiral-bound: 176 pages Bargain Price Company: (2006-02-01) List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $6.71 Used Price: $5.93 Your Eco-Friendly Home: Buying, Building, or Remodeling Green  With thousands of new eco-minded houses being built, and the real estate market becoming more attuned to home-buyers' interests, demand for ecologically efficient living spaces is still exceeding the supply. Yet few resources exist for those wanting to build, buy, or remodel their own home to use less energy and be enviromnentally sensitive. This practical, reader-friendly guide gives readers all the guidance they need to easily become ecologically responsible homeowners.Author: Sid Davis Paperback: 240 pages Company: AMACOM (2008-11-12) ISBN: 0814410375 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $9.99 Used Price: $10.05 How To Make Green Cleaning Products: Eco Friendly Products Made from Kitchen Ingredients  Go into any store and you will be faced with a bewildering array of household cleaning products. You will find ones to clean the sink, floor, toilet, oven, glass, carpets - the...Written by experts in the field, Quick Easy Guides share little-known trade secrets and helpful hints to get you moving in the right direction. Quick Easy Guides gives you books you can judge by the cover. Our books are short, sweet and cheap. You can see for yourself. 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Author: A. Bronwyn Llewellyn Paperback: 256 pages Company: Adams Media (2008-04-01) ISBN: 1598698729 List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $7.60 Used Price: $7.00 Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life  We all know about the Earth's environmental crisis, but there is someone who can truly make a difference: you. If you text your friends or chat with them online, download music to your iPod, or toss bottles and papers into recycling bins, you're already more eco-savvy than you think. It's just as easy to do even more to help save the earth, and Generation Green shows you how. This book:
It doesn't matter if you can't vote or drive. Your efforts -- big or small -- will contribute to saving the planet. It's time for all of us to take action. It's time to go green! Green Remodeling: Your Start toward an Eco-Friendly Home (Ultimate Guide)  Ultimate Guide to Green Remodeling shows homeowners how they can take part in the "green" revolution through remodeling. Some of the topics covered include reducing home energy use, selecting nontoxic products, saving water, and supporting the environment through the use of products that support responsible manufacturing and the sustainable harvesting of natural resources. Author: John D. Wagner Paperback: 208 pages Creative Homeowner Press #CH279053 Green Remodeling Book, CREATIVE HOMEOWNER PRESS Company: Creative Homeowner (2008-03-01) (2008-03-01) ISBN: 1580113966 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $9.97 Used Price: $7.48 Green Christmas: How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season  As green awareness spreads over middle America, more and more people want to have a fun, environmentally responsible holiday. This book shows how to enjoy the Christmas season while leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Readers will learn how to do the following: choose between a real tree and an artificial one; find alternatives to holiday cards; avoid the holiday catalog crunch; find or make gifts that are green or teach green; have warm, cozy green fires; create eco-responsible lighting displays, and more! Readers can have a great holiday celebration?while caring for the planet and setting a great example for generations to come.Author: Jennifer Basye Sander, Peter Sander, Anne Basye Paperback: 192 pages Company: Adams Media (2008-10-17) ISBN: 1605500410 List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $2.99 Used Price: $1.63 Eco-Friendly Houseplants: 50 Indoor Plants That Purify the Air in Houses and Offices Author: B. C. Wolverton
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