Green Made Easy: The Everyday Guide for Transitioning to a Green Lifestyle
In Green Made Easy, author and green pioneer Chris Prelitz shares how to be both environmental and economical at the same time. Going green is not only good for our planet, it’s good for your pocketbook. For over 20 years, Chris has been helping businesses, home owners, and corporations lower their monthly expenses by going green. Chris and his wife, Becky, share a green solar-powered home in Laguna Beach, California, which Chris designed and built. Most months they produce more power than th
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Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home
We are what we eat, but we also are what we use to clean our homes, pamper our skin, and decorate our rooms, according to Renée Loux, accomplished raw food chef, award-winning author, and host of Fine Living TV’s Easy Being Green. In her new book, Easy Green Living, she applies her whole-foods philosophy to home, garden, and beauty routines.Renée Loux demonstrates that being green at home is easy, affordable, and better in every sense of the word. She discusses the daily choices we face that
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Go green,
I am not a green person. I like and take care of the enviroment of course but I don’t go out of my way to be a “GREEN PERSON”, they really annoy me. But, Chris has a way of not offending people like me because he is able to pull you inline with his way of thinking. I think I am changing colors, way to go Chris!
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|Well-written & FRESH,
This book is AWESOME. It is well written, engaging, and literally easy to read. I have been in the eco-sustainability movement for over 10 years, and finally here’s a book that I can give my friends and family. Chris Prelitz is optimistic and truly gets what being green is. I recommend this book to people who are ‘green’ to the green movement as well as leaders in the movement. The information is so relevant and simple. And the stories rock! NICE!!!!!
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|Great Green Advice.,
I really enjoyed this book, I read it in about 3 hours. The author is extremely knowledgeable and uses his own life experiences as examples of green living.
I’ve been going green for a few years now and have been looking far and wide for different green information and different tips and ways of living green. While much of the information provided in this book can be found in other sources as well, the author pieces everything in a easily digestible way and gives you the courage and strength to power through and live green and healthy.
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|Inspiring & Essential–the book I’ve wished existed for years!!,
Every day I have questions about how to have a healthier household and family–how do I choose sunblock, do my laundry, be a responsible home owner, feed my children, choose a shampoo, a car, carpet, sheets….?? Phew, it is endless. But Renee Loux, in her book Easy Green Living, presents you with all of the information and choices so you can make the most informed decision possible. Nobody wants to expose their children to toxic chemicals or dump toxins into the ocean, for example, but unwittingly, we continuously do. While reading Easy Green Living, instead of inciting a major freak-out (in me!) or sounding didactic, Loux takes a heartfelt, gentle, and passionate approach–encouraging baby steps (and grand leaps, if possible) of change towards a healthy, vitality-filled life.
I have already changed my household cleaning products and rituals. (My children now lovingly wipe the counters with citrus-smelling spray, because they like the smell.) And I am so motivated to change the other things in my life that are possible to change. Loux covers everything from linens and face cream, where to dump old cell phones to retrofitting toilets, safe cookware to curbing waste, deodorant, plastics, and energy efficient appliances.
Easy Green Living truly is an encyclopedia of knowledge, soundly researched (30+ pages of footnotes..Yikes!) that will stay in my kitchen for quick reference, when it’s not on my bedside table for devouring before bed.
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|Pretty basic…,
I bought this book because I was looking for recipes for homemade cleaning products. It does have a few of those, but far more pages are devoted to product listings. That would be OK, except the author basically repeats information that is on the manufacturer’s website – no actual reviews or opinions are given. A large part of the book seems to be ads for Seventh Generation – I like their stuff too, but I didn’t need a book to tell me so. I find I’m spending a lot at the natural foods store on cleaning products, and my attempts to concoct my own from vinegar and lemon juice often come out scary. I really just wanted some advice on cleaning the old-fashioned way, but the author clearly favors buying expensive, pre-made products from suppliers who probably sponsor her.
The book spans a wide range of topics – including beauty products, cleaning products, linens and mattresses, and home improvement. If you are going to make any large-scale eco-friendly investments (on-demand water heater, organic mattress, hybrid car, solar panels) you’re going to need to do much more research than what is in this book. If you’re just looking for a primer covering a lot of topics and don’t mind it when it states the obvious (bring your own bags to the store, recycle your trash) or hawks products, then you might find this book useful.
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|Comprehensive and Well Researched,
Easy Green Living, by Renee Loux is an exhaustive guide to eco-friendly living for the home and person. Each chapter reveals the hazardous products to avoid, complete with detailed findings from research. Next, green products to use instead of dangerous ones are described. Finally, each chapter provides resources to find green products.
I like that the introduction included the following, with explanations:
Being green is not black and white
Consider the life cycle of a product
Start small
Green living is a process
The first chapter includes a basic introduction to green living and hazardous materials to avoid.
Chapter two covers the basics of green cleaning; what to avoid, 6 basic ingredients to use for cleaning and recipes and resources for purchasing green cleaning supplies.
Chapter three continues on the cleaning theme, for the kitchen and chapter four covers the bathroom.
Chapter five is about personal care products. In addition to makeup and body cleaning products to avoid and use, Loux presents the hazards of conventional antiperspirants, tampons and hair dye and more and provides
safe alternatives.
Chapter six discusses how to have an eco-friendly laundry.
Chapter seven covers green bedding and chapter 8, lightbulbs.
Chapter nine discusses furnishings and materials, including paint, flooring and carpeting, kitchen and bath counters, cabinets and candles. Of all chapters, this could be more comprehensive–however, as Loux explains in the introduction, understanding the life cycle of products should make it easy to determine how green any product is.
This guidebook will leave few questions about basic green living unanswered, particularly green cleaning.
By the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.
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