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Surveys find that over 80 percent of Americans agree with the goals of the environmental movement. Unfortunately, most Americans admit to doing little more than basic recycling when it comes to acting on that feeling. What is the reason for this great divide between environmental sentiment in this country and individual actions? Author and environmental consultant Crissy Trask seeks to answer this question-and solve the disparity-with a new book that offers a day-to-day guide and simple, practical suggestions that anyone can put into action, like: Install rain gutters and rain barrels to collect rainwater from your roof to use in the garden. Get informative, comprehensive and practical information for adopting greener buying habits and identifying earth-friendly products; shopping for green products online; participating in online activism; and learning from over 250 eco-tips for cultivating a sustainable environment. Crissy Trask is the sole proprietor of GreenMatters, a business started in 1999 to advance environmental education and activism online. She delivers solutions-oriented home and lifestyle evaluations to clients of her business' consulting arm. Trask is renovating a 1907 historic home in Spokane, Washington, using low-impact materials and products.
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. Kimberly Rider is an interior designer who combines modern style with sustainable materials. Her current projects include homes, retail stores, and model homes. She lives in Marin County, California. Thayer Allyson Gowdy's photographs can be seen in InStyle Home, and Health, as well as the book Nest for Two (0-8118-4084-0). She lives in San Francisco.
In this follow-up to Taste Pure and Simple-winner of the James Beard Cookbook Award-Michel Nischan takes his philosophy of healthy cooking from garden to kitchen. Inspired to provide his growing family with meals as full of flavor as those he'd enjoyed at his mother's table, Michel planted a garden of his own. The result was a delicious array of recipes based on the best the garden-or, if you're not that fortunate, the organic produce in the farmers' market or grocery store-has to offer. Sweet tomatoes and bitter lettuces, peppery radishes and succulent strawberries-these are but a handful of fruits, herbs, and vegetables that, served alone or combined with quality meats and poultry, ripened cheeses, or whole grains, inspired these 80 seasonal recipes, each one as good for the body as it is for the palate. Including a superb chapter on extending the harvest, full of fruit preserves and jams, pickled vegetables, sauces, salsas, flavored oils, spice mixes, and even a few refreshing drinks, Homegrown Pure and Simple is a book that not only conveys the sheer joy of feeding family and friends well, but also takes healthy cooking to an exciting-and delicious-new level. Michel Nischan is the best-selling author of Taste Pure and Simple. He appears frequently on the Food Network, has been a guest on Oprah, and is regularly featured in O, The Oprah Magazine. He lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, with his wife and five children. Mary Goodbody is a nationally known food writer and cookbook editor who has worked on over 45 books. Susie Cushner is a Boston-based photographer whose work can be seen in numerous cookbooks. Quotes
Spa expert Barbara Close has created a holistic guide to beautiful skin, covering everything from organic products to detox to stress relief. In the tradition of her popular Spa Deck and Well Being, Pure Skin is a natural, no-nonsense approach to skin care. Demystifying beauty-industry hype, Close helps readers understand what makes their skin unique, how skin really functions, and how to make sense of the multisyllabic minefield that is a cosmetics label. With balance as a main ingredient, readers develop a skin-care regimen to suit their individual needs. Forty recipes for natural beauty treatments introduce luxurious alternatives to industrial products. Sensible-and accessible-sections on food and detox reveal simple and effective ways to nourish and restore skin from the inside out. Special attention is given to curatives such as homeopathy and Bach flower remedies, offering invaluable resources for those with hard-to-treat skin problems. Evocative photography and clear advice make this indispensable guide to naturally beautiful skin the next best thing to being born with it. Barbara Close is the founder and president of Naturopathica, a full-service holistic spa and botanical skin-care line in East Hampton, New York. She has consulted on botanicals and ingredients for Procter & Gamble and Limited Brands. Gentl & Hyers are photographers based in New York City. Their work has appeared in Real Simple, among other publications.
For the growing number of people looking to embrace an eco-friendly lifestyle without sacrificing high style, ecoDesign-now fully revised and updated-is the ultimate one-stop shopping resource. The latest edition of this definitive sourcebook includes up-to-the-minute listings for more than seven hundred consumer products-from clothing to kitchenware, electronics to furniture-that have a minimal impact on the earth while remaining useful and beautiful. This remarkable compendium also directs readers to little known gems and handcrafted objects from artisanal studios. Detailed, illustrated entries describe the products, while an extensive reference section defines new and hybrid materials and provides information on manufacturers, design studios, and green organizations. ecoDesign remains the total resource guide for the new generation of contemporary design. Alastair Fuad-Luke is a visiting lecturer at Cranfield University, UK, and is a consultant to numerous international companies on ecological issues.
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It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living
The Healthy Home Workbook 
Homegrown Pure and Simple 
Pure Skin 
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