Earth Day Reading!

Happy Earth Day everyone! In the spirit of the world wide celebration of our planet I have a great book suggestion for all of you! Many of Americans today view going green as some dramatic, EXPENSIVE, life change. You know... buying a hybrid car, changing all your light bulbs, buying solar panels - many of us just can't stop equating a "green life" with this -> $$$

BUT GUESS WHAT!? Going green is not always about the green in your wallet. There are simple ways to save our planet just by slightly altering your daily routine. This book will show you how...

The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving
the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
by: Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas M. Kostigen, & William McDonough

This book will illustrate simple ways to help save our planet!

Some of the simple tips include:

• Don’t ask for ATM receipts. If everyone in the United States refused their receipts, it would save a roll of paper more than two billion feet long, or enough to circle the equator fifteen times!

• Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. You’ll conserve up to five gallons of water per day. Throughout the entire United States, the daily savings could add up to more water than is consumed every day in all of New York City!

• Get a voice-mail service for your home phone. If all answering machines in U.S. homes were replaced by voice-mail services, the annual energy savings would total nearly two billion kilowatt hours. The resulting reduction in air pollution would be equivalent to removing 250,000 cars from the road for a year!

[Tips courtesy of BarnesAndNoble.com]

Have a Happy Earth Day everyone and remember going
green can be fun and it doesn't have to cost you a penny!