If you can only read and reference one green thing, make it this book: an easily comprehensible, clearly presented source for green living and conservation. Everything you need to know is right here at your fingertips. Unlike a lot of other overwhelming environmental guides on the market, this is green decision making in bite sized pieces. With chose it/lose it comparisons throughout, now it's simple to figure out it's worth switching to a green detergent, what kind of plastic your sports bottle is made of, or which fish is safest to eat. Rather than spending time trying to figure out how best to conserve, recycle, and protect the environment, use this book and devote that time to making the difference.
"Mindy Pennybacker has provided a nifty catalogue of how to live more lightly on the earth. You'll learn a good deal here, especially about how simple small changes can be."
Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
"Provides multiple lists on good and bad choices for dozens of products and uses… Pennybacker includes not only "Choose it/Lose it" tables but also clearly elucidates why one should reach for canned wild salmon caught in Alaska as opposed to its farmed equivalent from the eastern seaboard.... The format and language are clear, and the outlook is determined as Pennybacker lays it all on the line fo
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"One green thing: It's so simple. This book takes the pressure off by giving you one easy but effective choice to make in each basic area of your life... Do One Green Thing makes me feel happy and confident that more positive change is afoot, and that we all have an important and rewarding part to play."
