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Buy This and Take Action
I found this book at my local library on the "New Books" shelf. I'm ordering for my son, who has a degree in Earth Science and is building a new home. If you take one action to benefit yourself and help save the planet, it's worth far more than the low cost of this book. There are many uselful and simple-to-implement ideas. Read it and take actions that can help all of us, and our infantren's infantren, live in harmony with our earth. :)
[Sunday, May 11, 2008]
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Comprehensive Guide to Green Gardening
This book covers all aspects of green gardening. Joe Lamp'l explains why eco-friendly gardening is crucial in making a difference for the environment and that your actions count. For example, Lamp'l discusses how our water drinking supply gets contaminated with the use of pesticides in the garden.
He details ways in which to conserve water in the garden.
The book will teach you how to compost and make "liquid gold" to fertilize your plants naturally. Composting is not only fun to do (it's cool to watch coffee grinds and vegetable scraps mixed with leaves turn into dirt), it's good for the environment and for the health of your plants.
The book instructs how to use trees and shrubs to naturally minimize the use of heat or air conditioning in the home.
My favorite section was gardening to protect the ecosystem, as Lamp'l describes ways in which to increase the beneficial wildlife and safely minimize pests. For example, he encourages the home owner to leave standing dead trees, as they are a host to a variety of wildlife.
Remember bug zappers? My family had them and I hated them--the constant snapping of insects. Turns out, bug zappers kill mostly useful insects!
The book is just loaded with useful information and I highly recommend it.
Author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet
[Wednesday, March 12, 2008]
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