While most of Girlawhirl's summer reading has been decidedly on the lighter side, she has managed to study up a bit on the subject of going green. From an easy read packed with tons of useful information by Laurie David to the subject of alternative energy, she's covered a lot of ground…
• Laurie David's Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You! An Activist's Guide is exactly that: Girlawhirl's guidebook as she makes her life a little greener each day. The facts in the book are sometimes scary – well over 100 coal plants are being developed or built in the US right now and none of them are using clean technology! Even though the clean technology is available, it's expensive and not required by law, so these plants are going to be adding to the carbon emission problem for decades to come. But David gives Girlawhirl enough information to do what she can, and lets her know how she can help tackle even the big battles. And because this book is small, it's usually in Girlawhirl's handbag, ready to pull out when she's stuck in a taxi, or on an airplane.
Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You! An Activist's Guide
Laurie David
And don't forget to sign up for the virtual march at stopglobalwarming.org. All of Girlawhirl's Super Pals have!
• Girlawhirl finds not just solutions but satisfaction as well in the ideas presented in The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen. It's nice to know the results of her efforts – shorter showers for example – do add up. If all Americans hopped out a minute sooner, we'd save twice the amount of water that is drawn out of the Great Lakes every day. With chapters that cover topics as diverse as sports, health and beauty and even building green homes, along with quotes from well known Americans who are trying to make their own lives greener, Girlawhirl found tons of information that she's already applying to her own life.
The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen with forward by William McDonough and Cameron Diaz
• For some serious science and a bit of a scare, The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself From The Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health by Randall Fitzgerald got Girlawhirl seriously thinking of detox! Randall believes that humans are the most polluted species on earth because of all the chemicals that have found their way into our water supply, processed foods and drugs.
The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself From The Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Health
Randall Fitzgerald
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| Jan 25, 2007: | Girlawhirl goes green in little ways that add up to big differences. read full entry |
| Jan 18, 2007: | Girlawhirl joins stopglobalwarming.org's virtual march. read full entry |
| Jan 11, 2007: | Girlawhirl goes green: deciphering her very own carbon footprint. read full entry |
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