The Healthy Home Handbook: Eco-Friendly Design

The Healthy Home Handbook: Eco-Friendly Design Review

Essential for anyone wanting to create a home that is stylish and environmentally sound.

Green Building Handbook Volumes 1 and 2: Green Building Handbook: Volume 2: A Guide to Building Products and their Impact on the Environment

Green Building Handbook Volumes 1 and 2: Green Building Handbook: Volume 2: A Guide to Building Products and their Impact on the Environment Review

This key handbook provides a detailed reference for environmentally concerned purchasers of building products, and complements the Green Building Handbook Vol 1. Following the format of the original, this book discusses current issues in green building before moving on to consider eight building component types: fencing products, flat roofing membranes, glazing products, electrical wiring, adhesives, straw bale building, interior decoration and indoor air quality and ventilation. Invaluable for the specifier, this companion handbook will be useful to all those interested in finding greener ways of designing and making buildings.

Scroll Saw Handbook

Scroll Saw Handbook Review

Beginner or pro, you'll find practical help in this comprehensive, detailed review of commerically available saws and what they do--along with thousands of tips for making better use of your saw, a toolboxful of techniques, and projects from puzzles and plaques to simple marquetry. Dozens of projects, patterns, over 500 photos. "Terrific, everything a book should be."--Fine Woodworking. "To know more about scroll saws...this book is the one."--The Mallet. 256 pages, 513 b/w photos, 8 x 10.

It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living

It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living Review

Surveys find that over 80 percent of Americans agree with the goals of the environmental movement. Sadly, most Americans admit to doing little more than basic recycling when it comes to acting on that disposition. 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 makes it easy to be an environmentalist, no matter how busy or hectic your lifestyle. This is a day to day guide with 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.
Shift appliance use to off-peak hours. Some utility companies offer off-peak rates, so you'll save money!
How to make effective household cleaners instead of relying on toxic commercial products.
Submerge a plastic bottle in your toilet tank to save one quart of water per flush and thousands of gallons a year.
This is what the busy person needs to start making changes today. 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 tips for cultivating a sustainable environment.