Going green sure sounds easy doesn't it? It is, but it's overwhelming. This book has a wonderful amount of things you can do to start out, that are easy. And some that are common sense, but you don't think to do. Buy the extend life light bulbs! I wasn't going to buy them at first, thinking they were severely overpriced. I bought them 6 months ago, and they're still running, which is scary since (bad me!) I forget to turn lights off a lot. Simple things like don't leave the lights on (I'm trying!) when you leave, turn the heat down, stuff we all can do. I know it's tempting to leave the heat at 90 when you don't pay for it, and run around in shorts pretending it's spring break- but it's still bad for the planet!

I just had to have this book....I'm not a hippie but I want to do my part. The cool thing about this is, not only are these important for our environment, many of the tips are already things that are known to be healthy for you. Example, in the winter, turn off the heat at night. Strange eh? Well its said if you sleep in 68 degrees you not only dream more often, but you live LONGER! (Most homes are kept at 72). Each degree you move the thermo down equals a 3% savings in winter heating bills and carbon emissions. Another great example is using high efficiency light bulbs and such that save you money in the long run and save the environment. Win-Win solutions to a big problem. Great!

As a committed environmentalist, I love it when the barriers to entering a more sustainable lifestyle are lowered. "50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth from Global Warming" is one of those barrier-lowering books that will help anyone with a notion that 'conservation is a pretty good idea' the lightest push in the direction of environmentally friendly behaviors.

For instance: Step 2 in the book is "Check your Tire Pressure." The book goes on to remind us that if we are driving with properly inflated tires, we are joining in with a significant minority as "...the American Automobile Association [says] 80 percent of cars on the road have one or more tires under-inflated."

Such simple things as reducing the thermostat by a couple of degrees in winter and increasing it by a couple of degrees in summer, changing lightbulbs to more efficient compact fluorescents, and taking public transportation once or twice a week instead of driving everywhere are ways that the book recommends for beginning to change the world by changing ourselves.

I highly recommend this book to read or gift. It is time to pay attention to the world we are leaving to our children and grandchildren.

I'll get off my soap box now. thanks.

The best thing any of us can do to help the planet and ourselves is to live daily with an awareness of the steps we can take to reduce our impact on the environment. This book gives 50 such steps, from the tiny (change a lightbulb!) to the less obvious (cheap ways to convert to solar energy!).

The suggestions are practical and timely, and many can be done without significantly going out of your way- all that's needed is a little time and consideration.

In addition to the great bits of advice on what we all can do, for those seeking a bit of information on the climate crisis, a Frequently Asked Questions section does a great job of giving a basic overview of the situation.

A great book to get you started on your way to being more eco-friendly!

Hi friend, How to protect our globe from environment disaster? If you pose this question to any environmentalist, his first answer should be none other than "take steps to contain the increasing ambient temperature. Need of the hour for every sensible person of the World is to educate every one about the danger of global warming and green house effect. If we don't act now , then it will be very late and our generation may be the last living generation in this biosphere. It is a great work by "Green Patriot Working Group" to bring out the book '50 Simple Steps to Save the Earth from Global Warming". If majority of us practice some of the steps explained in this book , then it should result in putting a break to the increase in global temperature. I recommend each and every sensible person to buy this book and start practicing the 50 simple steps explained in this book.
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