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Green Goes with Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet
Price: $12.11
Description
Imagine if your best friend gave you vital information that could protect you and your family, and save you money, and help the planet. Imagine if you were given clear, simple choices, small changes that could have a big impact on your life. And you could still wear leather shoes and deodorant. You'd listen, right? Well, think of Today show contributor Sloan Barnett as that friend. A mother of three, a dedicated consumer advocate, Sloan gives us a fast, simple, down-toearth primer on the ways our homes are making us sick, and what we can all do to transform them into the safe sanctuaries we want and need them to be. Sloan exposes the toxic truth behind the household products we use every day -- from laundry detergent to toothpaste to lipstick. She explains how these and other seemingly benign stuff can harm us and our children. She offers an array of alternatives, and inspires us to see that we're never helpless: Every day, we have the power to make better, smarter, safer choices. Packed with common sense and sass, product picks and practical tips, Green Goes With Everything is for everyone who wants to live a healthier life.
The Most Practical and Helpful Green Book
Date: 2008-12-02 Rating: 10 out of 10
Out of all of the green books that have come across my desk--and as an editor there have been many--this one is my favorite by far. Not cutesy, trendy, or alarmist, it's well-written and practical, and the information is presented in a way that the reader can actually digest and implement.
BewertungenLove this book!Datum 2008-12-01 Rang: 10 von 10This book is wonderful! It has made me think of how many ways I am harming my family and didn't even realize it! It has many great websites to refer to for additional resources and gets you to change your way of living immediately. I shared it with a bunch of my girlfriends and they love it too!!Well researched, forgot NorwexDatum 2008-12-01 Rang: 8 von 10Well researched - lots of help for 'going green'. I was sad she did not mention Norwex products, as I think they rank up there with some of the others mentioned, but I still would highly rec. the book.
Greatest Guide to A Healthier HomeDatum 2008-11-26 Rang: 10 von 10I've been using green products (Shaklee) way before the word "green" became a popular addition to our vocabulary and yet I still have learned so much more after reading Sloan Barnett's book. She has done so much for us with the amazing amount of research and love that went into writing this treasured book. Everyone should have a copy of this in their home.Reviewed by Cynthia Murphy for Breeni BooksDatum 2008-11-26 Rang: 6 von 10Going green is the hot right now. However, living a greener life doesn't have to be a trend; it can be part of your daily routine. That is the premise behind Sloan Barnett's Green Goes with Everything. Her concept is sound, but the book is somewhat lacking in execution.
A large portion of the book seems to be devoted to promoting Shaklee Get Clean products. Barnett's husband is chairman of the company. This seems like a conflict of interest. I do have to give Barnett a bit of credit regarding this problem. She does admit to being a shameless pitchwoman for the company. However, she also spends time pointing out her journalism credentials. By promoting her husband's company at every opportunity, Barnett loses her credibility as a journalist. She is far too biased in this respect. I actually could have tolerated the Shaklee promotion more easily if she had limited it to the chapter on cleaning products. Unfortunately, Sloan Barnett is the shameless pitchwoman that she claims to be. References to Shaklee or its products appear in almost every chapter.
Now that I've pointed out the biggest flaw in Green Goes with Everything, I also need to tell you what works in this book. The format is excellent for this type of information. Each chapter opens with "The Plain Green Truth." This is a section of bullet points that explains the key ideas in the chapter. In many cases, this section breaks down various myths about the difficulty of going green. This section also has a strong visual impact. It is printed on a light green background with strong black type. Barnett closes each chapter in a similar manner with "Five Green-Hot Tips." The tips recap the suggested changes and often offer encouragement in making those changes.
Sloan Barnett has organized this book into easy to follow chapters. Personally I think she has devoted way too much ink to the subject of cleaning, but those are also the chapters that promote her husband's company repeatedly. Most of the other topics are handled in approximately twenty pages. Each chapter is broken down into easy to read subsections. This makes the information easier to handle for most readers.
Green Goes with Everything features a wonderful resource guide at the end. Barnett has included web site listings for dozens of companies with green products. She has also organized this information into easy to use categories. This is the one place where she doesn't promote Shaklee. It is simply included on the list. This is a great go-to guide for information ranging from advocacy groups to green mattresses.
There is another flaw with Green Goes with Everything. Barnett writes with two different tones- alarmist or holier than thou. When she wants to tell you how horribly unsafe everything is, she favors an alarmist tone. When she wants to tell you how much better her family's green life is, she goes with the holier than thou tone. Barnett's research is strong. She definitely knows her subject, but her connection seems too personal at times. Basically, Barnett is too close to her subject. A frightening incident with her eldest son led to her green lifestyle, and it seems like she can't quite distance herself from that moment. A more detached tone would work better.
Green Goes with Everything is an interesting book. It has quite a bit of valuable information. Unfortunately, Sloan Barnett seems to have checked her journalism credentials at the door. As a side note, this is definitely not a book for hypochondriacs. According to Barnett, unless you have already gone as green as she has just about everything in your home is going to kill you. (This is part of the alarmist tone I mentioned earlier.) I was expecting a more approachable book. Green Goes with Everything has moments of approachability, but the overall tone seems intimidating for someone who is just starting to go green.
Produkt InformationAutor:
Sloan Barnett
Recording label: Atria Hersteller: AtriaEAN: 9781416578451Format: HardcoverDewey decimal number: 613.5ISBN: 1416578455Artikelzahl: 1Seitenzahl: 320Erscheinungsdatum: 2008-09-23Sprache: English (Original Language)
Sprache: English (Unknown)
Sprache: English (Published)
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