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| Green Property: Buying, Developing and Investing in Eco-Friendly Property, and Becoming More Energy Efficient |
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 Catherine Dawson
Green Property is for those who want to change their property and lifestyle to one more ecologically sound and in tune with their environment, yet who may lack the scientific knowledge to do so. In addition, it provides useful commentary on energy efficiency - which could be a vital part of assembling your Home Information Pack. Uniquely wide in scope, it offers advice for anyone involved with property, containing information for home owners, buyers and sellers, borrowers, investors, landlords, tenants and developers, self-builders and gardeners. It is aimed at helping anyone make the right decisions for truly green living. The book also contains a host of useful contact information, including: addresses and websites; details of national and local schemes; information about grants; discounts and free offers; and advice on buying and sourcing materials.
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| It's Easy Being Green: Simple Ways to Save the Planet: 101 Ways to Save the Planet |
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 Mark Mann
As more and more of us become aware of climate change we are beginning to look for lifestyle changes that will provide us with a more eco-friendly existence. It's Easy Being Green is a little audiobook for the growing number of what have been dubbed eco-worriers, not eco-warriors - concerned but not-yet committed people who want to reduce their environmental impact but aren't quite sure where to start.
The audiobook highlights simple changes that can be easily incorporated into everyday life to reduce the use of energy, chemicals and water, and the waste and pollution that is created. It shows how being green is not only better for the planet, but can also save money and make us happier and healthier. |
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| Recycle!: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly and Creative Designs - 101 Projects for Home & Garden |
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 Moira Hankinson
Designers Moira and Nicholas Hankinson are masters of transforming reclaimed materials into beautiful and useful objects, and their new book is packed with exciting projects for the home and garden.
Arranged in chapters that include Â?Bedrooms, Bathrooms, and Boudoirs,Â? Â?Decorative Accessories,Â? and Â?The Garden,Â? Recycle! offers clear, concise instructions on how to create each design, from the modest painting of the bed-spring candle holder and the window-shutter CD rack to the more ambitious excavations of the railway-tie garden steps.
Taking us through each step, from finding the salvaged item to the beautifully photographed finished piece, Recycle! opens our eyes to the rich possibilities of turning Â?trashÂ? into treasure. |
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| 101 Ways to Turn Your Business Green: The Business Guide to Eco-Friendly Profits |
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 Rich Mintzer
The reasons why are clear, but the bigger question is-how? From greening your business practices to implementing tangible changes and more, green experts and business owners show you more than 100 ways to quickly and cost-effectively elevate your business from good to green!
Enhance your current business practices and incorporate new, eco-friendly solutions that won't break the bank or disrupt your day-to-day operations. Learn planet-saving techniques and tricks specific to your trade, and discover unique ways to turn your positive impact on the planet into increased profits!
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Use expert advice, examples, step-by-step instructions, real timelines and trouble-shooting tips and solutions |
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Advance your business in the race to go green with industry-specific ideas and innovations |
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Learn how to increase your bottom line and lower your overhead costs by implementing just a few green solutions in your business | |
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| The Green Business Guide: A One Stop Resource for Businesses of All Shapes and Sizes to Implement Eco-friendly Policies, Programs, and Practices |
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 Glenn Bachman
The Green Business Guide is a comprehensive resource designed to help organizations incorporate green practices into their operations. Its content blends strategic conversation at the board level with green planning and program management at the middle-level, and with how-to direction that spells out actions at the shop level.
This book will give you the guidance your organization needs in order to:
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Understand the environmental factors that are influencing businesses ability to operate profitably |
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Evaluate the benefits of going green |
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Develop a plan for transforming your organization into a green business |
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Identify specific actions to reduce energy use, water use, control packaging waste, and use resources efficiently |
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Communicate and report on your environmental successes |
The Green Business Guide also contains dozens of user-friendly checklists for every facet of making a business more environmentally friendly. By following the guidance contained in this book, organizations will position themselves as leaders in the marketplace, in their industry, and in the communities in which they operate. Business is recognizing the importance of being a responsible corporate citizen--not only to avoid negative publicity and brand erosion, but also to enjoy benefits that translate directly to the bottom line.
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| Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage |
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 Andrew S. Winston
Two experts from Yale tackle the business wake-up-call du jour-environmental responsibility-from every angle in this thorough, earnest guidebook: pragmatically, passionately, financially and historically. Though no company the authors know of is on a truly long-term sustainable course, Esty and Winston label the forward-thinking, green-friendly (or at least green-acquainted) companies WaveMakers and set out to assess honestly their path toward environmental responsibility, and its impact on a company's bottom line, customers, suppliers and reputation. Following the evolution of business attitudes toward environmental concerns, Esty and Winston offer a series of fascinating plays by corporations such as WalMart, GE and Chiquita (Banana), the bad guys who made good, and the good guys-watchdogs and industry associations, mostly-working behind the scenes. A vast number of topics huddle beneath the umbrella of threats to the earth, and many get a thorough analysis here: from global warming to electronic waste take-back legislation to subsidizing sustainable seafood. For the responsible business leader, this volume provides plenty of (organic) food for thought.
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