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"From award-winning sustainability expert Ashlee Piper, a witty, no-nonsense guide to regaining control over your time, consumerist impulses, and financial and mental wellness For nearly two years, Ashlee Piper challenged herself to buy nothing new. And in the process, she got out of debt, cut clutter, crushed her goals, and became healthier and happier than ever--all the things she'd always wanted to do but "never had time to" (because she was mindlessly...
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Fifty ways to make your home a sustainable and eco-friendly environment.
Every decision you make, large and small, has an impact on the environment. This concise guide shows how you can make your daily impact planet-positive. With sections progressing from simple tips to deeper commitments, you can start with baby steps and move on to advanced eco-warrior!
Discover dozens of inspired ideas that show how to:
*Reduce your waste
*Eat organic
*Keep...
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SAVE is full of clever ideas to help you get the most from everyday household items. In the process you'll save money, save time and save the planet! these days, once we've finished with something, we tend to throw it away rather than consider if it has another use. In SAVE you'll find out how to turn a lampshade into a wastepaper bin, create a mosaic from broken crockery, and make lip gloss from the last bit of your favourite lipstick. Learn how...
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Millions of listeners trust the world's leading economics podcast to explain the mysterious inner workings of the global economy and the forces that affect nearly every decision we make. Through expert research and delightful stories the Planet Money hosts help everyone see the world like an economist. In a first-ever book, Alex Mayyasi and the Planet Money team present brand-new stories and insights gathered from more than a decade of reporting to...
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Imagine going to the supermarket and buying three bags full of food but then dropping one in the parking lot before driving away. With the amount of food we waste, it's like we all do the equivalent of that every single week. Forty percent of food is wasted in North America. When you drop leftovers into the household trash or even the compost pile, not only are you emptying your wallet, you are also contributing to global warming. It's time to get...
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Go Green, Spend Less, Live Better is an authoritative, practical guide that details the money-saving side of greener, healthier, and simpler living. Bestselling author of It's Easy Being Green and sustainable-living expert Crissy Trask provides a prescriptive handbook for making better decisions about our homes, how we get around, what we eat, and how we behave as consumers, in order to simultaneously achieve two desirable and imperative goals-to...
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Procurement with Purpose describes a growing and powerful movement - how organisations can use the money they spend with suppliers to help address wider environmental, social and economic issues. That is not just about emissions and climate change, but includes how to address issues such as biodiversity and habitat loss, plastics and waste, modern slavery, inequality and discrimination, and more. That organisational 'buying power' is now being used...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT BIODIESEL•Easy to make at home•Cheaper than buying diesel•Works in unmodified diesel engines•Reduces the need for imported oil•Decreases greenhouse gas emissionsIf you are ready to start making your own biodiesel, then this book is for you. Do It Yourself Biodiesel provides up-to-date information, step-by-step instructions, and tried-and-true methods as well as helpful tips and tricks. With detailed photos, illustrations,...
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This book takes the idea of environmentally friendly investment options and expands on it by providing for you, the reader, the absolute best ways to diversify your portfolio, increase your returns, and invest with a good conscious all the same time. You will learn the fundamental basics of what impacts the environment negatively and what makes an impact negative. You will learn how you can start analyzing businesses from the outset and what specific...
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The thrifty organization guide that shows you what to keep and what to toss. Have you ever bought a duplicate of something when you couldn’t find the one you already had at home? Have you ever held on to a brand-new jacket you know you’ll never wear or found that the magazine subscription you didn’t like was automatically renewed because you forgot to cancel it in time? Everyone knows that clutter can be unsightly and time-consuming, but it...
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"Acción Climática Ahora" es un paquete de libros 2- en -1 que incluye "Pequeños Pasos, Gran Impacto" y "Pasos Sencillos hacia la Sostenibilidad". Juntos forman una guía completa y libro de trabajo que capacita a los lectores para abordar el cambio climático y promover la sostenibilidad en su vida diaria y comunidades. A través de estrategias prácticas, ejemplos inspiradores y pasos prácticos, el libro proporciona a los lectores las herramientas...
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"Saving money doesn't have to cost the earth. What do you do with your expired oils and spices? How can you make the best use of your microwave and keep meals healthy and tasty? How can you remove mould safely? Sunday Times bestselling author and Great British Baking Show winner Nancy Birtwhistle is here to answer all of these questions and more, featuring 101 thoughtful, cheap and time-saving tips and tricks on how to run a budget home - all while...
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Dozens of Inspired Ideas for healthy, happy and fabulously frugal homekeeping bursting with ways to downshift, simplify, preserve resources, and honor the planet, Green Homekeeping will give you tools to reclaim a purer, tastier, healthier and less expensive way of life.
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"Doing good is no longer a luxury or a 'nice to have', it's a necessity.While businesses, both big and small, have undoubtedly caused the majority of our environmental and sustainability problems, they are also the only thing that can solve these issues at scale. You Can't Make Money from a Dead Planet looks at the challenges we face and shows how business needs to change in order to be the driver of the solution. Bestselling author and sustainability...











