True Green: 100 everyday ways you can contribute to a healthier planet

Kim McKay & Jenny Bannin (authors)

ABC Books, Australia: 2006

ISBN: 9780733315640

Genres: factual text, information text, non-fiction

Issues: conservation, environmental awareness, global warming, sustainability

This very practical book is designed to help families change daily practices and routines: to alter behaviours we don't normally think about, in order to contribute to a ‘greener' society.

A sustainable future is going to succeed only with the determined, minute-by-minute efforts of millions of people. Admittedly there are some major industrial and commercial changes need to be made but a healthy planet, like a healthy diet, will be brought about principally by individual choices: many individuals making better choices.

From more efficient use of paper to minimising energy use, from careful use of water to clothing choices, this book encourages readers to make those small changes that, if done by many, will have a significant positive effect on overall greenhouse emissions. Divided into six sections - in the home; in the garden; at work; shopping; travel; in the community - as well as additional pages of useful or relevant websites, this is a book that should be in every household.

Written by two women who are or have been heavily involved with the ‘Clean Up Australia' campaign from its earliest days, this book shows us just how easy it really is to take an active part in creating a sustainable future for us and our children. It makes a good companion volume to Lisa Harrow's What Can I Do?