Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies - Softcover

Jeffery, Yvonne; Barclay, Liz; Grosvenor, Michael; Goldsmith, Elizabeth B.; Sheldon, Betsy; Freed, Eric Corey; DeGunther, Rik; Whitman, Ann; The National Gardening Association; Dell, Owen E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470407786 ISBN 13: 9780470407783

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2009

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Book by Jeffery Yvonne Barclay Liz Grosvenor Michael Golds

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"Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies" empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. At 696 pages, this package is a real value and a true source book for readers looking for a substantial breadth of information and solutions yet unwilling to invest in four, five, or six books on the wide range of content that they seek.

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Practical, simple home solutions for reducing your impact on the planet

Want to go green in and around your home? This value-packed guide gives you easy-to-follow, budget-friendly tips that will reduce your ecofootprint. From using greener cleaning tools and building materials to cutting your energy costs and working with your lawn, you'll discover how to make your home cleaner, healthier, and more energy efficient.

• Go green, save money ? using less means saving more

• Reduce, reuse, recycle ? the reasons behind going green and tips for getting the whole family involved

• Improve your energy use ? simple fixes for making your heating, air conditioning, lighting, water use, and appliances more efficient

• Bring green to your clean ? practical tips for eliminating toxic cleaners from your home and cleaning every room of the house

• Remodel the ecofriendly way ? using sustainable construction materials in your home projects

• Plan your garden and landscaping ? organic options for growing your garden and beautifying your yard with less waste

• Tap into the power of solar energy ? projects to make solar work for your home

Open the book and find:

• How to cut back on consumption

• Ways to reuse and repurpose your possessions

• Recipes for green cleaning solutions

• Green options for heating and cooling systems

• Strategies for organic gardening

• Great green food choices

• Tips for financing solar investments

• Green finish and construction materials

• How to raise ecoconscious kids

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470407786
• ISBN 13: 9780470407783
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 696