Living Green: The Missing Manual (Paperback)

Nancy Conner

  • 出版商: O'Reilly
  • 出版日期: 2009-09-29
  • 定價: $680
  • 售價: 2.9$199
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 314
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0596801726
  • ISBN-13: 9780596801724
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Taking care of the earth is more important than ever, but the problems we're facing can seem overwhelming. Living Green: The Missing Manual helps make earth-friendly decisions more manageable by narrowing them down to a few simple choices. This all-in-one resource is packed with practical advice on ways you can help the environment by making simple changes in your home routine, work habits, and the way you shop and get around town. You don't have to embark on a radical new lifestyle to make a difference. Living Green: The Missing Manual shows you how small changes can have a big impact.

With this book, you will:

  • Learn how to make your home energy efficient and free of toxic chemicals
  • Discover how to reduce waste, repurpose and recycle, and do more with less
  • Build and remodel earth-friendly homes with new techniques and materials
  • Learn tips for buying organic food and what it takes to grow your own
  • Get helpful information on fuel-efficient cars, including hybrid and electric models
  • Make your workplace greener and more cost-effective -- from changes at your desk to suggestions for company-wide policies
  • Explore how to choose renewable energies, such as wind and solar power

The book also provides you with ways to connect with like-minded people and offers a survey of exciting new green technologies. Learn how you can help the planet with Living Green: The Missing Manual.

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現在比以往任何時候都更重要關心地球,但我們面臨的問題似乎令人不知所措。《Living Green: The Missing Manual》通過將環保選擇縮小為幾個簡單的選擇,幫助我們更容易地做出對地球友好的決策。這本全方位的資源充滿了實用的建議,教你如何通過在家庭生活、工作習慣、購物方式和出行方式上做出簡單的改變來幫助環境。你不需要開始一種激進的新生活方式來產生影響,《Living Green: The Missing Manual》向你展示了小改變如何產生巨大影響。

這本書將幫助你:
- 學習如何使家庭節能高效,並遠離有毒化學物質
- 發現如何減少浪費,重新利用和回收,以及如何用更少的資源做更多事情
- 通過新技術和材料建造和改造環保住宅
- 學習購買有機食品的技巧,以及種植自己食物的要點
- 獲得有關節能汽車的有用信息,包括混合動力和電動車型
- 使你的工作場所更環保且更具成本效益,從辦公桌上的改變到公司整體政策的建議
- 探索如何選擇可再生能源,如風能和太陽能

這本書還提供了與志同道合的人聯繫的方法,並介紹了令人興奮的新綠色技術。通過《Living Green: The Missing Manual》,了解如何幫助地球。