How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint: 365 Simple Ways to Save Energy, Resources, and Money

By Joanna Yarrow

Book Overview

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint is the world citizen's guide to pushing back the advance of global warming. This colorful handbook offers 500 practical, easily achievable ideas that conserve energy, prevent pollution, and save money. Did you know that unplugging appliances and cell phone chargers when not in use can reduce electricity billsby 10 percent? Or that recycling just one glass bottle saves enough power to run a computer for 30 minutes? Whether the subject is jet travel, dishwashing, or any of the 50 topics in the book, surprising statistics and innovative graphics will inspire action and demonstrate that simple habits can lead to big results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081186393X
• ISBN13: 9780811863933
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Low carbon Diet book

Great pocket saver book coourful and quick to identify problems in and around the home. I am using it for our Low carbon diet program here in Australia and is a great use for me. Thank you. Book is seciond hand in Brand new order. Thanks

Small book Packs a big punch!

I remember in the late 80's and early 90's when taking a "rope bag" to carry your groceries home in was almost like a fashion statement. Books like "10 small things you can do to save the planet" were popular at the time. Why do need to be reminded of these lessons all the time? This book picks up in earnest where that era left off. This book has a small physical "footprint" itself, at only slightly larger than the size of large postcard, however, it packs in a LOT of information. It basically breaks down, with very colorful graphics on smooth paper, each area of the life of consumer. These include Heating and cooking, washing and cleaning, shopping, children, work, transportation, etc. Each graphic is then filled with "call out boxes" that list areas that you can save energy or reduce your carbon footprint. I find the book very useful in making cognizant choices in specific areas. It would be a wonderful book for school children also. (10 and up) Highly recommended.