{"id":3525,"date":"2008-09-16T09:01:38","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T15:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2008-09-16T09:01:38","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T15:01:38","slug":"book-review-david-suzukis-green-guide-a-resource-chock-full-of-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/book-review-david-suzukis-green-guide-a-resource-chock-full-of-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: David Suzuki’s Green Guide – A Resource Chock Full of Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>When it comes to the environment, I’m all about doing. I try not to worry about the things I’m not doing yet or judge others for the things they’re not doing. My theory, since I started making changes has been A Little Greener Every Day<\/a>. Start where you’re at, and grow greener daily.<\/p>\n David Suzuki’s Green Guide<\/em><\/a> written by ecologist David Suzuki<\/a> and environmental lawyer David R. Boyd<\/a> is a book all about what individuals can do, starting right where they’re at, to be greener.<\/p>\n The blurb on the front cover of the book reads, “How to find fresher, tastier, healthier food, create an eco-friendly home, make sustainable transportation choices, reduce consumption, and be a green citizen.”<\/p>\n I would describe the book as “Greening Your Life 101 for Regular Folk.” Chapter 1 begins with the question “What Can I Do?” and the book goes on to discuss what people can do, what others already are doing, and lists lots of resources.<\/p>\n It starts out, as any book on changing environmental habits should, with explaining the environmental problems that are prevalent today. Focusing on America’s contributions to the problem, it calls for a reduction of North Americans’ ecological footprint by at least 75% if a sustainable future is to be obtained. That’s a tall order.<\/p>\n The guide is hopeful though, and says that “after a destructive period of human arrogance” we are now in a “time of transition between the industrial era and the sustainability era.” I like the sound of that. The authors believe that “people’s values are evolving rapidly” and provide a blueprint so that people’s actions can reflect their rapidly evolving values.<\/p>\n With chapters on how to green the home, food, travel, and consumerism the basics are covered for beginners, but there is also some more in-depth information for those who have already changed out their light bulbs and started haunting farmer’s markets. There is also a chapter titled “Citizen Green” that discusses volunteering and political activism to benefit the environment.<\/p>\n David Suzuki’s Green Guide is very information intense. There is a lot packed into its 175 pages. I didn’t find it a book that I could sit down and read all at once. I had to take it in little bits at a time because there was so much to take in.<\/p>\n I would recommend that someone new to going green who chooses this book take it a chapter at a time. Read one chapter, implement a few of its changes, then try another chapter. Trying to read it all at once might be overwhelming.<\/p>\n For those who aren’t so new to going green, it’s a great resource guide to flip through when you need inspiration or ideas.<\/p>\n David Suzuki Hits the Road for the Environment<\/a><\/p>\n Book Review: The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature by David Suzuki<\/a><\/p>\nRead more<\/h3>\n