Featured Book of the Week

It's hard being 'ethical'. Where to shop? What to buy?

Help is at hand with the "How to Be an Ethical Shopper" book by Melissa Corkhill. Or, to give it its rather 'snappy' title: How to Be an Ethical Shopper: The Practical Guide to Buying What You Believe in (Living Essentials): The Practical Guide to Buying What You Believe in (Living Essentials).

Corkhill is editor of the Green Parent magazine so knows a thing or two about ethical issues relating to food, toys, holidays, household items and the like. It has just been published and provides a practical and timely guide. Help yourself with the ethical 'struggle' and take a look at some of Corkhill's advice.

Featured Book of the Week

We are always ‘going on’ here at the eco list, about recycling, and reusing what you already have, but it can be hard to remember ALL the advice. We realise you don’t all rush to your computers to check the EcoList whenever something needs recycling, which is where Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!: An Easy Household Guide, by Nicky Scott, comes in.

A handy book full of tips and information with an A to Z listing and answers to questions like “What do you do with your old mobile phone? Where can you take your old medicines? Which plastic is recyclable? What happens to the stuff you recycle?

It is available at Amazon for £3.49 and you can get your hands on a recycled version for as little as 49p. Their readers give it 5 stars!
Use the Book Feature on the right to order your copy online now or click here >>> Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!: An Easy Household Guide

Need a Hand – Read On

We all need help sometimes, and this new book by Lisa Harrow might just be what you are looking for. Costing a reasonable £5.00 it offers an A-Z guide to eco-friendly Internet sites and lots of simple, practical, advice.

OK so that is what the Eco List is trying to help with as well, but choices are always good and you might not want to log onto us everyday!

Worth a look and available at Books At Transworld

Saving the Planet Without Costing the Earth

"Saving the Planet Without Costing the Earth - written by Donnachadh McCarthy lays out the case for urgent environmental action in a whole range of areas from home maintenance to your workplace and from reducing waste to tackling energy use. It gives 500 simple steps to a greener lifestyle" He relates his own experiences in making his lifestyle more planet-friendly in each area, which helps bring the global arguments down to an accessible human level.

Then at the end of each chapter he lists simple practical steps that you can take in your own life. He also provides a really easy do-it-yourself environmental audit to help you get started and to monitor your success in implementing a greener lifetstyle.

Over 70% of the over 500 suggestions will either cost you nothing or will actually save you

money.

"Buy it, read it and do it. The world will be a better place because of it." Mark Hinnells, Challenge Magazine

Available from: www.amazon.co.uk