Green Living
Adult Books
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The Carbon-Free Home : 36 Remodeling Projects To Help Kick The Fossil-Fuel Habit by Stephen and Rebekah Hren. Chelsea Green Pub., c2008. 644 HRE
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Coming Clean : Breaking America's Addiction To Oil And Coal by Michael Brune. Publishers Group West, c2008. 333.7909 BRU
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Confessions Of An Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down The Sources Of My Stuff by Fred Pearce. Beacon Press, c2008. 333.72 PEA
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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide by Barbara Pleasant & Deborah L. Martin. Storey Publishing, 2008. 631.875 PLE
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Cooking green : reducing your carbon footprint in the kitchen : the new green basics way by Kate Heyhoe. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2009. 643.3 HEY
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Earthtalk : Expert Answers to Everyday Questions about the Environment: Selections from E/ the Environmental Magazine's Nationally Syndicated Column Plume, 2009. 333.72 EAR
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Eco Barons : The Dreamers, Schemers, And Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet by Edward Humes. Ecco, 2009. 333.72 HUM
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Ecological Intelligence : How Knowing The Hidden Impacts Of What We Buy Can Change Everything by Daniel Goleman. Doubleday, c2009. 333.7 GOL
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The Eco-Travel Guide by Alastair Fuad-Luke. Thames & Hudson, 2008. 910.202 FUA
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Farewell, My Subaru : An Epic Adventure In Local Living by Doug Fine. Villard, 2008. BIO FINE
- Homesteading : a back to basics guide to growing your own food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, crafting, herbal medicine, and more by Abigail R. Gehring. New York, NY : Skyhorse Pub., 2009. 640 GEH
- Hope for a heated planet : how Americans are fighting global warming and building a better future by Robert K. Musil. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. 363.7387 MUS
- Food Matters: A Guide To Conscious Eating With More Than 75 Recipes by Mark Bittman. Simon & Schuster, c2009. 613.2 BIT
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Go Green, Live Rich : 50 Simple Ways To Save The Earth And Get Rich Trying by David Bach, with Hillary Rosner. Broadway Books, c2008. 640 BAC
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Going Green : True Tales From Gleaners, Scavengers, And Dumpster Divers edited by Laura Pritchett. University of Oklahoma Press, c2009. 363.7282 GOI
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Gorgeously Green : 8 Simple Steps To An Earth-Friendly Life by Sophie Uliano. Collins, c2008. 333.7208 ULI
- Greasy Rider : Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, And A Cross-Country Search For A Greener Future
by Greg Melville. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008. 333.7209 MEL
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Green: Your Place in the New Energy Revolution by Jane Hoffman and Michael Hoffman. Macmillan, c2008. 333.794 HOF
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Green, Greener, Greenest : A Practical Guide To Making Eco-Smart Choices A Part Of Your Life by Lori Bongiorno. Perigee Book, 2008. 333.72 BON
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Green metropolis : why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability by David Owen. New York : Riverhead Books, c2009. 304.2091 OWE
- A Greener Christmas by Sheherazade Goldsmith. DK Pub., 2008. 745.594 GRE
- Growing Up Green : Baby And Child Care by Deirdre Imus. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008. 649.1 IMU
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Hope For A Heated Planet : How Americans Are Fighting Global Warming And Building A Better Future by Robert K. Musil. Rutgers University Press, c2009. 363.7387 MUS
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Hot, Flat, And Crowded : Why We Need A Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008. 333.7907 FRI
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Leading by Example : How We Can Inspire an Energy and Security Revolution by Bill Richardson. Wiley, c2008. 333.7909 RIC
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Living Like Ed : A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life by Ed Begley Jr. Clarkson Potter, c2008. 333.72 BEG
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Natural Style : Decorating With An Earth-Friendly Point Of View by Janet Sobesky. Creative Homeowner, 2008. 747 SOB
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No impact man : the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process by Colin Beavan. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, c2009. 333.72 BEA
- Our choice : a plan to solve the climate crisis by Al Gore. New York : Melcher Media ; Emmaus, PA : Rodale, c2009. 363.7387 GOR
- The Plot To Save The Planet : How Visionary Entrepreneurs, And Corporate Titans Are Creating Real Solutions To Global Warming by Brian Dumaine. Crown Business, 2008. 658.4083 DUM
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The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook : your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living by John Schaeffer. New Society Publishers, Ltd., c2008. 333.79 REA
- Sara Snow's fresh living : the essential room-by-room guide to a greener, healthier family, and home by Sara Snow. New York, N.Y. : Bantam Dell, 2009. 648 SNO
- The Self-Sufficient-Ish Bible: An Eco-Living Guide For The 21st Century by Andy & Dave Hamilton Hodder & Stoughton, 2008. 363.7 HAM
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Simple Prosperity : Finding Real Wealth In A Sustainable Lifestyle by David Wann. St. Martin's Griffin, 2008. 306.0973 WAN
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Shift your habit : easy ways to save money, simplify your life, and save the planet by Elizabeth Rogers. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2010. 640 ROG
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The Transition Handbook : From Oil Dependency To Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins. Green, 2008. 333.7913 HOP
- Tree spiker : from Earth First! to lowbagging: my struggles in radical environmental action by Mike Roselle with Josh Mahan. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009. 333.72 ROS
Children Books
- Generation green : the ultimate teen guide to living an eco-friendly life by Linda Sivertsen and Tosh Sivertsen. New York : Simon Pulse, 2008. J 640 SIV
- Living green by Brandon Forbes ... [et al.] ; editor-in-chief, Paul A. Kobasa. Chicago, IL : World Book, c2009. J REF 333.72 WOR
- Love your world : how to take care of the plants, the animals, and the planet by Dawn Sirett. New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2009. J 333.72 SIR
- Recycling Materials by Sue Barraclough. Sea-to-Sea, 2008. J 363.7282 BAR
- Recycle this book : 100 top children's book authors tell you how to go green edited by Dan Gutman. New York : Yearling, 2009. J 640 REC
- Reusing Things by Sue Barraclough. Sea-to-Sea, 2008. J 363.7282 BAR
- S is for save the planet : a how-to-be green alphabet by Brad Herzog. Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2009. J 333.72 HER
- Saving Energy by Charlotte Guillain. Heinemann Library, 2008. J 333.7916 GUI
Websites
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U. S. Environmental Protection Agency/Green Buildings
Explains why you should build green, describes the environmental issues, offers helpful tools for many building types and provides information on funding sources.
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New Jersey Smart Start Buildings
Get support for building, renovating or upgrading equipment in a commercial venture.
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U.S. Department. of Energy. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
This Web site includes tips on using the latest advances in energy-saving products and practices.
How to use the power of renewable resources at home:
www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy
Brochure with tips on saving energy and money at home:
www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/pdfs/energy_savers.pdf
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FuelEconomy.gov
Jointly produced by the U. S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, this site offers tips and information including gas price finder, mileage tips, hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, and vehicle comparisons.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This site focuses on the residential side of waste, including resource conservation, hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
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N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. Recycling in New Jersey
Focuses on information of specific interest to New Jersey residents. Contains lists of materials that must be recycled, county and municipal programs, educational resources and the environmental benefits of recycling.
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