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Sleeping Naked Is Green: How an Eco-Cynic Unplugged Her Fridge, Sold Her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days

by Vanessa Farquharson

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No one likes listening to smug hippies bragging about how they don't use toilet paper, or worse yet, lecturing about the evils of plastic bags and SUVs. But most of us do want to lessen our ecological footprint. With this in mind, Farquharson takes on the intense personal challenge of making one green change to her lifestyle every single day for a year to ultimately figure out what's doable and what's too hardcore.

Vanessa goes to the extremes of selling her car, unplugging the fridge, and washing her hair with vinegar, but she also does easy things like switching to an all-natural lip balm. All the while, she is forced to reflect on what it truly means to be green.

Whether confronting her environmental hypocrisy or figuring out the best place in her living room for a compost bin full of worms and rotting cabbage, Vanessa writes about her foray into the green world with self-deprecating, humorous, and accessible insight. This isn't a how-to book of tips, it's not about being eco-chic; it's an honest look at what happens when an average girl throws herself into the murkiest depths of the green movement.

Synopsis:

Farquharson takes on the intense personal challenge of making one green change to her lifestyle every single day for a year to ultimately figure out what's doable and what's too hardcore. All the while, she is forced to reflect on what it truly means to be green.

About the Author

Vanessa Farquharson is an arts reporter and film critic at the National Post, based in Toronto. Her blog, "Green as a Thistle," tracked her year-long green adventure. She has been published in Eye Weekly and the Ottawa Citizen, profiled on Treehugger.com and featured numerous times on CBC Radio.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780547073286
Subtitle:
How an Eco-Cynic Unplugged Her Fridge, Sold Her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days
Author:
Farquharson, Vanessa
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Journalists
Subject:
Environmental protection
Subject:
Development - Sustainable Development
Subject:
Sustainable living
Subject:
Green movement
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Subject:
Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
June 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
267
Dimensions:
7.90x5.10x.90 in. .65 lbs.

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