The Earth Friendly Home: Save Energy, Reduce Consumption, Shrink Your Carbon Footprint (The Green House)

Hajeski, Nancy

ISBN 10: 1580114296 / ISBN 13: 9781580114295

Published by Creative Homeowner Pr (edition First Edition), 2008

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Seller Inventory # 1580114296-11-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Earth Friendly Home: Save Energy, Reduce Consumption, Shrink Your Carbon Footprint (The Green House)
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580114296
• ISBN 13: 9781580114295
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Almost everything we do results in the production of CO2, but simple steps in our daily lives can make a huge difference. Each individual can decrease his or her carbon footprint. The Earth-Friendly Home: Save Energy - Reduce Consumption - Shrink Your Carbon Footprint shows readers what a carbon footprint is and offers common-sense approaches to reducing it. This book explores one's daily routine and figures out how much energy is used and how to go about making an immediate and sustainable reduction while retraining to live a lower-carbon lifestyle.

About the Author

For the past three years, David R. Goucher has worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Southeast Ecuador to create sustainable development in protection and preservation of the rain forest. Prior to that, David worked as an ORISE (Oak Ridge Institute of Scientific Education) Scholar doing biological research for the FDA, the National Cancer Institute, and Case Western Reserve University. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, David enjoys downhill skiing, rock climbing, distance running, and scuba diving.