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| Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Sophie Uliano
Publisher: Collins Living
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 1572
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.5 x 1
ISBN: 0061575569
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.72082
EAN: 9780061575563
ASIN: 0061575569
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great book! June 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely loved this book. Prepare to be inspried by Sophies no-nonsense approach to going green. I also love that she doesn't sugar coat things - some aspect of going green aren't easy, but well worth it in the long run.
Gorgeously awesome June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A friend of mine got this book for me and I love it. Yes some of the beauty products she suggests are a little pricey but she always gives a couple of affordable options as well, and you can always do your own research and find other things on the websites she mentions (she can't list every product out there, it would take up the whole book).
Really good book.
Green IS Gorgeous June 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has so many wonderful ideas on how to go green. It also made me really think about my life and my contribution to our amazing planet. We can all do so much to help and NOW is the time! I hope you will read this book and implement several of its ideas. I already have...and I know that I am making a difference. YOU can, too.
my bible! June 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best book i have bought in a long time.. Very insightful and life changing.
A Fabulous Guide for the Newly Eco-Chic July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The other day, I went to Target, going to my usual Target Aisles: bedding, cosmetics, skin care, and books. I bought a makeup bag to corral my lipgloss, blotting papers and brush in my work totebag and Gorgeously Green.
I almost didn't buy it because I saw it in one of those health food store advertorial magazines and I generally think those are full of nonsense.
Let me tell you: half the book is highlighted with Things I Must Remember. I'm sure it will take me a while to incorporate them all - or even half of them - in to my daily life but I will. There were also a lot of websites where you can buy things and we all know how much I love an internet shopping "trip."
The thing about Uliano is that she isn't preachy and she isn't "all or nothing." For example, while I agree that using plastic or glass dishes is better than Styrofoam, I am not taking my Tupperware to D & W and asking them to put my sandwich in that. Maybe someday I will but not now. I'm also not going to stop flying to cool places for vacations and I'm not quite ready to give up my plan to go on a cruise with my sister. Uliano understands that we aren't all going to Go Granola. Of course, now I also have a new vacation destination, entirely thanks to Uliano: an Eco-Spa!
There were other things that thrilled me that I had no idea existed. For example, Woman's Wonder Bar, which are chocolate candy bars that are supposed to help with PMS and menopause. I am so going to that website and buying some. Eco-friendly poop bags since I must clean up the presents Peggy Sue leaves for the world. There are free ringtones you can download that sound like nature: the mating call of a whale, an owl hooting, various birds. All kinds of things. There is a nonprofit who will take your partially used antibiotics, antifungals, etc and distribute them to developing countries. That's pretty cool.
There are 8 chapters, each covering a different area of life. The chapters are:
1.Becoming Aware (just what it says.)
2.Green Goddess (all about beauty.)
3.Your Green Temple (all about a healthy body. Yoga and weight training routines are included)
4.Soulful Shopping (self-explanatory, I think!)
5.Your Palace (about your home and garden.)
6.Every Last Bite (not surprisingly, all about food.)
7.Out and About Having Fun (transportation, entertainment and travel.)
8.Go Supergreen (activism and maintenance.)
I bet you'll find some ways that you can live a more eco-friendly life without driving yourself nuts or becoming one of the Granola Brigade. (Though there *is* a recipe for granola that looks yummy!) You'll likely find some things you never considered and each small change adds up to a big difference.
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