The Green Book

June 1, 2007
Environmental matters get the star treatment in The Green Book. Rogers and Kostigen address the fact thatAmericans endanger the balance of the ecosystem by the amount of waste we produce, the amount of water we use, and the amount of energy we consume, and celebrities, including Robert Redford, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., contribute observations and suggestions for living green. In the hope thatthe glamour of the A-list will makediscussion ofenvironmental challengesmore palpable, Rogers and Kostigen establish12 aspects of our habitat, such as home, work, and school, andsuggest better lifestylechoices in each arena. Small adjustments in the way we consume and dispose of resources add up to significant and positive environmental effects. Illustrating the results of green actionswithdescriptive rather thannumerical analyses, Rogers and Kostigen write, for example, that if everyone in the U.S. used one less paper napkin per day, in a years time we would have saved one billion pounds of landfillwaste. An outstanding resource, The Green Book offers hope and practical suggestions.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)