Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World | 
| Author: Diane Maceachern
Publisher: Avery
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 26056
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1583333037
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.72
EAN: 9781583333037
ASIN: 1583333037
Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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Product Description
Protecting our environment is one of the biggest issues facing our planet today. But how do we solve a problem that can seem overwhelming-even hopeless? As Diane MacEachern argues in Big Green Purse, the best way to fight the industries that pollute the planet, thereby changing the marketplace forever, is to mobilize the most powerful consumer force in the world-women.
MacEachern's message is simple but revolutionary. If women harness the "power of their purse" and intentionally shift their spending money to commodities that have the greatest environmental benefit, they can create a cleaner, greener world. Spirited and informative, this book:
- targets twenty commodities-cars, cosmetics, coffee, food, paper products, appliances, cleansers, and more-where women's dollars can make a dramatic difference;
- provides easy-to-follow guidelines and lists so women can choose the greenest option regardless of what they're buying, along with recommended companies they should support;
- encourages women to spend wisely by explaining what's worth the premium price some green products cost, what's not, and when they shouldn't spend money at all; and
- differentiates between products that are actually "green" and those that are simply marketed as "ecofriendly."
Whether readers want to start with small changes or are ready to devote the majority of their budget to green products, MacEachern offers concrete and immediate ways that women can take action and make a difference. Empowering and enlightening, Big Green Purse will become the "green shopping bible" for women everywhere who are asking, "What can I do?"
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 Quite good, but....... April 24, 2008
I enjoyed this book overall. There only seemed to be a few aspects missing....such as in the baby chapter about cloth diapers. She makes it sound as though there's only one style, when in fact there are loads and loads to choose from--and you can always dry them in the sun (at least during the summer) thus saving even more energy. So if you're having a baby, keep looking into diapers beyond the scope of this book.
The other small (big) thing she didn't mention in the gardening chapter was how destructive peat moss is, and how it's being banned in most of Europe with end-dates in sight, whereas nothing of the sort has happened here yet. Peat bogs contain 10% of the earth's fresh water and cannot recover as quickly as we harvest them for garden use. So don't use PEAT! Even though it's usually one of the cheapest "organic" garden mulches in North America. Also, don't buy peat seed pots (the kind that you can just plant in the ground when you move the seedlings outside)...use coir (coconut husk) instead.
Other than that, I liked her opinions and some of her strategies....some will work better for some people than others, depending of course on family size and where you live.
And here I thought most people knew this stuff... April 13, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
While the book is good I found myself wondering why another book with most of the same information other writers recent and past have written, or are found free on the Internet. But then I figured maybe there are people who still don't know how to buy wise or even don't buy at all.
What with all the ads in the media and folks like Al Gore, Ed Begley Jr and others telling everyone to buy energy star appliances, fuel efficient cars, organic foods and clothing, changing light bulbs etc doesn't everyone know these things?
Or reading labels and not buying things with words on the label you cannot pronounce. Or using lemon, white vinegar, baking soda to clean, rather than buy cleaning products that arent healthy for human or earth, much less 'green' products made by big corportations who want to make $$$ from the green band wagon they just jumped on.
So I calmed down and tried to look harder at whom she hoped would buy the book and learn from it.
So if you are the average American in the big house, who loves shopping malls, buying fast food or eating out, have a closet full of clothes, family members with all the new toys, high tech goodies, two cars in the driveway, credit card debt, and other middle class issues, this book could be of great help.
THE best use of $100! April 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buy eight of these books--get free shipping--and give them to your daughters, nieces, neighbors and every other sensible woman you can think of. Full of highly useful, and inspirational, info. Also astonishing statistics. And a pleasure to read.
Big Green Purse Book March 31, 2008
This is an incredible book that I recommend to anyone interested in finding ways to help save the world one step at a time. I absolutely love this book.
Fabulous resource March 24, 2008
This is a wonderful, timely book that is easy to read. I keep it handy and use it as a resource before shopping. It is easy to find the info that you need to be green, healthy and safe with lots of good websites to visit and an index. Plus, many of the tips also save you money. What's not to love?!
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