The book, Big Green Purse by Diane MacEachern provides great resources for anyone who spends money. That's you and me, right? I love the title of her book: Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World. She states that "women spend eighty-five cents of every dollar in the marketplace". Women have tremendous buying power, and what we do and don't buy sends powerful messages to manufacturers. The Big Green Purse lists countless resources, from researching/buying furniture, clothing, food, cleaning supplies, cars, cosmetics and more!
The format of the book makes it easy, and fun to read, with icons and quick tips indicating "thumbs up" or "thumbs down", along with "ecocheap" and "green at work".
Check out Big Green Purse. She invites us all to make a pledge to shift $1000 of our annual spending on green products. To make your pledge go to www.biggreenpurse.com. I did.
With my major kitchen remodeling project that was just completed (well...almost completed), I used a counter-top product called Richlite, which is made from recycled paper and resin. I also installed a cork floor, and another counter-top made of bamboo. It's a start.
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