Packed with common sense and sass, product picks and practical tips, Green Goes With Everything is a must-read for anyone who wants to be green AND clean, and for everyone who wants to take simple steps to safeguard the health of their family and the planet.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
""Sloan Barnett has written a thoroughly researched, highly readable handbook for 'cleaning up our act' at home. Follow even a little of her advice, and your children will eat healthier, breathe cleaner air, and learn for themselves how to identify and avoid potentially toxic materials."
— Dr. John Spengler, Akira Yamagouchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard School of Public Health
""Sloan Barnett has written a thoroughly researched, highly readable handbook for 'cleaning up our act' at home. Follow even a little of her advice, and your children will eat healthier, breathe cleaner air, and learn for themselves how to identify and avoid potentially toxic materials."
— Dr. John Spengler, Akira Yamagouchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, Harvard School of Public Health
"A must read for anyone who cares about the health of their family and our wonderful blue planet. Sloan has done a lot of background investigation to support the incredible information that is given in a very reader friendly and engaging style."
— Professor Wangari Maathai, Winner of the
2004 Nobel Laureate for the Environment and founder of The Greenbelt Movement
— Professor Wangari Maathai, Winner of the
2004 Nobel Laureate for the Environment and founder of The Greenbelt Movement
Publishers Weekly
According to Barnett, the Green Editor for KNTV in San Francisco, human beings are saturating their bodies, their children's bodies and their homes with noxious waste, pathogens and carcinogens. Barnett recounts having her blood and urine tested to illustrate how toxins have deeply embedded themselves-her results show positive for bisphenol A (linked to birth defects and reproductive problems) and perchlorate (an active ingredient in rocket fuel found in contaminated food). The book is divided into seven clean-it-up chapters full of solid information and helpful tips aimed at greening different areas of your life, such as how to best filter household water. Barnett's well-written environmental call-to-arms is passionate and authoritative; her findings correlating childhood illnesses with ordinary-and highly toxic-cleaning supplies is alarming. (Sept.)
Booklist
Those seeking an easy-to-use handbook with clearly stated actions to take for a greener life will enjoy Barnett’s, which organizes its chapters around various aspects of clean: clean body, food, water, air, and energy. Important points are highlighted for easy browsing, with shaded pages featuring “Five Green-Hot Tips” following every chapter. They urge, for example, some relatively simple actions: “Replace your laundry detergent with a natural nontoxic one; choose organic and locally grown food whenever possible; avoid processed foods; open your windows once a day when the outside air is comfortable; insulate your home and dial down your energy use.” Recipes for greener cleaners and tables comparing eco-friendly products versus mainstream brands are also provided. In Barnett’s closing interviews with “experts”—her two young children—she notes that 1,623 nights have passed since having to rush their little boy to the emergency room with asthma, a convincing bottom line if ever there was one.
— Whitney Scott
According to Barnett, the Green Editor for KNTV in San Francisco, human beings are saturating their bodies, their children's bodies and their homes with noxious waste, pathogens and carcinogens. Barnett recounts having her blood and urine tested to illustrate how toxins have deeply embedded themselves-her results show positive for bisphenol A (linked to birth defects and reproductive problems) and perchlorate (an active ingredient in rocket fuel found in contaminated food). The book is divided into seven clean-it-up chapters full of solid information and helpful tips aimed at greening different areas of your life, such as how to best filter household water. Barnett's well-written environmental call-to-arms is passionate and authoritative; her findings correlating childhood illnesses with ordinary-and highly toxic-cleaning supplies is alarming. (Sept.)
Booklist
Those seeking an easy-to-use handbook with clearly stated actions to take for a greener life will enjoy Barnett’s, which organizes its chapters around various aspects of clean: clean body, food, water, air, and energy. Important points are highlighted for easy browsing, with shaded pages featuring “Five Green-Hot Tips” following every chapter. They urge, for example, some relatively simple actions: “Replace your laundry detergent with a natural nontoxic one; choose organic and locally grown food whenever possible; avoid processed foods; open your windows once a day when the outside air is comfortable; insulate your home and dial down your energy use.” Recipes for greener cleaners and tables comparing eco-friendly products versus mainstream brands are also provided. In Barnett’s closing interviews with “experts”—her two young children—she notes that 1,623 nights have passed since having to rush their little boy to the emergency room with asthma, a convincing bottom line if ever there was one.
— Whitney Scott
