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...Dreaming Green (Random House) Husband-and-wife team Paul Gleicher and Lisa Sharkey share their secrets on how to live in an eco-conscious home without sacrificing quality or style in both urban and rural settings...
...Green Is the New Black (Hodder & Stoughton) Seasoned fashion journalist Tamsin Blanchard's clever guide instructs style mavens on how to maintain an eco-friendly wardrobe and still look fabulous...
There's a sexy side to green technology. Have you heard of solar panels that use nanotechnology? Algae that can be raised to make carbon-neutral biofuel? How about devices that generate power from the motion of the ocean, or even backpack wind turbines - O.K., maybe...
...interest in Silicon Valley science fiction, the most cost-effective green technology can be found in our own homes, simply by improving the energy efficiency of our houses and apartments. On average, heating an American home with natural gas creates about 6,400 lbs. of CO2 a year; using electricity will produce about 4,700 lbs of emissions. Both numbers can be larger if you live in a cold part of the country. The problem is that many American houses are poorly constructed and insulated, leaking heat in winter and cool air in the summer - and that's not cheap...
...improving your insulation, and up to $200 for putting in more energy-efficient windows. But if America is going to get serious about weatherproofing the country and saving all the energy leaking out of its homes, the country needs stronger policies that will make going green the smart choice economically, not just environmentally. "We don't have it," says Trethewey. Low energy costs "have made us all pretty lazy and stupid." Winter's coming, though - even as the world gets warmer - and we need to get smarter, fast...