Learn more about being green from these books, DVDs and websites.

BOOKS:

The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time, by Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. KostigenIt’s

Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly Living, by Crissy Trask

The Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists, by Michael Brower and Warren Leon

The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook: Slowing Climate Change and Saving Money, by Godo Stoyke

Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century, by Alex Steffen

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, by Janine M. Benyus

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins

DVDs:

An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore, Billy West (II), and Davis Guggenheim

The 11th Hour, by Leonardo DiCaprio, Thom Hartmann, Kenny Ausubel, and James Woolsey

National Geographic: Human Footprint, by Elizabeth Vargas, Clive Maltby, and Gregers Sall

Manufactured Landscapes, by Edward Burtynsky and Jennifer Baichwal

Big Ideas for a Small Planet, from the Sundance ChannelThe Lorax, by Dr. Seuss

WEBSITES:

EPA Carbon Footprint Calculator
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html

Carbon Footprint Calculator
http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/

The Conservation Fund / Go Zero
http://www.conservationfund.org/gozero

Treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/

Consumer Reports / Greener Choices
http://www.greenerchoices.org/

U.S. Green Building Council / LEED Green Building Rating System
http://www.usgbc.org

U.S. Green Building Council / Green Home Guide
http://www.greenhomeguide.org/

U.S. Green Building Council / Green Schools Guide
http://www.buildgreenschools.org/