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Clare Delaney Page 2 Live Well, Live Green Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 6 The Purpose of This Book ........................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1: Banish the Toxins! ................................................................................................................. 8 7 Home Health Products You Don’t Need ....................................................................................... 8 Household Products to Avoid........................................................................................................ 10 Heavenly Aromas! ......................................................................................................................... 13 Mosquitoes ................................................................................................................................... 14 Eco-friendly Eye Care .................................................................................................................... 18 Allergies ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Wonderful Lemons! ...................................................................................................................... 22 What to Avoid in Personal Care Products ..................................................................................... 23 Chapter 2: Cool Your Home in Summer ............................................................................................... 26 It’s Easy – Shade Your House! ....................................................................................................... 26 The FREE way to cool your home! ................................................................................................ 28 More Tips to Stay Cool .............................................................................................................. 29 Get the Most From Your Air Conditioning! ................................................................................... 30 Almost Free Easy Alternatives ....................................................................................................... 32 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 32 Chapter 3: Heat Your Home in Winter ................................................................................................. 34 Central or Not? .............................................................................................................................. 34 Dress Right! ................................................................................................................................... 34 Insulate .......................................................................................................................................... 35 The Passive House ......................................................................................................................... 35 Space ............................................................................................................................................. 35 Chapter 4: Appliances – Buying & Using .............................................................................................. 36 Buying a New Appliance ................................................................................................................ 36 Buying a Green Television ............................................................................................................. 37 Buying a Green Dishwasher .......................................................................................................... 39 Buying a Green Fridge ................................................................................................................... 40 Using Appliances ........................................................................................................................... 40 Save Electricity With Off-Peak....................................................................................................... 41 Chapter 5: Lighting ............................................................................................................................... 42 Incandescent (“normal”) light bulbs ............................................................................................. 43 © Copyright. 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Clare Delaney Page 3 Live Well, Live Green Fluorescent Tubes ......................................................................................................................... 43 Fluorescent Bulbs – CFLs ............................................................................................................... 44 LEDs ............................................................................................................................................... 45 Chapter 6: Green-washing .................................................................................................................... 46 Have they been Green-washed? ................................................................................................... 46 How To Spot Green-washing ......................................................................................................... 47 Chapter 7: Organising Storage in your home ........................................................................................ 48 Start to Get Organised .................................................................................................................. 49 Re-use a Kitchen! .......................................................................................................................... 50 Eco-Friendly Food Storage ............................................................................................................ 52 Chapter 8: Green Your Pet................................................................................................................... 55 Do You Truly Know What You Feed Your Pet? .............................................................................. 57 Recycle Your Pet!!! ........................................................................................................................ 60 Chapter 9: Green Jobs .......................................................................................................................... 64 Chapter 10: Paper .................................................................................................................................. 67 What is FSC-Certified? ................................................................................................................... 67 Is it Worth Recycling Paper? ......................................................................................................... 68 Five easy tips to improve your paper use: .................................................................................... 69 Bonus Tip: Re-using / Recycling Old Books ................................................................................... 69 Reduce paper in your home office ................................................................................................ 70 Is working from home really eco-friendly? ................................................................................... 72 Chapter 11: Water ................................................................................................................................. 73 Why Save Water? .......................................................................................................................... 73 Are There Easy Ways to Save Water? ........................................................................................... 74 Rainwater Harvesting .................................................................................................................... 77 Water Quiz .................................................................................................................................... 81 Bottled Water ................................................................................................................................ 83 A Little-known Secret! ................................................................................................................... 83 Interesting Water Facts ................................................................................................................. 84 Can I Re-use Plastic Bottles? ......................................................................................................... 85 Water Wars? ................................................................................................................................. 86 Chapter 12: Death by Plastic ................................................................................................................ 87 Where does all this waste come from? ........................................................................................ 88 Plastic is Everywhere