Check out the True Green books from the National Geographic Society by long-time environmentalist Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin. These popular books are loaded with tips for kids and adults, at home or at work, on how to make a difference by making little changes.
Green Matters is an education DVD series on nine different subjects ranging from alternative fuel to endangered species to recycling. These films use a global perspective to see what is being done about these environmental issues around the world.
Even your bottom line can benefit from going green. Try one of these titles:
- Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle by David Wann
- Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying by David Bach. Also available CD and downloadable audiobook.
- Shift Your Habit: Easy Ways to Save Your Money, Simplify Your Life and Save the Planet by Elizabeth Rogers
There’s stuff for the whole family, like:
- Green Guide Familes: the Complete Reference for Eco-Friendly Parents by Catherine Zandonella
- Generation Green: the Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life by Linda Sivertsen
- Sesame Street Being Green, a DVD where Elmo and Abbey learn how it can be easy being green at the Earth-a-Thon
Going green can be hip and fashionable. Check out these titles:
- Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life by Sophie Uliano
- Green Chic: Saving the Earth in Style by Christie Matheson.
- Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to be Fabulously Green by Starre Vartan
- Sleeping Naked is Green: How an Eco-cynic Unplugged her Fridge, Sold her Car and Found Love in 366 Days by Vanessa Farquharson
If you love crafts or working with your hands, how about these titles:
- Big Green Book of Recycled Crafts from Leisure Arts
- Craft Cycle: 100+ Eco-Friendly Projects and Ideas for Everyday Living by Heidi Boyd
- 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genuis by Jamil Shariff
Decorate your house, change your own environment with these books:
- Natural Style: Decorating with an Earth-Friendly Point of View by Janet Sobesky
- Sara Snow’s Fresh Living: the Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home by Sara Snow
- Green Interior Design by Lori Dennis
I’m just scratching the surface with these few titles. You can browse the catalog or Ask a Librarian for help.
Hollywood has “put on the green” with lots of great movies. Here’s a list of the top 10 environmental films of all time from Mother Nature Network:
- WALL-E
- Erin Brockovich
- China Syndrome
- Chinatown/Soylent Green
- Avatar
- FernGully, the Last Rainforest
- Whale Rider/Winged Migration
- The Day After Tomorrow
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Koyaanisqatsi Life Out of Balance
From The Daily Green comes a list of the 10 best eco-themed movies for children:
- FernGully, the Last Rainforest
- Finding Nemo
- Over the Hedge
- Homeward Bound, the Incredible Journey
- The Lion King
- Happy Feet
- Arctic Tale
- The Rescuers Down Under
- A Bug’s Life
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis
Come to the Get Your Green On – 150 Ways green fair at your library Saturday, April 16 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.