Green Product Review: Green Christmas

I wanted to get to my review of Eco-Touch  – conscious car care because so far I’m loving the interior wash – however, I’d also like to try out the exterior wash, and it’s been raining and raining – I missed the two sunny days we had. That said, we may need to break this up. Tomorrow, look for a review of the interior car care products from Eco-Touch.

Now, books don’t require nice weather to review, so today we’re going to look at….

Green Christmas: How to Have a Joyous, Eco-Friendly Holiday Season by Jennifer Basye Sander & Peter Sander.

Basics: Make your holiday green with this easy read. Small in size, but big on tips, this book covers everything from why go green this Christmas to eco-family time to green entertaining to green holiday vacations and more.

Pros:

I felt this book catered perfectly to exactly the readers I try to post for here at THF. The tips are suggestive, but not forceful, and there are ideas for how to deal with problems – say, kids or family members not being on board with a less consumer based holiday.

My favorite section was the Eco-Family Time chapter, which was way in line with our ethics here at Tree Hugging Family. There are fun kitchen activities offered, crafts, even some homeschool ideas, and more.

The book was set up in nice bite sized chunks – almost like a blog actually. Each small tip section has a bold or italic headings, so flipping through, you can find items that interest you.

All the basics are covered. You can learn about what sort of tree to buy, the cost of travel for the planet, and even how to build an eco-cozy fire. I think, with this one book, all your green Christmas questions will be answered.

Cons:

????  I guess I would have liked to see a collection of product and other links offered in the back of the book. It’s a little awkward, because while product suggestions are made, the links are posted throughout the text – this may be just a pet peeve of mine though.

Score:

Five out of five happy trees. Not only is this book useful, but it’s a great low cost gift. It can cost more to go green, as we always discuss here, but for less than $6, you can afford to put this book in everyone’s stocking this year.  

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