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A book review on Save God Serve the Planet by J. Matthew Sleeth. Sleeth urges Christians to care for the planet not just for the planets sake but the sake of the Golden Rule - caring for the planet also leads to loving your neighbors.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, reads from, and discusses, his forthcoming book, Hot, Flat And Crowded, which describes potentially catatrophic effects of global trends of climate change, worldwide economic growth and population increases, and energy consumption. Friedman says U.S. leadership is needed to deal with them.

Green Chic is a new book by Christie Matheson that tells it like it is - that the planet is in trouble, but that going green doesn't mean you have to lose your sense of style. Learn about what you're using and how you can seek out chic environmentally friendly alternatives that are actually way cooler than our old "easy" ways of living. And ecochick has two copies of the book to give away - wheeee!

Often the second banana to the world of knitting, crochet is steadily gaining more followers thanks to just how easy it is to pick up the hobby. Instead of using two needles, all you need is a ball of yarn and a crochet hook to create everything from toys and toaster covers to sweaters and stylish accessories.

Part 2 of interview by Deborah Kane of Ecotrust, with Michael Pollan when he was in town recently on the book tour for "In Defense of Food".  If you haven't read this book, or "Omnivore's Dilemma", I highly recommend both. Something worth thinking about...

Finding fiction to enjoy has aways been a challenge for me. Thankfully, that issue didn’t arise while I was reading the first book of Lee Welles’ Gaia Girls series titled Enter the Earth. (Full disclosure: Lee Welles writes for this blog, but I was assigned to review her books before she signed on with us.) The premise of her series, listed as for ages 9 and up, is as follows:

What would you do if you could hear the Earth asking for help?

Unless you live a Compact-like lifestyle, you are going to be shopping on a somewhat regular basis. Whether it be home improvements, gifts, furnishings, crafts, gardening, fashions, babies, sports, pets or anything else you have going on, there is a green option to be found.

But where do you buy from?

A review of the new book  Big Green Purse: Use Your Spending Power to Create a Cleaner, Greener World by Diane MacEachern

Michael Pollan’s new book, In Defense of Food, provides the backdrop for his talk at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, and this prior interview with Deborah Kane of the environmental nonprofit organization, Ecotrust.

Barefoot Books has formed an alliance with Eco-Libris, as part of their commitment to "Go Green"

The winner from this giveaway contest will win a hardcover copy of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver.

Eco-Libris brings you part 8 of its Holiday Green Gift Guide for Book Lovers - the guide that helps you find the best green books to give as gifts this holiday season. This time Tracy Stokes of EcoStreet recommends on How to live off-grid: Journeys Outside the System by Nick Rosen

People really want to figure out what to do about the twin dooms they hear are upon them; thinking people know recycling just isn't enough. There has to be some kind of coordinated preparation. This is a book from the Post Carbon Institute about how we can become more ready for peak oil and climate change at the city level. It's meant for planners, city government, and citizen activists who want to try to make sure their corner of civilization has a plan in place.

Color bursts forth like confetti from each page of this stunning visual adventure to coral reefs around the world...