Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life
Language: English
Pages: 240
ISBN: 0307396436
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
FROM THE PIONEER OF ECO-CONSCIOUS LIVING
A committed environmentalist for more than thirty years, Ed Begley, Jr., has always tried to “live simply so others may simply live.” Now, as more and more of us are looking for ways to reduce our impact on the planet and live a better, greener life, Ed shares his experiences on what works, what doesn't–and what will save you money!
These are tips for environmentally friendly living that anyone–whether you own or rent, live in a private home or a condo–can try to make a positive change for the environment. From quick fixes to bigger commitments and long-term strategies, Ed will help you make changes in every part of your life.
And if you think living green has to mean compromising on aesthetics or comfort, fear not; Ed's wife, Rachelle, insists on style–with a conscience. In Living Like Ed, his environmentalism and her design savvy combine to create a guide to going green that keeps the chic in eco-chic.
From recycling more materials than you ever thought possible to composting without raising a stink to buying an electric car, Living Like Ed is packed with ideas–from obvious to ingenious–that will help you live green, live responsibly, live well. Like Ed.
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Convinced? AN ELECTRIC CAR’S RANGE Now, I can’t go everywhere with my electric car, for the simple reason that it can only go so far on a single charge. The range of my last electric car, a Toyota RAV4 EV, was 80 miles under average driving conditions. And that was round-trip—unless I had plenty of time and a charger on the other end (because it can take up to 8 hours to charge an electric vehicle’s battery from empty to full). Practically, I could only go 40 miles each way in that car.
Stuff that goes in the recycling bin, and then later, the people at the plant that recycles the aluminum. Where does that aluminum get reused? To make more cans, mostly. What about steel? Believe it or not, more steel gets recycled each year than all other materials combined, including paper. This is due in part to the fact that you can attract steel with a magnet. So it’s easy to sort it out when it’s mixed in with other materials. Steel can be salvaged fairly easily even if it’s mixed in with.
And I’d encourage everyone to sign up for TerraPass or one of the other carbon offset programs being offered today, so no matter where your power comes from, you help to add new green power to the grid and help to reduce the need for smoke-belching power plants. What else can you do to choose a deeper shade of green? You can grow your own food and you can support your local organic farmers. Solar is clearly a renewable source of energy. So is wind. So is geothermal power. And so is power.
Can save a lot on your electricity bill. If it’s cloudy 180 to 200 days out of the year in your area, don’t put up solar; it’s not worth it economically. But for the rest of the country—nearly all of the country—solar panels make economic sense. Without subsidies, it can take nearly twenty years to amortize the cost of installing a solar electric system. With subsidies, it’s eight or nine years—depending on where you live and how much you pay for power to begin with. With net metering, the power.
Organic clothing is not just limited to cotton. You can also find organic clothing made from: • hemp • jute • silk • ramie • bamboo • wool All of these fibers are natural, and all except silk and wool come from plants. Naturally, the plants would have to be farmed organically in order for their fibers to go into organic clothing. Of those plant-based materials, hemp has been the most controversial. For years it was banned in the United States because Cannabis sativa, the plant whose stalk.