Sara Snow's Fresh Living: The Essential Room-By-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home

by Sara Snow and Sara Snow

Book Overview

In this easy-to-follow guide, the green-living expert and host of the popular TV shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553385968
• ISBN13: 9780553385960
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Should be in every home!

I believe that every home should have a copy of this helpful guide. I myself wish I could have had a book like this BEFORE I started having children, I would definitely have been more mindful of my purchases for my kids from birth and on into their childhood. I was especially shocked to learn that even the mattresses and pillows and furniture we buy gives out toxic fumes that may be harmful to all of us, but especially to our children. What I always thought was "new" smell was most likely the gasses emitting from these items! Thank you Sarah for providing a helpful family guide for busy moms like me!

Great Green Book

We've lived organically for the last 8 yrs, but this book is a good refresher. It is also a great starting point for anyone wanting to start making changes in their lives.

Feeling Fresher Than Ever!

Sara Snow is an absolute inspiration! I am bareley halfway through the book, although my excuse is that I am trying my best to soak up every single Green Tip possible :) I highly recommend this book! Sara provides wonderful tips from her own lief and experience without sending any guilt with it. The tips range from changing a light bulb to LED all of the way to beginning your own vegetable garden & compost. Happy Healthy Living! Jessica

Realistic Approach to Green Living

My husband & I's New Year's Resolution was to be more "green" in our day-to-day lifestyle. I picked up this book yesterday while browsing the Natural Living section of my Borders - and have already read it page-to-page! This book provides extremely practical and doable ways to implement green living into our everyday lives - I never knew green living could be so easy. Ms. Snow also has a very compelling story regarding her upbringing and she makes you feel like a friend and confidante in our efforts to live a greener and healthier lifestyle. I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for an excellent resource for beginning a "fresher" life!

Innovative Concepts In Naturalist Living

A FirstLook Book Review From: www.BasilAndSpice.com Author & Book Views On A Healthy Life! Sara Snow's Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home (Bantam Books/ March 2009) by Sara Snow Sara Snow, daughter of Eden Foods founder Tim Redmond and host of Discovery Network shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow, has spent her life growing up and living as a naturalist among those who have strived in earnest to compel society to live a better, healthier, fresher life. Sara Snow writes about sustainable change being lifestyle change, albeit not always easy, but definitely beneficial. Her new book on Fresh Living takes us into our homes and outdoors, providing the reader with innovative ideas which save us money and keep us well. Saluting her heritage of naturalist living--on a family-type commune in lower Michigan, Sara Snow points to companies which are making a difference by providing the personal histories of their founders. Interesting Concepts: * Think before you flush--26 billion gallons of water is used each day in the United States. "In many parts of this world, families must survive on a daily ration of water equal to one flush of a standard American toilet." * Eco fibers are in--"These range from natural or color-grown cotton to bamboo and soy fibers. Cotton crops account for nearly 25 percent of the world's insecticides and more than 10 percent of the pesticides." A section on vegan clothing is included. * Green sex--Snow has researched issues related to chemical interference in the bedroom. * Everything baby--PVC--polyvinyl chloride plastics often contain lead. Think 'rubber ducks' Snow writes. "Look for a number 3 on the bottom of a plastic toy as an indicator of whether it is a PVC plastic." The authors also covers clothes, bedding, furniture, formula, bottles, and diapers. * Add plants to your decor--today we know that specific plants can neutralize in-home contaminants. For example, the peace lily and the potted geranium remove benzene. Snow lists the top 15. * Know the VOC--it is an acronym for 'volatile organic compound, and are "gases emitted from solids or liquids." They have harmful side effects and are linked with many products, including: air fresheners, toilet cleaners, pesticides, paints, glues, fragrances, etc... * Phantom energy wasters--rechargeable toothbrush, LCD computer monitor, cordless phone base, convection microwave, laptop, computer, plasma TV * Green funerals are beautiful--reminiscing about her own grandfather's natural funeral, Sara explains that each year "we bury over eight hundred thousand gallons of embalming fluid...over a hundred tons of steel, almost three thousand tons of copper and bronze..." * Pets need greening too--use natural shampoos, conditioners, and green toys; avoid litters which have silica in them--it's a carcinogen. Besides explaining what the reader should avoid, Snow expands upon the concepts,