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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As the host of the popular Discovery Network shows Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow, and the daughter of green movement pioneer and Eden Foods founder Tim Redmond, Sara Snow grew up green well before it was fashionable or popular. Now, she has written an accessible, hands-on, and entertainingly informative new book, SARA SNOW’S FRESH LIVING: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home which offers busy families simple, affordable ways to create a healthy, environmentally friendly home–room by room. Filled with practical answers, engaging insight, and leveled approach to green living, the book will be published as a Bantam Trade Paperback Original on April 7, 2009.
In the book, Snow provides attainable solutions for greener living, giving clear explanations and alternatives for people not yet ready to go completely (or “dark”) green as well sidebars that profile green-living pioneers, who offer their own insider tips on creating a healthy, more natural environment in the home. From the kitchen to the office, Snow breaks down the typical household chapter by chapter into manageable areas on which to concentrate, including:
The Kitchen: Everything you need to know about how and where to shop for the freshest, most nutrient rich foods (shop the perimeter of the grocery store), tips on when to buy organic or conventional, the four rules for healthy shopping, and ways to create an energy efficient kitchen.
The Outdoors: Snow’s top ten list for “greening” your garage (ditch toxic chemicals), car (keep your tires properly inflated), and pet (buy eco safe chew toys), information on non-toxic lawn care, and all you need to know about composting.
At Work: How to give your office a “mail makeover,” the biggest phantom energy wasters, and ideas for how to “green” your commute (carpool!), business travel (fly direct!) and your hotel stay (hang a “do not disturb” to avoid housekeeping waste).
The Bathroom: Snow reveals the “red light ingredients” to avoid when purchasing body care products (such as fragrance, phalates, and parabens), tips for cutting down your shower time (use an egg timer) and conserving energy and water, and the importance of using recycled toilet paper.
The Bedroom: How to create a soothing, protective space in the bedroom, what eco-fibers to look for when buying organic bedding and clothing, and tips for how to have “greener” sex (look for lubricants free of synthetic colors, fragrance, and flavors).
The Nursery: Includes important information on what to look for (and avoid!) when decorating the nursery (decorate early so paints, stains, carpeting can “off-gas” before your baby arrives), buying diapers (use gel-free, unbleached disposables), body care, formula and bottles for your baby, how to protect your infant from potentially harmful electronics (keep all devices at least three feet away), and the latest on plastic baby toys.
The Living Room: The best plants to reduce indoor air pollution (Bamboo Palm, Spider Plant, and Ficus), why natural and latex paints are the greenest options for your walls, and what to look for when buying furniture.
The Laundry Room: Tips for starting your own green cleaning tool kit, the wonders of baking soda, lemon juice and vinegar to clean everything from your carpets to your laundry, cleaning ingredients to avoid, and energy savers for the washer and dryer.
Sarah Snow is a lifelong advocate of organic living and travels the country as a green lifestyle expert. In addition to her Discovery Network shows, she is a columnist for treehugger.com, and is advising the network on their newest cable network, PlanetGreen. She and her husband live in Indianapolis. We will be in contact soon to discuss an interview with Sara Snow and coverage of the book.
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