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Bright Green Books to Get You Through the Dark Winter Days

The weather is getting colder and days are getting shorter. We’ve prepared ourselves for a long relaxing winter by expanding our green library.

This winter we’ve got big plans to read up on the best eco-living knowledge sources to transform our green savvy beyond the home. We want to understand how every choice we make, everything we buy, makes a difference. In 2010, our goal is to not only create a more sustainable home, but more sustainable occupants as well.

Here’s a few of our recent pick-ups:

· “Ecopreneuring: Putting Purpose and the Planet Before Profits” – This book tells the story of dedicated individuals who found a way to merge business success with extreme sustainable operating standards. In addition to providing business tips this is an inspiring, can-do book for someone just beginning to “go green” all the way to the veteran eco-minded.

· “Eco Intelligence – How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything” – Often on HomeIntel we talk about market trends and what new products and brands are hot. In “Eco Intelligence” Daniel Goleman discusses how consumer spending creates eco-consequences and benefits. This book gives whole new meaning to buying green.

· “Confessions of a Radical Industrialist” – In this book Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, gives his business philosophy and model for Interface – Mission Zero — zero waste, zero pollution, zero use of fossil fuels, and zero use of materials from the earth that cannot be renewed rapidly and naturally. This is an interesting read that provides eco-perspective from a big business leader.

· Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change – We know that you know that one friend, coworker or family member that has yet to buy into the green movement and really understand the importance of sustainable living. This book would be the perfect holiday gift for that person. In Clean Energy Common Sense Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, targets those who have yet to go-green and really believe that it’s an essential movement. We also like this because it’s an easy read with simple and clear language and messaging.

If you want to really make this winter a green-reading fest you could even purchase a Kindle, Nook, or SONY ebook to read your eco-books with a clear conscience.