GREEN GUIDE
Book ID/图书代码： 03980808B30201
English Summary/英文概要： Everyone knows that the planet is in trouble, but is there a solution? This timely book identifies the most effective ways individuals can be more green in four key areas: home, travel, food, and consumerism. It also describes how citizens can ensure that governments take the actions necessary to make sustainable lifestyles the norm instead of the exception. Environmental lawyer David Boyd and celebrated ecologist David Suzuki provide vital tips for choosing a home, creating a healthy indoor environment, and decreasing energy and water use — and utility bills. They discuss what readers can do to drive and fly less, profile the most environmentally friendly transportation choices, and explain how to purchase carbon credits, among other suggestions. In addition, they offer simple changes individuals can make in their diet to eat fresher, tastier, healthier food. Included too is invaluable advice about how to buy fewer things and avoid toxic consumer products.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 众所周知，我们的地球正面临着危机。有什么方法应对吗？这本生而逢时的书从家庭、出行、食物和消费四个关键方向出发，向人们提出了最行之有效的环保方法。同时，它还介绍了公民如何能够确保政府采取的行动，能使他们平衡的生活方式变成规范，而非例外。环境律师David Boyd和著名生态学家David Suzuki提出了一个关键性的建议，关于如何选择一个家、创建一个健康的室内环境，以及如何降低能源和水资源的使用——当然，也包括电费。他们探讨了如何能让读者尽量少乘飞机少开车，而采取更利用环保的交通方式，同时他们还解释了如何购买碳排放信用以及其他的一些建议。另外，作者还提供给人们一些简单的改变，就能使他们吃到更新鲜、更美味、更健康的食物。类似的宝贵建议还包括：如何减少消费，以及如何避免买到有毒的消费类产品等。(YYR)
Awards/获奖情况：版權已售：Australia/New Zealand and French
About the Author/作者介绍： DAVID SUZUKI is an acclaimed geneticist and environmentalist and the founder and chair of the David Suzuki Foundation. He is the author of more than forty books and is the recipient of the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for Science, the United Nations Environmental Medal, and the UNEP’s Global 500 award, and he has names a Companion of the Order of Canada. In addition, he holds eighteen honorary degrees, and he has been adopted into three First Nations clans. Suzuki lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. DAVID R. BOYD is leading environmental lawyer and the author of many influential works, including Sustainability within a Generation: A New Vision for Canada, Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy, and Canada vs. The OECD: An Environmental Comparison. He lives, lightly, on Pender Island in British Columbia with Margot Venton and their daughter, Meredith.
David Suzuki是著名的遗传学家和环保主义者，同时他也是大卫铃木基金会的创始人兼主席。他撰写的书籍已超过40多本，他曾接受过的奖项包括：联合国教科文组织颁发的卡林加奖、联合国环境奖，以及环境署颁布的全球500强，他还曾获颁发加拿大最高勋章。此外，他还拥有18个荣誉学位，并被加拿大三大原住民部族接纳。Suzuki现居不列颠哥伦比亚的温哥华。DAVID R. BOYD是最早的环境律师，同时著有许多有影响的作品，譬如《一代人的可持续性：新视野下的加拿大》、《非自然法则：反思加拿大环境法和政策》和《加拿大与经合组织的环境比较》。他现在与妻子Margot Venton和女儿Meredith一起，闲适地住在不列颠哥伦比亚的潘德岛上。
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