Those of you who were interested in last month's blog on ethical publishing might also like to know about the following book. Called How To Live Earth Friendly: Simple Solutions To Save The Planet, it offers a fairly comprehensive run-down of how to live ethically - complete with details of ethical companies - and is available to order from the Earth Friendly Guide website for $13.95.
All very well, I hear you tut, but what about all the paper and printing and air-miles that go into producing this guide to protecting the planet? Let me stop your right there: the good folk at Earth Friendly Guides are a step ahead of you. Not only can you buy the book as an e-book for the greatly-reduced price of $6, you can also read the whole thing online at their website, with the added benefit that the online version of the book provides links through to the sites of the green companies mentioned. And the website itself is a pretty decent resource, too - among other things, it's home to updates and links that didn't make it into the book in time.
This is an American book, but it does cater reasonably well for the UK, often offering British alternatives to the US companies and organizations it cites. If you're after a more UK-specific ethical guide, however, may I take this opportunity to recommend our very own Leo Hickman's A Good Life (reviewed here - not by us), which offers a comprehensive guide to ethical living in the UK. This one does exist solely in book form - but it's printed on 100% recycled paper and uses only biodegradable vegetable inks. Ethical readers of the world: unite and take over.
