Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson
Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson
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Zero Waste Home
The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste

Author: Bea Johnson

Narrator: Henrietta Meire

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/28/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, House & Home


Synopsis

In Zero Waste Home, Bea Johnson shares the story of how she simplified her life by reducing her waste. Today, Bea, her husband, Scott, and their two young sons produce just one quart of garbage a year, and their overall quality of life has changed for the better: they now have more time together, they’ve cut their annual spending by a remarkable 40 percent, and they are healthier than they’ve ever been.

This book shares essential how-to advice, secrets, and insights based on Bea’s experience. She demystifies the process of going Zero Waste with hundreds of easy tips for sustainable living that even the busiest people can integrate: from making your own mustard, to packing kids’ lunches without plastic, to canceling your junk mail, to enjoying the holidays without the guilt associated with overconsumption. Zero Waste Home is a stylish and relatable step-by-step guide that will give you the practical tools to help you improve your health, save money and time, and achieve a brighter future for your family—and the planet.

About Bea Johnson

Bea Johnson has been shattering preconceptions attached to a lifestyle of environmental consciousness through her Zero Waste lifestyle. She regularly opens her home to educational tours and the media, and she has appeared in segments on the Today show, NBC and CBS news, Global TV BC (Canada), and a mini Yahoo! documentary. Bea and her family have also been featured in print publications, including People, Sunset, the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as The Huffington Post, MSNBC, USA TODAY, Mother Nature Network, among others. They live in Mill Valley, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on October 28, 2013

I definitely admire a woman on a mission. And it's always nice to read a missive by someone with even more crazy-out-there ideas than my own. The problem with this book for me was that the simplicity goal and the zero-waste goal are two entirely different things, and I can't quite see how to impleme......more

Goodreads review by Stacia on November 03, 2013

I love this book. I read various simplifying/decluttering type books every now & then; this book is not quite that category, but similar in that Johnson has simplified her family's life extensively by trying to avoid creating any trash (zero waste). I think her choices are entirely commendable & she......more

Goodreads review by Dar vieną puslapį on April 13, 2019

Aš niekada nebuvau išprotėjus dėl ekologijos, rūšiavimo ir panašių dalykų. Tuo nesididžiuoju, bet ir vaidinti kažko neketinu. Viskas pasikeitė, kai gimė vaikas. Tuomet tapo svarbu daug dalykų ir kokį pasaulį paliksiu po savęs - vienas jų. Knyga “Namai be atliekų” į mano akiratį pateko jau senokai, b......more

Goodreads review by Erin on June 05, 2017

This book walks the line between useful advice and things that are incorrect or completely ridiculous. The author seems to think that previous civilizations didn't have waste (not true, what do you think archeologists find?) and also notes items that she believes can be composted which cannot if you......more