BOOKS

The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget:
Save Money. Save Time. Save The Planet.
APRIL 2009

Josh Dorfman takes you inside the latest developments in green living to demonstrate how you can easily and affordably have your designer jeans and your planet too. From raising eco-conscious kids to greening your daily commute, Dorfman provides insights into the next wave of green innovation and the environmental solutions that will lighten your planetary impact and lower your expenses.

Discover new eco-trends and innovations such as how:

Chegg.com rents college textbooks to students for a fraction of the price and conserves trees

Recyclebank makes home recycling easy and profitable and keeps tons of trash out of landfills

SolarCity eliminates the upfront costs of residential solar panels so people can afford them

Swapstyle.com connects you with fashionistas around the world with designer goods to barter , so you don’t have to consume new goods and spend $$$ to look great

Cities like Boston offer free WiFi on trains to boost public transportation ridership, reduce traffic congestion, and cut greenhouse gas emissions

In a time when many people are feeling financially restricted, The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget is your guide to effortlessly saving the planet while keeping some extra cash in your pocket.

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The Lazy Environmentalist:
Your Guide to Easy, Stylish Green Living
APRIL 2007

We can’t all camp out in old-growth forests, lying down in front of the bulldozers. And it’s not only that we’re too busy: Some of us just don’t want our fabulous threads to get caked with mud.

But that doesn’t mean we don’t care passionately about the environment. Luckily, the days when becoming environmentally aware entailed eating bread that tasted like dirt, wearing clothes that looked like frayed burlap sacks, and spending summer vacations assailing whaling ships with Greenpeace are passing away. It is now perfectly possible (and increasingly easy) to be well fed, well coiffed, well dressed, and well traveled while remaining deeply committed to an ecologically sustainable lifestyle.

In The Lazy Environmentalist, Josh Dorfman provides comprehensive guidance to fashion-forward consumers who are as concerned about the long-term health of our planet as they are about the design of their bathroom fixtures. Covering topics that range from clothing to electronic gadgetry, home decor to recreation, and gardening to financial investment, Dorfman lets us know which trends to watch and which eco-conscious products—cars, toothbrushes, cell phones, pet accessories—to buy. Green, it turns out, can be an extremely stylish color.

“Every day most of us have to choose between products that either look the same or do the same thing. So why not buy the product that causes the least harm to the planet? The Lazy Environmentalist is a useful guide toward making the right decisions.”
- Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner, Patagonia, Inc.

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Environmental Printing: The Lazy Environmentalist books are printed on FSC certified, 100% post-consumer recycled paper and processed chlorine-free.

Watch Josh’s Book Talk as part of the Authors@Google series at Google’s Headquarters in Mountain View, CA:

More Praise for The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget:
“Fun, easy and inexpensive: No I’m not talking about the ideal date — I’m talking about The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. Once again Josh Dorfman shows that going green can help you look and feel fantastic, and this time it makes perfect dollars and cents.”
– Summer Rayne Oakes, model-activist and author of Style Naturally

“Living sustainably doesn’t require slogans or campaigns; it’s about living SMART and this is exactly what Josh presents so clearly in The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. A must read for anyone who wants to live well and still reduce their impact on the planet.”
– David de Rothschild, author of The Global Warming Survival Handbook and host of Sundance Channel’s Eco-Trip: The Real Cost of Living

“Josh Dorfman really gets it. Environmentalism is not just for activists anymore. His practical approaches to saving the planet make room in the environmental tent for two very familiar American icons: the crazy-busy and the just-plain-lazy. I say, welcome all! Only together can we change the world.”
- Wood Turner, Executive Director of ClimateCounts.org

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The original blog entry that started it all:
January 5, 2005 by Josh
Lazy Environmentalist

I’m a passionate yet lazy environmentalist. I want to do the right thing. I want the planet to be clean. I want to breathe fresh air. I want to not have to hold my breath every time I drive on the New Jersey Turnpike.

I want it to be totally fun, cool and sexy to act in an environmentally responsible way. Otherwise, half the time I won’t do it. I won’t always place my empty water bottles in the recycling bin. Why? Because, frankly, it’s a pain and there’s nothing fun about it.

I want a shower that cleans, filters, and reuses the same five gallons of water repeatedly so I can take a low-impact 30 minute shower and know that I’m not squandering our dwindling supply of fresh water. Frankly, I take long showers. That’s where I do my best thinking. So I want someone to invent this kind of shower for me. I’ll be thrilled to buy it and I’ll tell all my friends to get one too.

Give me a hybrid Audi TT so I can put the top down and drive fast without polluting like a maniac. I’ll gladly pay for it. Make me furniture out of bamboo instead of wood so I’m not by extension cutting down trees just to have something nice to eat on. I’ll pay for that too.

Make it so totally easy, fun and attractive to do “the right thing” and I’ll do it every time. Because I care about the planet. I really do. But I’m lazy and I’m not going to change my behavior any time soon. So cater to me. Help me consume more responsibly without having to try. I’ll thank you for it and the planet will too.

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