Greeniology

Do you want to live well, be green and make a difference? There's never been a better time to reduce your personal impact on the environment and prepare for change as our society moves towards sustainability. With topics covering everything from green cleaning and ecofashion to growing food and saving energy and water, Greeniology 2020 is a practical, fun guide to changing your lifestyle for a healthier home and healthier planet. Award-winning environmentalist and television presenter Tanya Ha provides green living advice, tips and ideas for the beginner and committed tree-hugger alike. They will compel you to change your life, and to be part of the solution to our planet's problems. Find out how to reduce the impact of your lifestyle and help the planet flourish, make your home more comfortable all year round, save money on energy and water bills, go green at work, and make your home safer and healthier for your family.

Being green is easier than you think. Greeniology is a practical, comprehensive and fun guide to local environmental action in your home, at work and on holiday. It's about living in comfort and style, and in harmony with the natural environment. Tanya Ha's green living advice, tips and ideas for the beginner and committed tree-hugger alike will compel you to change your life, and to be part of the solution to our planet's problems. As Gandhi said, 'Be the change you want to see in the world'. Find out how to: reduce the impact of your lifestyle on the health of the planet make your home more comfortable all year round save money on energy and water bills choose greener products cut your petrol costs, and make your home safer and healthier for your family.

Being green is easier than you think. Greeniology is a practical, comprehensive and fun guide to local environmental action in your home, at work and on holiday. It's about living in comfort and style, and in harmony with the natural environment. This book has a new preface, new chapter, and updated contacts from Tanya Ha, presenter of the SBS series Eco-House.

Learn how to make customised aromatherapy and herbal skin care preparations to suit your skin type and a range of remedies for various skin conditions. Step by step instructions are given to ensure your preparations are successful. Recipes include creams, ointments, gels, cleansers, toners, moisturisers, masks and exfoliants as well as wonderful perfume recipes, soap, bath and hair care preparations, home cleaners and much more. Information on herbs, essential oils, clays, emulsifiers, preservatives and a large range of natural ingredients is included. In this second edition of Do It Yourself Pure Plant Skin Care, you will find many new recipes and be introduced to new ingredients. There are over 300 recipes and among them you will find powders and pastes for cleaning your teeth and simple colour cosmetics such as blush, face powder and eye colours, shampoo and conditioner bars, as well as recipes featuring unique Australian ingredients. The new Clean & Minimal section features a range of ‘clean’, effective skin care recipes. They are made with minimal ingredients, in a minimum amount of time, with minimal effort, and are all preservative-free. In the new Home section, you will learn how to make recipes to clean and care for your home and discover essential oil blends to use in your aromatherapy diffuser to create a home sanctuary.

Greg Foyster quits his job in advertising and decides to live more simply. Looking for inspiration, he and his partner Sophie cycle from Melbourne to Far North Queensland (via Tasmania, naturally) scouting out ideas. Preposterously underprepared, they are propelled by the inspiring and eccentric characters they meet along the way ? from a forest activist living up a tree to an 18th-century woodsman and a monk walking barefoot through Queensland. Featuring eye-opening encounters with DIY downshifters and leading figures in sustainability,Changing Gears is a jaunty adventure that explores an important question for the future: can we be happier with less?

There has never been a greater need for a green consumer guide to help people make informed choices about the products they buy. This book will remain relevant for years to come, enabling people to apply eco principles to new products as they enter the marketplace.

Television presenters are key to the sociability of the medium, speaking directly to viewers as intermediaries between audiences and those who are interviewed, perform or compete on screen. As targets of both great affection and derision from viewers and the subjects of radio, internet, magazine and newspaper coverage, many have careers that have lasted almost as long as post-war television itself. Nevertheless, as a profession, television presenting has received little scholarly attention. Personality Presenters explores the role of the television presenter, analysing the distinct skills possessed by different categories of host and the expectations and difficulties that exist with regard to the promotion of the various films, books, consumer and cultural products with which they are associated. The close involvement of presenters with the content that they present is examined, while the impact of the presenters' own celebrity on the tasks that they perform is scrutinised. With a focus on non-fiction entertainment shows such as game shows, lifestyle and reality shows, chat, daytime and talk shows, this book explores issues of consumer culture, advertising and celebrity, as well as the connection of presenters with ethical issues. Offering detailed case studies of internationally recognised presenters, as well comparisons between national presenters from the UK and Australia, Personality Presenters provides a rich discussion of television presenters as significant conduits in the movement of ideas. As such, it will appeal to sociologists as well as those working in the fields of popular culture, cultural and media studies and cultural theory.

As he walked out of the cinema, Gavin knew that his life would change forever. It was the impact of a documentary that kicked him into action, whereby he decided to lower his family's impact on the planet, in the attempt to live a more sustainable lifestyle. This is the story of his first year of 'The Greening of Gavin'. Gavin's philosophy is a simple one and he describes it as this; "An Ordinary Australian Man Who Has A Green Epiphany Whilst Watching A Documentary, Gets a Hybrid Car, Plants A Large Organic Vegetable Garden, Goes Totally Solar, Lowers Consumption, Feeds Composts Bins and Worms, Harvests Rainwater, Raises Chickens, Makes Cheese and Soap, and Eats Locally. All In The Effort To Reduce Our Family's Carbon Footprint So We Can Start Making A Difference For Our Children & Future Generations To Come."