The Future Is Green WHAT YOU CAN DO Look out your window. What
do you see? A paved street and electrical wires? Meadows and
birds? A farm full of cows? Whatever surrounds you, that's the
environment. And whether it was created by Mother Nature or the
municipal works department, humans aren't separate from it. Just
as hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes have an effect on our well-
being, we have an effect on nature, polluting water via our
factories and homes, reducing mountains to piles of coal that we
burn for energy, packing landfills with our used-up cars and
electronics packaging. Luckily, it turns out we also have the
power to clean up after ourselves. At TreeHugger.com, the
website dedicated to modern green living, we believe that
cutting-edge ideas, technology, and design-and, more important,
people with the right attitude-can help save the environment.
This book was conceived to help readers develop an understanding
of existing eco dilemmas, and to empower them to help reverse
the problems. We don't have