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Donnachadh McCarthy “Saving the Planet without costing the Earth”

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ISBN 1-904132-39-1. “Saving the Planet without costing the Earth – 500 simple steps to a greener lifestyle” by Donnachadh McCarthy was published in Fusion Press in 2004. This review is of the paperback edition which has 237 pages including an introduction, ten chapters, resources, acknowledgements. Curiously, even though chapter ten is entirely about the author the last page of the book also has a one page summary of Donnachadh’s life. In fact you can read all about in again in his 2008 “Easy Eco-Auditing” books (reviewed here). We suggest you read chapter ten first as it is a good snapshot of just how accomplished Donnachadh is. Continue reading →

“The Energy Saving House” by Thierry Salomon & Stéphane Bedel

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ISBN 1-89804-935-1. “The Energy Saving House” by Thierry Salomon & Stéphane Bedel. This Book was published by the French “Eco-Centre” known as “Terre Vivante” and was adapted for the UK by CAT after purchasing the rights at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2001. A lot of the technology in the book is rather more suited to a Northern Mediterranean climate than our colder Northern European one. Hence the CAT edition went through some heavy rewriting. There is a lot of mention of Nuclear Power Stations throughout this slim book (142 pages) which also betrays its French origins. At points it makes you wonder if CAT regretted this decision as it may have been easier to start from scratch. Continue reading →