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50 Ways to Be a Green Evil Genius!Who knew being environmentally conscious would ever be considered evil? With 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius, you'll have wicked fun while reducing your impact on the planet and saving money.Using easy-to-find parts and tools, this do-it-yourself guide offers a wide variety of environmentally focused projects you can accomplish on your own. Topics covered include transportation, alternative fuels, solar, wind, and hydro power, home insulation, construction, and more. The projects in this unique guide range from easy to more complex and are designed to optimize your time and simplify your life! 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius:Features step-by-step instructions for 50 environmentally friendly projects, complete with helpful illustrationsShows you how to design, build, and install your creationsAllows you to customize each project for your purposesRemoves the frustration factor-all required parts are listed, along with sources50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius provides you with all the plans and schematics you need to:Dramatically improve the fuel efficiency of your car

Amazon Sales Rank: #284739 in Books Published on: 2008-12-18 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .41" h x 8.40" w x 10.86" l, 1.05 pounds Binding: Paperback 208 pages

About the Author Jamil Shariff is a consultant with the Boxfish Group, a sustainable innovations incubator working with governments, businesses and advocacy groups to create policies and implement changes that achieve an efficient, healthier and more sustainable environment.

Most helpful customer reviews 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating book! By Adam Hunt I recently read this book and can recommend it wholeheartedly as a great broad-based introduction for anyone interested in getting started on making their lives more sustainable. Some of the projects are quite easy, others are more complex, but there is something for everyone here. Perhaps best of all adults will find lots of rainy-day projects that can be done with their kids, just watch out because you will probably discover that your kids are far ahead of you in understanding the need to make human habitation of this planet last longer. Overall the book is well written and easy to follow with a wealth of photographs. Even if you don't actually do any of the projects, just reading the book will expose you to a new philosophy of living, one that not only reduces waste, but will start you asking, "Instead of throwing that out, what can we make of it?" It is all contemplative food for thought, in a straightforward "how-to" book that is a call to think and then act! 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Love it. By Ron Rancourt I really enjoyed reading this book. The projects are well organized, from simple to more complex, and the additional background info into the energy+environment topics really drills home the message. I consider myself pretty well versed in the DIY stuff but I learned a few things from the book. Worthwhile purchase! 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Interesting But Not What I Was Looking For By J. Young This book has a lot of experiments you can try to see how different green concepts work and some theory behind them. It really seemed more like a primer on getting your head around some ideas rather than building useful everyday green solutions. For example, there are numerous examples on how to generate electricity but little in the way of how to store that energy or feed it back into the power grid, etc. See all 3 customer reviews...