No one likes listening to smug hippies bragging about how they don't use toilet paper, or worse yet, lecturing about the evils of plastic bags and SUVs. But most of us do want to lessen our ecological footprint. With this in mind, Farquharson takes on the intense personal challenge of making one green change to her lifestyle every single day for a year to ultimately figure out what's doable and what's too hardcore. Vanessa goes to the extremes of selling her car, unplugging the fridge and washing her hair with vinegar, but she also does easy things like switching to an all-natural lip balm. All the while, she is forced to reflect on what it truly means to be green. Whether confronting her environmental hypocrisy or figuring out the best place in her living room for a compost bin full of worms and rotting cabbage, Vanessa writes about her foray into the green world with self-deprecating, humorous and accessible insight. This isn't a how-to book of tips, it's not about being eco-chic; it's an honest look at what happens when an average girl throws herself into the murkiest depths of the green movement.

SLEEPING NAKED IS GREEN
Sep 3, 2009	By Clarence W.
Everyone can make a difference, right? Vanessa Farquharson certainly believes so. In this, her debut book, the author decides to significantly shrink her eco-footprint by making one environmentally-friendly lifestyle change each day for an entire year. Whether making subtle changes like switching to recycled paper towels on day one, to more engaging challenges such as selling her car and sleeping in the buff, Farquharson shows that eco-friendly can also be extra funny. More reminiscent of a blog in style and tone, this book provides not only an entertaining read, but many feasible eco-friendly ideas that we can all try for ourselves.