More Resources

At Olivine™ we pride ourselves in educating our customers while sharing tips and ideas on many aspects of green living.

If you are just beginning your journey to a more earth conscious lifestyle or have attended one of our local Green Gatherings® but still crave more information, we recommend a number of books, movies, and web sites.

• Books
• Movies
• Web sites

Books

	Big Green Purse (Use your spending power to create a cleaner, greener world), Diane MacEachern, 2008
	Don’t Throw it Out: Recycle, Renew, and Reuse to Make Things Last, Lori Baird, 2007
	Easy Green Living (The ultimate guide to simple, eco-friendly choices for you and your home), Renee Loux, 2008
	Eco-Friendly Families (Guide your family to greener living with activities that engage and inspire…from toddlers to teens), Helen Coronato, 2008
	The Everything Green Living Book, Diane Gow McDilda, 2007
	Green Guide: The Complete Reference for Consuming Wisely, National Geographic, 2008
	To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What you need to know to choose the healthiest, safest, most earth-friendly food, Cindy Burke, 2007

Movies

Flow
Running time: 84 minutes. 2008. Directed by Irena Salina

A documentary investigation into what experts labels the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Gimme Green
Running time 27 minutes. 2006. By Isaac Brown and Eric Flagg.

Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop—the lawn.

Too Hot Not To Handle
Running time 53 min. HBO video, 2006. / executive producer, Laurie David; written by Susan Joy Hassol

A primer on global warming, Too Hot Not To Handle features contributions from leading scientists in the field. In addition to in-depth discussions of such subjects as the greenhouse effect, hurricanes, snowpack, hybrid vehicles, and alternative power sources, the film shows how businesses, local governments, and citizens are taking positive actions to reduce global warming emissions.

Trashed
2007 Directed by Bill Kirkos. Running time: 60 minutes

Trashed is a provocative investigation of one of the fastest growing industries in North America: The garbage business. At times humorous, but deeply poignant, “Trashed” examines the American waste stream fast approaching a half billion tons annually.

What Will We Eat?
Running time 26 minutes. 2006. Directed by Chris Bedford.

A film that reveals the growing crisis in industrial agriculture and how a grassroots coalition of consumers and small farmers is inventing a healthy, humane, home grown alernative.

Web Sites

http://www.ewg.org/

Highly respected nonprofit organization based in Washington DC. The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.

http://www.greenerchoices.org/eco-labels/

Don’t be fooled by words such as “natural” and “non-toxic,” which are overused and often meaningless. Instead, look for more specific terms such as “solvent-free,” “plant-based”, “no phosphates,” “no petroleum-based ingredients.” If you want more details you can visit the Eco-Labels Center at Consumer Reports, www.greenerchoices.org/eco-labels

http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Intended for general consumers, Green Guide shows people how to make small changes that add up to big benefits for their wallets, for their health, and, of course, for the health of the planet. Not political or activist, the Green Guide is chock full of simple, useful ideas broken down into achievable steps.

http://www.womenandenvironment.org/

Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE), a national nonprofit organization, works to increase people's awareness of the connection between human health and the health of the environment. They focus on safe cleaning products, cosmetics, and mercury and public health.