Since I am pining to write a book, I sort of stalk other bloggers who have successfully been published. When Mindful Momma tweeted about packing up books for review by others, I raised my hand!
Micaela Preston’s book, Practically Green: Your Guide to Ecofriendly Decision-Making is a perfectly concise, simple summary of all the basic steps you can take to “green up” your household, from the kitchen to the garage and everything in between. Preston fills her text with resources, both online and in the real world, to help you meet your goals of taking good care of the earth. She is an avid DIY crafter, so each thematic chapter includes many projects you can add to your to-do lists that will both save you money and save the earth.
As a blogger, Preston calls herself Mindful Momma, and you can bet Practically Green is written from a momma’s perspective. You’ll find myriads of ideas to take care of your little ones in a non-toxic environment, including safe cleaners and how to read labels on personal products and clothing.
This book has an easy flow and a format made for busy moms with lots of sidebars, easy to find headings and little notes that you can catch at a glance. I love that each chapter gives beginner’s steps yet is comprehensive enough to last the reader through many little changes.
Want to read it?
I can’t say I’ve accomplished everything Preston recommends, but in the spirit of paring down my material things and in honor of my blogoversary, I’m ready to pass on my copy of Practically Green to one of you. And just so you know, I don’t really stalk published bloggers. I just bug them a bunch. 
How to Enter:
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED; THANK S FOR ENTERING!
Leave a comment with the title of the last good book you’ve read that you would pass on to a friend.
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- Tell me if you get my email subscription or reader feed.
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- Grab a subscription (14 days free!) to Kitchen Stewardship, Kindle Edition at Amazon. It’s $1.99/mo. to be able to take KS anywhere your Kindle can go. Is that cool or what? You can get a Kindle there too, of course.
- Sign up for the Soap Nuts giveaway and tell me that you did for an extra entry here!
All entries must be in separate comments.
I will use random.org’s integer generator to choose the commenters who win from my list of commenter emails. The giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, February 26th, and I’ll post the winners by the following Monday.
Random Blogga Facts
I had fun reading the comments on yesterday’s giveaway! The laundry mishaps, oh! And what fun to see how long some of you have been around. You are KS grandmas, some of you! In case you were wondering, here’s what I’ve been up to the past year:
- I’ve written 450 posts (good grief) and 73 static pages
- No laughing – you guys have commented 6,496 times, too, so I’m not the only one with something to say. I’ve also gotten about 5,000 spam comments. Why are people annoying and mean?
- We’ve had 333,240 page views
- I’ve also installed 538 plug-ins and spent 47.6 hours dealing with technical issues, uploaded 6 million and ten photos and written 159 new post ideas down. Right.
Top 10 Most-Viewed Posts
- Recipe Connection: Homemade Granola and Granola Bars (11,581)
- Monday Mission: Homemade Yogurt, the Easy Way (6,205)
- Packing a Lunch: Healthy Food To Go (5,700)
- Recipe Conection: One-Bowl Pumpkin Bread/Muffins (5,506)
- Effective Homemade Deodorant: My Baby Steps Story (4,057)
- How to Clean your Stovetop and Oven, the Simple, Safe, Frugal Way (4,053)
- Real Food Face-Off: Passionate Homemaking vs. Naturally Knocked Up (2,809)
- Natural Kitchen Cleaners: What’s Under my Sink? (2,685)
- The Best Scrambled Eggs Ever (2,538)
- Monday Mission: How to Make your own Homemade Chicken Stock/Broth (2,258)
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Homemade yogurt should be higher, in my opinion!
Katie’s Top 10 Favorite Posts (in no particular order):
- Homemade yogurt
- Homemade Chicken Stock
- Soul First, Body Second
- Trust in the Promise of your Meal Blessing
- The Ultimate Traditional Real Food
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- My Relationship with Soap
- Two Paradigms of Healthy Eating
- Legume Recommend Some Beans
- On Conscious Thought
Thank you, dear readers! See you again tomorrow for another fun giveaway and my (hopefully) successful version of Soaked Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes.
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last book i passed along- the jeubs’ book- love in the house. about a family of 15 kids!
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i follow u on twitter and i tweeted http://twitter.com/agodlyhomemaker/status/9543406434
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I’m reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Excellent read! Wish I could hang out at her Homestead for a week.
Would love to read Practically Green.
i entered the soap nuts giveaway too
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I entered the Soap Nuts giveaway. Oh and I follow you via my blogger Reading List.
I just finished The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan and have recommended it to anyone who will listen!
I subscribe to your e-mail newsletter.
I subscribe by email.
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I entered your Soap Nuts giveaway too!
I entered the soapnuts give away.
The last book I read was A Life Unburdened: Getting Over Weight and Getting on With My Life by Richard Morris. Bought it for my husband to read(he didn’t), ended up reading it myself.
I subscribe through email.
I entered the SoapNuts give away.
What I would expect is a similar book that I read last year is “Go Green, Save Green” by Nancy Sleeth, which unlike alot of other ‘green’ books is religious based. She talks about ways to help your church go green, etc. To be candid, I didn’t find a ton of incredibly new information, although I really liked what she had to say about ‘taking the Sabbath off’.
The last good book I read was Extraordinary by John Brevere. I have already given away 4 copies. Read it!
Of Course I am already an email subscriber and grateful for it☺
I signed up for the Soap Nuts giveaway.
You didn’t have to ask me twice—Soap Nuts are the best thing I have found in a long time, thank you!
I would reccommend “A Mother’s Rule of Life” to any busy mom looking to find a way to organize her schedule!
I am also subscribed to your site and recieve emails
I am TERRIBLE about reading books anymore… Umm, I read Taking Charge of Your Fertility and then loaned it to my cousin and then bought her a copy from the thrift store. :>)
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Have my fingers crossed on the SoapNuts giveaway!
“Feminine Appeal” by Carolyn Mahaney
The last book I read that I would reccomend was Architects of the Culture of Death, and I subscribe.
I read “Real food for mother and baby”
I subscribe to your emails.
I signed up for the soapnuts giveaway. Thanks!
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Real food by Nina Planck
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“A cuddle for little duck”. It’s a full sized board book, gorgeously illustrated, easy phrases that my 2yo has nearly memorized.
Oh, besides kids books? LOL. I really liked “Real Food” when I read it last year. I think it makes traditional food a lot more approachable for someone who wants to change than nourishing traditions does. I <3 NT too, but it is a bigger time commitment to wade through it, and it is much more intimidating to those on the fence about their food habits. Real Food wasn't as guilt inducing, instead inspiring small changes to start.
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And I signed up for your soapnuts giveaway.
I’ve read, or at least partly read, quite a few books lately! But “A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told through Food, Recipes, and Remembrances” was a really great book that I would recommend to anyone who likes food and cooking.
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I just finished Real Food by Nina Plank, and I’m moving on from there (either Nourishing Traditions or In Defense of Food).
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And I just entered your soap nuts giveaway.
I just finished Real Food by Nina Planck, a must read for everyone!
I subscribe!
I entered the Soap nuts giveaway too
The last good book I read was for book club. It was My Life in France by Julia Childs – so so so good. She was delightful and funny and the story she wove together kept me interested.
My last book I read was Real Food by Nina Planck. Her first chapter convinced me I must find a raw milk source!
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I subscribe thru email and RSS…
entered soap nuts giveaway…
I read Real Food by Nina Planck, a must read for everyone!
The last good book that I’ve read was “My Sweet Life in Paris”
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