This book is helpful to inspire small changes and become more knowledgable, which is perfect for those beginning to think about consumerism and delving into the low waste life style.

Good, simple advice on making healthy choices in all areas of your life, including your home, personal care products, cleaning products, cookware, sunscreen, you name it. The information is provided in a helpful, thorough way, but is brief enough not to be overwhelming and the author has been working in this field for decades. Lots of studies are cited. This is a good primer for making healthy choices if you don't know where to start.

I've definitely been feeling a longing to live a greener life so this book fell into my hands at just the right time. Taking on board the lessons about greener living has given me lots of small changes to make, hopefully for a positive impact on my health and the environment. Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for an ARC.

As someone who is increasingly worried about the toxins around me I really enjoyed this book. The thought of toxins being all around you can be stressful and overwhelming. Luckily Gay takes her approach in an easy to digest manner. This is a good book to introduce you to simple changes you can make without being completely overwhelmed.

Living with a Green Heart: How to Keep Your Body, Your Home, and the Planet Healthy in a Toxic World

BY GAY BROWNE

Citadel Press 2019, 288 pp.
Published March 26, 2019


Living in a healthier and cleaner environment, free from toxins in the fast-paced modern twenty-first century seems to be elusive and seemingly almost unattainable.

Gay Browne, is an environmental pioneer, personal environmental therapist and the founder of the company Greenopia, focused on raising awareness about personal environmental health. Browne believes that living a green and clean life is possible. Browne’s strong advocacy for a greener life stems from her personal health difficulties. She was motivated to find natural alternatives to treat and manage, the root causes of the health conditions. Starting with her primary healthcare provider, a homoeopath and extending to her home environment. These environmental health-related issues, ignited the fire for her to educate and pursue a green living, beyond the home environment.

In her very comprehensive book, Living with a Green Heart, she guides the reader step by step on how to implement healthy and eco-friendly living in every aspect of their life. She stars from the air that is breathed, to personal care, food and drinks, the home environment and even family pets.

Browne’s genuine passion advocating for a cleaner and greener world for the betterment of humankind is illuminated throughout her book. Browne’s desire is to educate and heighten awareness of how a lone individual’s everyday behaviour can heavily influence their health and the environment.

Browne early in her book asks the reader to honestly examine whether they are “green living” and how their daily behaviour affects their health and environment. She provides informative content and practical steps to "green living" explaining why they need to be taken.

Browne espouses the strong notion of living in harmony and at peace with the surrounding environment. She inspires the reader to be proactive in creating a healthier environment, and to live a life that is natural, simple and holistic.

Living with a Green Heart is an intricate and comprehensive guide, with its easy to read and follow structure. Browne’s book is a must-read for anyone who wants to improve their personal environmental health.

A great guide to making safer and better choices for our environment and our health. Each chapter includes a summary of actions you can take to better that area ( air quality, beauty products, etc) at the end. Those are what I found most helpful. Many of these problems most of us are already aware of-- it is what we can do that is the confusing part. A great resource to help you along in the right direction. We may not all be able to make the big and expensive changes, but some are simple and cost effective.