Trash Talk - It's Easy To Be Green 2-book series covers a lot of ground from explaining the recycling industry, sharing inspiring information, offering ways to reduce waste via reconsidering, rethinking, recycling, reducing, repurposing and other 'r's. Did you know that people benefit from trash? Well they do, and you can help your community so easily.

Book 1 is packed with ways to re-use and re-purpose waste! Learn how easy it is to see trash as a resource that can have a measurable positive impact for your community, your own budget and more. Just about every item commonly disposed of in your home or office can be found listed here. (US) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1475184964 (Canada) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1475184964

Book 2 delves deeper into energy saving tips, water conservation, composting, and being proactive in the community. Split into three parts: Living Consciously – Gardening – Energy and Water. It goes beyond recycling and reusing and looks at other green activities that individuals can easily apply anywhere in life. Discover how you can save potentially hundreds of dollars a year. (US) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1475202989 (Canada) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1475202989 ( )

People are constantly bombarded with negative information about the environment and our resources. Feeling powerless because we cannot afford to donate cash or time to a cause, we begin to feel overwhelmed by the immense environmental problems our world faces. In Trash Talk, we focus on changing people's mindset to a more open, hopeful and proactive one. Not by finger-pointing at corporations and governments, but by starting in our own homes, at our own desks.
Trash Talk began as a series of articles that focused on ways the average person can make small changes to do their part for the Earth. We compiled all the articles and other information that we could not fit in the limited space of our bi-weekly column into this book. Trash Talk embarks on frugal and conscious living techniques for the individual. We focus on the reuse of "waste" materials and reducing the consumption of resources. Trash talk is written to empower people to feel more positive about their worth as individuals in a hectic, expensive, environmentally stressed world. We show how to make a real and visible difference, while saving money at the same time.
Trash Talk could be an excellent resource in the classroom for recycling, environmental and gardening programs. Educators/caregivers can use the book to teach gardening skills (seed saving, composting, tree planting) and Vermiculture (worm composting) - the students can build their own worm bin and learn from the "worm farm". (Did you know that compost worms (red wigglers) can produce 2,000-9,000 babies annually?) Craft websites are listed for artistic projects using "waste" items. The book could be used as a tool for probing young minds to come up with original reuse ideas or environmental activities that the group can participate in. 140 resources listed at the back of the book will lead educators and individuals to new information and ideas. Trash Talk is at the Grade 10 level of reading, however, in the hands of a teacher the concepts and projects can easily be implemented as early as Grade 4.
Trash Talk has been globally received and locally embraced. Eagle bulletin (South Africa), Conservation and Recycling Journal (Netherlands), Scrap Magazine (UK), Natural Life Magazine (Canada) and Alternatives Magazine (USA) - are some examples of this global support. ( )