The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide

Everything you need to know to make small changes that make a big difference

By: Jen Gale

Narrated by: Jen Gale

Bloomsbury presents The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide written and read by Jen Gale.

Easy, do-able, down to earth ideas and suggestions for everyone to help save the planet.

If you want to save the planet, but your to-do list is already pretty long and remembering your re-usable coffee cup feels like a Herculean task, then this is the book for you. Covering every aspect of our lives from the stuff we buy and the food we eat to how we travel, work, and celebrate, this book provides stacks of practical, down to earth ideas to slot into your daily life, alongside a gentle kick up the butt to put your newfound knowledge into action.

Practical tips include unsubscribing from all the tempting emails that drop into your inbox with details of the newest clothing range or the latest sale, and keeping a mug next to your kettle to work out how much water you actually need to boil each time, as over-filling kettles costs British households £68 million on energy bills each year.

Find out how to fit "sustainable living" into your life, in a way that works for you. Change your impact without radically changing your life and figure out the small steps you can make that will add up to make a big difference (halo not included).©2020 Jen Gale (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Critic reviews

I loved this book - a non judgemental, fun, inspiring approach to how we can do our bit for the planet, whilst acknowledging that we are all human! Full of practical tips and advice - this is a brilliant book for anyone with climate anxiety.

The most family friendly way to start doing your bit

This user-friendly book offers plenty of practical guidelines about how we can live more sustainable lives — and save money at the same time ... From turning off our household products — devices on standby cost UK households £227m per annum — to being mindful of all the food we waste, a more sustainable way of life seems to be easy to attain.

How do you throw a sustainable party? How do you integrate sustainability into family life? In her practical guide, Gale answers these questions and so many more

Very helpful and realistic

Even though I'm based in NZ instead of the UK I still found a lot of this content very interesting and helpful :)

My new bff

I didn’t even check to verify that this book was read by the author, but I know it was. I’m so glad that she read it herself and I know that we would be BFFs. She’s very relatable, kind, witty , and adorable, Not to mention incredibly intelligent and inspiring. My only beef is that the book is Generally exclusive to those living in the UK. I need her to write a book for the US😂😪

If your new or curious about living green

If your new or curious about living green, then this book is perfect for you.
Jen is masterful in her presentation of how to live green without feeling like you have to be a tree hugging hippie that lives in the woods.
This book is filled with practical solutions for everyday practice to be green by just being you.

brilliant!

perfect and timely! everyone needs to read this now. stop what you're doing and download it.

Great beginner's guide, even with many UK specific resources

Loved this book! Jen's approach was very realistic and relatable. This is a great beginner's guide full of resources. The only thing I might note is that as an American some of the phrases used were a little different and the resources were sometimes based in the UK. However I could always infer the meanings of phrases or was inspired to look up US resources.