Making kind choices everyday ways to enhance your life through earth-and animal-friendly living
| Main Author: | Newkirk, Ingrid. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Griffin,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : why choosing a compassionate lifestyle matters
- pt. 1. Home and garden
- 1. Kindness by design : creating and furnishing a humane home
- 2. Creating a beautiful garden to attract birds, butterflies, and other natural life
- 3. Creating an eco- and animal-friendly bathroom
- 4. Choosing cleaning products that are kind to more than your floor
- 5. Choices in car interiors
- 6. Selecting the purest candles : those without tallow, paraffin, or beeswax
- 7. Capping your chimney/sealing your attic
- 8. Dealing kindly with mice and other uninviteds
- 9. Dealing kindly with insects in the home
- 10. Saving little visitors who get trapped in the swimming pool or pond
- 11. Being kind to your lawns and the life in and on them
- 12. Do it yourself : how to avoid commercial cleaners
- pt. 2. Fashion and beauty
- 13. Choosing cosmetics that give everyone something to smile about
- 14. Some thoughts about wool
- 15. Avoiding bits of fur on collars and cuffs, and sidestepping shearling, the "sheepy fur"
- 16. Shoe shopping
- 17. Finding the perfect soap
- 18. Bighearted options to exotic skins
- 19. Recognizing animal ingredients and alternatives to them
- pt. 3. Food and entertaining
- 20. Going organic : supporting home growers
- 21. Putting organic-, worker-, and bird-friendly coffee in your pot
- 22. Breakfast of eco- and animal champions
- 23. Harmless hors d'oeuvres and other delights
- 24. The king of barbecue
- 25. A lesson about lobsters and crabs
- 26. Substituting mock meats : transition foods for macho meat eaters
- 27. The fun of ethnic eating
- 28. Bees, honey, and some thoughts about sweeteners
- 29. Baking kind cakes : replacing ingredients that hurt animals
- 30. Preparing a romantic candlelight dinner
- pt. 4. Recreation and vacations
- 31. Traveling safely with animals or leaving them safely behind
- 32. Being ready for animal emergencies on the road
- 33. Preserving the beach, its life and coral reefs
- 34. The benefits of beachcombing
- 35. Making sure sports and sports equipment are truly sporting
- 36. Alternatives to catching fish (and even to "catch and release")
- 37. Helping elephants and whales by stying clear of circuses and marine parks
- 38. Packing a picnic
- 39. Looking out for stolen souvenirs
- 40. Holiday rescues : helping animals while traveling
- 41. How never to be tempted to attend bullfights, rodeos, or other "animal acts"
- pt. 5. Animals in the home
- 42. Understanding and dealing with your dog's barking and digging
- 43. Cats and their claws
- 44. How adopting beats the pet shop approach
- 45. Why it pays to cook for cats and dogs
- 46. The importance of sterilization
- 47. Incorporating dog- and cat-friendly elements into your (and their) home
- 48. Letting animals open your eyes and heart to what's important in life
- pt. 6. Children and family
- 49. A most beautiful wedding reflecting beautiful values
- 50. Why your vegan baby will smile all the time
- 51. The perfect baby shower gift
- 52. Cultivating kind kids
- 53. Retirement income planning with an annuity
- 54. Making a will : leaving a lasting legacy
- pt. 7. Business and education
- 55. Respecting life's lessons in class : choosing a superior alternative to dissection
- 56. Getting through medical school with a clear conscience
- 57. Becoming a kind veterinarian
- 58. investing in green and animal-friendly companies
- 59. Making your workplace a healthy, helping place
- 60. Doing good business : embracing ethical ideas in the marketplace
- pt. 8. Health
- 61. Trying to keep our loved ones alive and healthy a little longer
- 62. Beast cancer : steps to prevent it and finding friends and support
- 63. Three little steps that can make all the difference if you are a diabetic
- 64. Dealing with menopause without hormone replacement therapy
- 65. Selecting a lifesaver health charity
- pt. 9. Volunteering and getting active
- 66. Joining the animal savings club
- 67. Sponsoring the care of a rescued animal
- 68. Recycling everything, including yourself!
- 69. How to donate an unwanted fur
- 70. Your opinion counts : writing a letter or two
- 71. Speaking out : using your voice for social change
- 72. Making a library donation
- 73. Community volunteering and leading by example
- 74. Memorializing a loved one
- pt. 10. Celebrations
- 75. Thanksgiving : the harvest festival
- 76. A Christmas dinner fit for good King Wenceslas
- 77. A special Passover : celebrating freedom with a vegan Seder
- 78. A feast for Ramadan or every day
- A final note.