"True Green Home: 100 Inspirational Ideas for Creating a Green Environment at Home" by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin offers tips to help you live more eco-consciously. Learn the benefits of radiant heat (heating your home's floor, ceiling or wall panels) and harvesting rainwater for your plants. Other topics include sleeping green and DIY green rooms.

— McClatchy-Tribune News Service

ON THE WEB

KIDS GET HIP VIEW OF ENVIRONMENT

For a free humorous take on environmental issues, send kids ages 7-14 to www.MeetTheGreens.com. The site offers 11 webisodes — short video stories — that cover a wide variety of issues about living "green." Featuring cousins Izz and Dex, the site presents real-life eco issues through the eyes of these hip teens.

— Gannett News Service