What would you cook on your next campfire? a new eBook has all the information and recipes you need!

Going to a campfire any time soon? how are your campfire cooking skills? no matter if you're struggling with campfire cooking or you're good at it and want to improve your skills, we got the perfect book (or actually eBook) for you.

Wyrdwood Publications, who are partnering with Eco-Libris to plant trees for their 'Green Leaves' eBooks, are releasing today a neew eBook:

Pagans on the Wildside: Campfire Cooking

This eBook, edited by Edain Duguay, is the first eBook of the 'Pagans on the Wildside' series. This informative and interesting eBook contains recipes for cooking breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snacks with a campfire. Also included is a short campfire story by renowned Bard John David 'Hobbes' Hickey and a Campfire Handfasting, with a menu and recipes.

Within this unique eBook there are also tips and personal experiences, which show the inventiveness and humour of their Pagan and Heathen contributors.

Not only that this is a great and valuable eBook, but as it's part of Wyrdwood Publications 'Green Leaves' eBooks, a tree will be planted with Eco-Libris for every copy sold. And did we mention it's only $4.99? so don't miss it!

More 'Green Leaves' eBooks of Wyrdwood Publications:

The Witches' Course Book

The Mouse in the Viking's Beard

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

Half Price Books is going green with full wind power!

More green news from booksellers: Environmental Leader reported that Half Price Books, a new and used bookstore chain, signed an agreement with Green Mountain Energy to power 30 stores and other facilities in Texas with 100% wind power for the next 3 years.

Half Price Books, the nation’s largest family-owned new and used bookstore chain, will be purchasing about 11.3 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind power annually from the renewable energy provider.

This move according to the Houston Business Journal, earned commendation from the EPA after Half Price Books’ purchase ranked fourth on the list of largest renewable energy retail power purchases in Texas, behind Whole Foods, FedEx Office and H-E-B Grocery Co. In addition to wind power, Green Mountain Energy Company also offers a choice of carbon offset products through its BeGreen division.

This is by all means a very bold move - by purchasing 11.3 million kWh of wind power, Half Price Books will offset estimated 15 million pounds of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of planting 901,000 trees or recycling 6 million pounds of newspaper.

“Half Price Books has long been a supporter of the environment, even going so far as to include ‘be kind to the environment’ in its official mission statement,” said Kathy Doyle Thomas, executive vice president of Half Price Books on the joint press release of Half Priced Books and Green Mountain Energy. “Making the switch to Green Mountain just made sense to us in order to continue to do what we can to help the environment.”

If you look at their Environment web page you can understand what Doyle Thomas is talking about. Just look at the first paragraph:

"Helping the environment by preserving and recycling resources is part of our daily business. At Half Price Books we feel that everyone can help preserve the environment. Trees recycle water, oxygen and carbon dioxide. This helps to reduce soil erosion, air pollution and flooding. Recycling paper also helps the environment by saving energy and water, as less energy and water is used by reprocessing already processed paper, rather than virgin pulp."

Kudos to Half Price Books. Now not only they will support the environment by selling reused books, maximizing the usage of printed books and saving resources, but they will also give a great example to the commitment to clean energy we wish many other retailers would do.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

Reminder: you can still participate in "The Adventures of Nick the Ecologist and his Robot O-Zone" giveaway

You still have time to participate in our giveaway of one copy of "The Adventures of Nick the Ecologist and his Robot O-Zone: The Mystery of the Missing Trees", which we reviewed last Monday.

All you need to do is add a comment here or in the original post with an answer the following question: if you had a robot like O-zone and it could help you with one environmental issue you're having, what would it be?

Submissions are accepted until Sunday, March 15, 12PM EST. The winner will be announced the following day.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

Signing event of "The Legend of Honey Hollow" tomorrow with Eco-Libris stickers!

What are you doing this Saturday? if you're anywhere around Stamford in Connecticut, we have a great recommendation for you:

Come meet children's book author Jeanne McNaney as she introduces her new book "The Legend of Honey Hollow" at Borders bookstore on 1041 High Road, Stamford CT between 2-4 in the afternoon.

It should be a great event that will include singing, book signing and you'll even meet some of the characters. Want more? well, you got it - Jeanne McNaney has partnered with Eco-Libris and will plant a tree for every book sold on this event! Buyers of here book will get not only her autograph on their copy, but also our sticker (made of recycled paper), saying: "One tree planted for this book".

Here are some more details on this fun and exciting adventure book:

Title: The Legend of Honey Hollow

Description: Honey Hollow is not a place known to humans, but it is well-known to the bears of the world. Bears travel to this beautiful forest sanctuary to escape habitat destruction and global warming. The magical paradise has now been discovered by man. When the trees are cut down by developers, can the bears and the children of the loggers join together to save Honey Hollow for the future?

Author: Jeanne McNaney

Jeanne McNaney lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her husband, Joseph, and their three children. In addition to her passion for raising awareness about the environment and the plight of endangered species, she is dedicated to causes that enhance the lives of children and their families throughout the world.

Ilustrator: David Cochard

David Cochard has been a freelance illustrator since 1996. He currently resides in Argentina with his wife, Sandrine, where he runs his own illustration company, Ilustra World, and pursues his other passions-traveling and studying science and ecology.

Publisher: Ovation Books/Joey Publishing

Published on: January 2009

Reading level: ages 4-8

Book's website: http://www.honeyhollowbears.com/

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

The Garden Gate Shop is celebrating the sale of the 1000th Eco-Libris sticker!

We reported couple of times in the past about the Garden Gate Shop in the Missouri Botanical Garden (check here and here), which is taking part in our bookstores program.

The store's wonderful staff has been extremely creative and effective in finding ways to promote our partnership. And now they're celebrating an important milestone: The sale of the 1000th Eco-Libris sticker!

The 1000th sticker was sold yesterday by Sheena (in the photo above), who is also holding the store's all time record - she sold 503 stickers!

We would like to thank Sheena and the rest of the Garden Gate Shop's great staff for their wonderful work, their dedication and commitment to supporting the environment!

And of course, we invite you all to visit this beautiful botanical garden (it's the nation's oldest botanical garden) and the shop. The Garden Gate Shop is a great place to find plants, garden accessories, home furnishings, merchandise... and books on related subjects.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is conveniently located off I-44, and is easily accessible from the major highways in the area.4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110. Automated events hotline: (314) 577-9400, 1-800-642-8842.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

The Kindle 2 week - part 5: Did you kindle today?

Has anyone asked you already "Do you kindle?". If not, it's just a matter of time. Yes, Kindle has become officially and unofficially a verb.

Emilia Vitalle reports about this phenomenon at RushPRnews ("It’s A Verb Already! — Do you Kindle? Are you Kindling?"). It looks like Kindle is receiving the same status of other corporate name that has been turned into a popular verb, such as FedEx or Google and in a relatively short time.

So where do you find the sort of official approval of Kindle as a verb? Well, according to the article, The Urban Dictionary in California has accepted “kindle” as a verb, with the following definition: “Kindle: To read a book or a newspaper on a Kindle e-reading device.”

Want some examples how it is used in a sentence? Emilia Vitalle is giving few great examples, from a simple one - “I’m kindling now, I will call you back in ten minutes.” to the more sophisticated “My book was out of print for a long time, but a new publisher reprinted it and put it on the Kindle book list and you could say my book has been rekindled. I love it!”.

Great Article, and I warmly recommend to read or kindle it.

What we had on Kindle 2 week so far:

Part 4 - Authors Guild and the read-aloud feature

Part 3 - How much money it will make?

Part 2 - Bezos on the Daily Show

Part 1 - David Pouge and the final battle

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

Eco-Libris on the cover of Awareness Magazine

We're happy to update you that we're on the cover of the March/April issue of Awareness Magazine!

Awareness Magazine is a bi-monthly holistic magazine devoted to improving your life and the life of the planet. It covers such issues as Alternative Health Treatments, Natural Health Products, Fitness & Personal Growth, Spirituality, the Environment, and much more!

Awareness Magazine is currently printing 70,000+ magazines . . . and still growing.They currently have 875 select distribution stops in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Ojai, Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Diego County, Riverside, Phoenix, Sedona, Albuquerque, Taos, Santa Fe and Hawaii.

Their vision is simple — to make our planet a better place in which to live. This is their 6^th year of service. Very impressive! We're proud to be on the cover just next to Ed Begley Jr., whom we admire very much.

The cover story on Eco-Libris includes an interview with me and we invite you to check it out.

There's also an interview with Begley Jr. along with the follwowing articles: Grass-fed Beef, Environmental Soulutions, Bioregional Response, Tapping into Mother Earth during Troubling Times, Environmental LifeQuakes, The Global Energy Crisis, Fearless Love for Inner and Outer Peace in A Changing World, Blue Star Prophecy Fulfilled, World Premier: 2012 Quantum Leap, Alchemy and Creating Your Heaven on Earth, A Ray of Hope in the Rainforest, Interview with Lorrie Otto, and more. You will also enjoy additional articles, columns and reviews by your favorite Awareness writers: Allen and Linda Anderson, Jim Brenholts, Lisa Cherney, Jesse Anson Dawn, Kathy DeSantis, KRS Edstrom, Audrey Hope, Jenny T. Liu, Revs. Sandy & Kirk Moore, Janice Nearing, Ann Nelson, Dr. Scott & Shannon Peck, Robert Ross, Sonia von Matt Stoddard, Alex Strande, Ph.D., Donna Strong, Dr. Juliet Tien, D.N., Kay Walburger, and Lyda Whiting.

The article on Eco-Libris can be found at http://www.awarenessmag.com/marapr09/ma09_eco_libris.htm

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net