Go Green, Live Rich: New David Bach Book

Author of five books on the New York Times Best Seller list, David Bach, has a new book coming out.  You may know him from his wildly popular book, Automatic Millionaire.  His new book is titled Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Ways to Save The Earth (and Get Rich Trying). 

David Bach has teamed up with Waterkeeper Alliance.  Waterkeeper Allianceis an organization dedicated to keeping America’s waterways clean and free of pollution.  If you buy this book from now until April 11th from his microsite, GreenGreen.com, David will donate $1 to Waterkeeper Alliance for every book sold.  So if he sells 100,000 copies, then Waterkeeper Alliance gets $100,000.  That’s huge.  On behalf of his company, he’s already donated $50,000 to the Waterkeeper Alliance last year.

As an added bonus, David has also joined forces with Gaiam.  Gaiam will plant a tree for each of the first 1,000 books sold via greengreen.com. 

There are also a ton of prizes you can win for buying the book through their site through April 11.  This includes a trip to Mexico – not too shabby.  You can win tickets to the Green Festival, the Go Green Fest in NYC, a SIGG prize basket, ebooks, and a bunch of other cool stuff.

Said David Bach, “I am honored to join forces with Waterkeeper Alliance and Gaiam in seeking to raise public awareness of the importance of fighting against environmental destruction and climate change, to raise the money needed to accomplish that goal, and to remind people that through our individual actions, however small, we each have the power to make a difference to the long-term health and survival of our planet.”

Here are some quick numbers from the book:

• You can save ~$72/yr by using low-flow showerheads and turning off the water when brushing your teeth
• Buy some groceries in bulk when you can, reducing packaging and cost to yourself
• Improve your car’s fuel economy and save ~$884
• Seal leaks in your home and save ~$129
• Bring your lunch to work and save ~$2,250

To be honest with you, I haven’t read the book yet.  I plan on picking up a copy and checking it out.  I don’t believe that he’s just out to greenwash us.  He picked up the passion when he moved into a green building.  His allergies improved and his sons asthma start getting better, too. 

I was hoping to find some information on how this book was printed and distributed, but haven’t as of yet.  I’ll try to track that down and include it in a future book report.  I want to know if it was printed on recycled paper with no chlorine and soy based inks, etc.   Anyway – check it out and maybe you’ll win some cool green prizes.  I’m sure you’ll pick up quite a few tips and tricks along the way.

For full disclosure, I am receiving a comp copy of this book.  After my wife and I read it, we plan on passing it along to a loyal reader.

Source: GreenGreen.com