Becoming a Green Millionaire on a few dollars a day?

A few dollars a day can make you a millionaire? The maths doesn't make sense but what does in this brilliant book Go Green, Live Rich is that the rich people of the future are those who know how to optimise their needs and resources instead of those who remain steeped in the culture of rich means being able to afford to waste.

Fact of the matter is we are living in a pressured planet. Pressured by pollution and by human population explosion. Any which way we may look at it, it all boils down to realising that we live in a finite planet. Scientists agreed and declared in the 2007 UN Convention on Climate Change in Bali,  that we have yet a small window to change our ways before drastic impacts of global warming set in. Have we lost that window in 2015. We are experiencing the warmest El Nino event this year. Extreme weather is a monthly occurrence somewhere in the globe–yes! Nature is breaking records as far as human history can tell. Check out these links–Angry Summer, Super Typhoon Haiyan, History making California drought, Hottest El Nino yet.

Are we there yet? Well no, life on Earth is becoming less convenient every so many days of the year because of local weather issues, but not yet unbearable. Unfortunately the scientists in Bali gave ominous numbers–greenhouse gas emissions MUST START DECLINING in 10 to 15 year and must become HALF of what the numbers were in 1990 (!!) by 2050. This is to prevent even worse and more frequent extreme weather events and mass extinction of plants and animals at an alarming rate.

If you are looking for a way to motivate yourself to start on a personal green agenda and scientists and data simply doesn't do the trick, perhaps making money going green might. Pick up this book. Granted many of the tips are common sense such as buy an energy efficient vehicle, use energy saver bulbs, take your own shopping bags, turn off electrical devices at the wall socket. Yet what makes this book valuable is that it has calculations of how much you can actually save in dollars per year and quantifies reduction of carbon footprint for each step.

If you ever wondered if what you did can actually make a significant difference to Earth's climate this is the book that can give you an idea of the immense significance of ones seemingly insignificant habits. Plus you will have in your hands information to inspire others to also save and become wealthier and healthier going green. Its amazing that our collective lifestyle is shaping the future of our planet. It is a serious responsibility we all carry.