How new parents can resist buying new things, learn to adapt what they have, and generally see having a baby as the perfect opportunity to make practical changes toward a greener lifestyle Modern living offers convenience, and parents need all the help they can get. Food is produced in abundance, and clothes are cheap enough to use and then discard—but is it necessary to be so wasteful, and is this really how we want to raise our children? This guide explains how raising a happy, healthy child doesn't have to put a strain on the planet and parents' wallets. It's full of inspirational ideas and practical advice that will help parents to make their home a healthier, more energy-efficient environment; create toys and fun activities; decide whether reusuable diapers are the right choice; and consider the best feeding and transport solutions for any family. Parents will learn be taken back to basics and reminded of the simple pleasures of parenting.

Homemade Kids: Thrifty, Creative and Eco-Friendly Ways to Raise Your Child

Parenting & Relationships

Baird, Nicola

Parenting

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Perioperative Practice: Fundamentals of Homeostasis

Written by experienced nurse lecturers and a theatre nurse, Perioperative Practice highlights and explains the biological processes which can be disrupted by a major surgical procedure. Using the concept of homeostasis as a framework, the authors look at issues common to all surgical procedures such as the influence of anaesthesia on the nervous system or perioperative pain management. Individual chapters cover: <ul>
<li>the human body and principles of homeostasis</li> <li>the surgical approach and endoscopic procedures</li> <li>perioperative influences on body fluid homeostasis</li> <li>perioperative influences on immunological homeostasis and wound healing</li> <li>perioperative influences on cardiovascular homeostasis </li> <li>perioperative influences on respiratory homeostasis </li> <li>anaesthesia, stress and surgery</li> <li>pain and pain relief in the perioperative patient.</li>
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Generously illustrated in colour and black and white, the text features further learning activities and useful summaries of key points. It provides an important resource and supporting text for all nurses undertaking courses in theatre work or related areas or already working in such areas.

Medical Books

Clancy, John

McVicar, Andrew

Administration & Medicine Economics

Routledge

Provides a balanced overview of the opinions on all sides of the debates about energy, pollution, urban life, recycling, and the environment

A Green World? (Viewpoints)

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Franklin Watts

Coconut Wireless: Love, life & gossip in the South Pacific

Travel

Australia & South Pacific

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Each title in this series introduces a controversial social issue, and puts forward different points of view. In this volume: popular opinion applauds conservation and condemns pollution, but would we do without the benefits and luxuries industrialisation brings? Ages 11 14.

Education & Reference

Creative Co

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