Book of Green

The Book of Green is a free eco-living 84-page directory available in paperback, online and iPhone app formats. In this review we are looking at the online version but we will also be looking at the iPhone app shortly.

The online version of Book of Green is accessed from their website at www.bookofgreen.co.uk and it is very easy to do so. On opening the publication you are given the choice of three ways to view the directory, either magazine view whereby you can turn pages and see a double page spread, presentation view which shows single pages or paper view where you are basically scrolling down. I personally liked paper view best but unfortunately the links from the contents page to the various sections weren’t working. They worked fine in the other two views.

As mentioned the Book of Green is split into sections, a total of fifteen including areas such as Clothing & Accessories, Home & Garden and Transport. Within these sections are a mixture of basic listings and larger adverts, but even the basic listings include a brief description, web address and phone number. This online version also includes live links from the larger adverts.

All-in-all this directory is a great resource if you are looking for any type of eco product or service. The online version was easy to use and the text clear with zoom options. It is sometimes nice to flick through a physical copy of a directory but clearly it is more environmentally friendly to use this online and I will certainly be bookmarking the website for future reference.