Women of UDI Book Club: Sleeping Naked is Green by Vanessa Farquharson

Women of UDI are excited to introduce our third Book Club event featuring "Sleeping Naked is Green" by Vanessa Farquharson. 

We are delighted to be hosted by Inform Interiors Rooftop Patio at their Gastown showroom. Experience an  "isolated oasis of green in the middle of the city" with good company and great discussion.  



New guests are welcome to join the conversation. Please come prepared to share insights and discuss how we can all pursue the doable and maybe not-so-doable habits in living more green in our daily lives. 

#UDIBookClub 

The discussion will be moderated by:

• Sarah Jones, Partner – Clark Wilson LLP
• Virginia Bird, Principal – Pottinger Bird Community Relations
• Kim Barnsley, Senior Architect – Perkins + Will
• Patti Glass, Director of Marketing - Grosvenor Americas

Featured Book: Sleeping Naked is Green

This book is selling fast! You can purchase your copy of the book here. 



No one likes listening to smug hippies bragging about how they don't use toilet paper, or worse yet, lecturing about the evils of plastic bags and SUVs. But most of us do want to lessen our ecological footprint. With this in mind, Farquharson takes on the intense personal challenge of making one green change to her lifestyle every single day for a year to ultimately figure out what's doable and what's too hardcore.

Vanessa goes to the extremes of selling her car, unplugging the fridge, and washing her hair with vinegar, but she also does easy things like switching to an all-natural lip balm. All the while, she is forced to reflect on what it truly means to be green.

Whether confronting her environmental hypocrisy or figuring out the best place in her living room for a compost bin full of worms and rotting cabbage, Vanessa writes about her foray into the green world with self-deprecating, humorous, and accessible insight. This isn't a how-to book of tips, it's not about being eco-chic; it's an honest look at what happens when an average girl throws herself into the murkiest depths of the green movement.