Almost every Canadian wants to adopt a greener lifestyle. Vanessa Farquharson is doing it, one day at a time. Tired of hearing everyone talk about going green, she decided to take on one eco-friendly challenge every day, and stick with it. A single woman living in a downtown condo with Sophie, her cat, Vanessa makes hundreds of adjustments to her comfortable existence and quickly realizes that she may be getting in over her head, much to the amusement of her coworkers at the right-wing National Post. Month by month, My Green Year documents Vanessa’s journey, as she makes changes both little — switching to an all-natural lip-balm — and big — unplugging her fridge and selling her car. She explores several green movements — joins the local Freecycle network, does a week-long permaculture bike trip, and checks out the bandwagon-jumping consumer trends at the inaugural Green Living Show — to see if the grass really is greener on the organic and pesticide-free side of the fence. Slowly overhauling her life, she’s forced to reflect on not only the personal indulgences she’s become dependent on, discovering that some the biggest changes are the easiest to make. A funny and personal look at an issue that concerns us all, My Green Year is the perfect antidote to the smug or doom-saying green books. With her wry, candid voice and sharp insight, Vanessa offers an inspirational example: we can change our lives for the planet, one day at a time.