Authors Avrim and Vicki Topel have created an engaging and meaningful way for readers to learn about and understand green homes with their Green Beginnings book and video/DVD Set. GREEN BEGINNINGS: The Story... Home shares the true story of the husband and wife authors experience planning and building a LEED Silver and Energy Star Qualified home to teach others about green homes. This experiential-based eco-memoir reads like a novel and provides an enlightening learning experience about green homes for homeowners, university and graduate students, and professionals alike. To enhance learning and understanding, the authors GREEN BEGINNINGS VIDEO/DVD is a unique original content, stand-alone eco-documentary video that features the creative professional team  green builder, architect, sustainable engineer, and landscape architect  behind the project further explain green homes and continues the learning experience about green homes as built to the exacting criteria of the U.S. Green Building Councils LEED For Homes Green Building Rating System. The book and DVD are available both individually and together as the Green Beginnings Learn About Green Homes (Book & DVD) Educational Set on Amazon. To learn more about and purchase these products on Amazon.com, set the Search button on the top of the Amazon page to All Departments and enter Green Beginnings Video/DVD or Green Beginnings Learn About Green Homes (Book & DVD) Educational Set: Textbook Edition. The textbook edition of Green Beginnings: The Story of How We Built Our Green & Sustainable Home and the paperback version share identical content. College & Graduate Level Educators Program: College professors who utilize the Green Beginnings Learn About Green Homes (Book & DVD) adjunct curriculum as required reading in their classes receive complimentary textbook edition and DVD. Contact the authors for more information.