Picks and Pans Review: Buzz Book: God Is Great, God Is Green

UPDATED 10/20/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT Originally published 10/20/2008 at 01:00 AM EDT

>What would Jesus do? When it comes to our planet, say the publishers of The Green Bible, he'd be all for making it last. How their new edition can help:

IT'S MADE WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIALS Soy ink, recycled paper and a linen cover.

IT INCLUDES ESSAYS LINKING CHRISTIANITY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM by Desmond Tutu, Pope John Paul II, St. Francis of Assisi and others.

EARTH-FRIENDLY PARTS ARE IN GREEN INK "Some evangelicals [think] the Bible says God gave the earth to humans to dominate," says HarperOne publisher Mark Tauber. His version highlights passages that emphasize "caretaking" instead.

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