Green Metropolis : Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

English

ISBN: 1594484848

EAN: 9781594484841

Category: Architecture / Sustainability & Green Design/Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General/House & Home / Sustainable Living/Nature / Ecology/Science / Environmental Science/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 10/21/2011

Age Range: 18-null

Synopsis: Read David Owens posts on the Penguin Blog. From the acclaimed New Yorker writer, a thought-provoking, innovative, and challenging new approach to protecting our environment. Most Americans think of cities as ecological nightmares-wastelands of concrete, garbage, diesel fumes and traffic jams-but residents of urban cores actually consume less oil, electricity, and water than hybrid- driving Vermonters do, and they have smaller carbon footprints. Essentially, theyre forced to. In this remarkable challenge to conventional thinking about the environment, David Owen offers an invaluable environmental template for a global population that is growing as natural resources shrink. Green Metropolis will change the way people think about the environment.

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Green Metropolis : Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.95 inches

Width: 5.64 inches

Length: 8.3 inches

Weight: 11.53 oz

Pages: 368