Eco-pioneers practical visionaries solving today's environmental problems /
| Main Author: | Lerner, Steve. |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[1997]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 462 pages) : illustrations. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- The search for low-impact building materials and techniques / Pliny Fisk III
- Bringing native plants back to the American lawn / Lorrie Otto
- Greenhouse treatment of municipal sewage / John Todd
- The new frugality movement promotes living better by consuming less / Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez
- Environmental solutions to inner-city problems / Scott Bernstein
- A utility company switches from nuclear power to energy conservation, renewable energy, and electric vehicles / S. David Freeman
- Breeding naturally colored organic cotton eliminates the need for toxic dyes and pesticides / Sally Fox
- Mining the discard supply / Daniel Knapp
- Returning to selective forestry after the failure of clearcutting / Walton Smith
- Transforming hazardous wastes into useful industrial materials / Christopher Nagel and William Haney III
- Urban rooftop agriculture / Paul Mankiewicz
- Transforming Chattanooga into an environmental city / David Crockett
- Redesigning buildings and building materials for environmentally intelligent architecture / William McDonough
- Moving out of the flood plain and designing an environmentally sustainable community / New Pattonsburg, Missouri
- Promoting ecologically sustainable businesses in west coast temperate rain forests / Alana Probst
- Students swap protests for practical work building an ecologically sustainable campus / Daniel Einstein and David Eagan
- Western cattle rancher experiments with sustainable techniques / Jack Turnell
- The mothers of East Los Angeles conserve water, protect the neighborhood, and create jobs / Juana Beatriz Gutierrez
- Sustainable agriculture takes root among family farmers in Iowa / Ron Rosmann
- Zunis launch a sustainable action plan to manage tribal resources / James Enote
- Saving the seed : rescuing important foods and medicinal crops from extinction / Kenny Ausubel
- Cleaning up and reusing abandoned and contaminated industrial sites / Eco-Justice Activists
- Helping families minimize environmental impact one household at a time / David Gershon
- Two approaches to restoring trashed urban rivers / Thomas Schueler and Robert Boone
- A green priest preaches about the need to protect God's creation / The Reverend Jeffrey Golliher.