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Sustainable Communities
Author | : Grand Canyon Trust |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 199? |
Genre | : Community development |
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Low Impact Living
Author | : Paul Chatterton |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2014-08-21 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1317658906 |
This book is the inspirational story of one project that shows you how you can become involved in building and running your neighbourhood. The author, co-founder of Lilac (Low Impact Living Affordable Community), along with other members of the community and the project team, explains how a group of people got together to build one of the most pioneering ecological, affordable cohousing neighbourhoods in the world. The book is a story of perseverance, vision and passion, demonstrating how ordinary people can build their own affordable, ecological community. The book starts with the clear values that motivated and guided the project’s members: sustainability, co-operativism, equality, social justice and self-management. It outlines how they were driven by challenges and concerns over the need to respond to climate change and energy scarcity, the limits of the ‘business as usual’ model of pro-growth economics, and the need to develop resources so that communities can determine and manage their own land and resources. The author’s story is interspersed with vignettes on topics such as decision making, landscaping, finance and design. The book summarises academic debates on the key issues that informed the project, and gives technical data on energy and land issues as well as practical ‘how-to’ guides on a range of issues such as designing meetings, budget planning and community agreements. Low Impact Living provides clear and easy to follow advice for community groups, practitioners, government, business and the development sector and is heavily illustrated with drawings and photographs from the architectural team.
Resource Guide to Environmental Education in Colorado
Author | : Colorado State Facilitator Project |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
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Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2011-12-07 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0309211689 |
The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the environment. Research has shown that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health, safety, and productivity of the people who occupy them. Buildings are also resource intensive, accounting for 40 percent of primary energy use in the United States, 12 percent of water consumption, and 60 percent of all non-industrial waste. The processes for producing electricity at power plants and delivering it for use in buildings account for 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. federal government manages approximately 429,000 buildings of many types with a total square footage of 3.34 billion worldwide, of which about 80 percent is owned space. More than 30 individual departments and agencies are responsible for managing these buildings. The characteristics of each agency's portfolio of facilities are determined by its mission and its programs. In 2010, GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings asked the National Academies to appoint an ad hoc committee of experts to conduct a public workshop and prepare a report that identified strategies and approaches for achieving a range of objectives associated with high-performance green federal buildings. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities identifies examples of important initiatives taking place and available resources. The report explores how these examples could be used to help make sustainability the preferred choice at all levels of decision making. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities can serve as a valuable guide federal agencies with differing missions, types of facilities, and operating procedures.
Community-based Environmental Protection
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : |
Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators
Author | : Maureen Hart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Community development |
ISBN | : |
Fostering Sustainable Behavior
Author | : Doug McKenzie-Mohr |
Publisher | : New Society Publishers |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1550924621 |
The highly acclaimed manual for changing everyday habits-now in an all-newthird edition! We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet's ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own actions, we must educate and encourage those around us to change theirs. If one individual recycles his plastic containers, the impact is minimal. But if an entire community recycles, enormous amounts of resources are saved. How then do we go about transforming people's good intentions into action? Fostering Sustainable Behavior explains how the field of community-based social marketing has emerged as an effective tool for encouraging positive social change. This completely revised and updated third edition contains a wealth of new research, behavior change tools, and case studies. Learn how to: target unsustainable behaviors, and identify the barriers to change understand various commitment strategies communicate effective messages enhance motivation and invite participation. The strategies introduced in this ground-breaking manual are an invaluable resource for anyone interested in promoting sustainable behavior, including environmental conservation, recycling and waste reduction, water and energyefficiency and alternative transportation.
Pathways to Community Sustainability
Author | : Benedict J. Hren |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Environmental policy |
ISBN | : |