Pathways to Our Sustainable Future

Pathways to Our Sustainable Future
Author: Patricia DeMarco
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0822983001

Pittsburgh has a rich history of social consciousness in calls for justice and equity. Today, the movement for more sustainable practices is rising in Pittsburgh. Against a backdrop of Marcellus shale gas development, initiatives emerge for a sustainable and resilient response to the climate change and pollution challenges of the twenty-first century. People, institutions, communities, and corporations in Pittsburgh are leading the way to a more sustainable future. Examining the experience of a single city, with vast social and political complexities and a long industrial history, allows a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in adapting to change throughout the world. The case studies in this book respond to ethical challenges and give specific examples of successful ways forward. Choices include transforming the energy system, restoring infertile ground, and preventing pollution through green chemistry. Inspired by the pioneering voice of Rachel Carson, this is a book about empowerment and hope.

Resource Manual

Resource Manual
Author: County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania
Publisher:
Total Pages: 79
Release: 1998
Genre: Community development
ISBN:

Shaping Sustainability - Descriptions and Emic Perspectives on Sustainability and Landscape Practices in Two Ecovillage Communities

Shaping Sustainability - Descriptions and Emic Perspectives on Sustainability and Landscape Practices in Two Ecovillage Communities
Author: James Brosius
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN:

Ecovillages are intentional communities with the stated goal of living a lifestyle of environmental sustainability, based upon the formation of strong community bonds. Ecovillages are an emerging approach towards sustainable development that has, so far, received limited attention in the field of landscape architecture. This research describes how communities with the stated goal of living sustainable lifestyles express sustainability through the organization of and interaction with their landscapes. Through case studies that include key-informant interviews, mapping exercises, and document-based analysis, this research identifies and describes the patterns, practices, and processes that influence how groups of people interact with and influence the physical environment in two ecologically-conscientious communities. This research has found that collective values shape human behavior within these communities, which in turn shape the physical landscape in and around the ecovillage. Collective understandings of sustainability differ between communities, and as a result, different groups go about promoting sustainability with different goals and aims. The findings of this research are presented as an emic description of landscape, and are evaluated for their potential application in the fields of landscape architecture, community development, and sustainable design.

The State of the Commonwealth

The State of the Commonwealth
Author: Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy. Sustainable Pennsylvania Program
Publisher:
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2004*
Genre: Sustainable development
ISBN:

Promised Land State Park

Promised Land State Park
Author: Peter Osborne
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2006-05-03
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1439632588

Located in the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania is a beautiful state park with the compelling name of Promised Land. It is visited by thousands annually, and many of those visitors have been coming to the park for generations. Promised Land State Park features more than 200 images that have been preserved by the state park, state agencies, historical organizations, and individuals. Through these unique images, many published here for the first time, the fascinating history of one of Pennsylvanias most popular parks is documented.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2004
Genre: Conservation of natural resources
ISBN:

Together at the Table

Together at the Table
Author: Patricia Allen
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780271024738

Everywhere you look people are more aware of what they eat and where their food comes from. In a cafeteria in Los Angeles, children make their lunchtime food choices at fresh-fruit and salad bars stocked with local foods. In a community garden in New York, low-income residents are producing organically grown fruits and vegetables for their own use and to sell at market. In Madison, Wisconsin, shoppers select their food from a bounty of choices at a vibrant farmers' market.Together at the Table is about people throughout the United States who are building successful alternatives to the contemporary agrifood system and their prospects for the future. At the heart of these efforts are the movements for sustainable agriculture and community food security. Both movements seek to reconstruct the agrifood system—the food production chain, from the growing of crops to food production and distribution—to become more ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially just. Allen describes the ways in which people working in these movements view the world and how they see their place in challenging and reshaping the agrifood system. She also shows how ideas and practices of sustainable agriculture and community food security have already woven their way into the dominant agrifood institutions. Allen explores the possibilities this process may hold for improving social and environmental justice in the American agrifood system. Together at the Table is an important reminder that much work still remains to be done. Now that the ideas and priorities of alternative food movements have taken hold, it is time for the next—even more challenging—step. Alternative agrifood movements must acknowledge and address the deeper structural and cultural patterns that constrain the long-term resolution of social and environmental problems in the agrifood system.

Agenda for a Sustainable America

Agenda for a Sustainable America
Author: John C. Dernbach
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781585761333

Agenda for a Sustainable America is a comprehensive assessment of U.S. progress toward sustainable development and a roadmap of necessary next steps toward achieving a sustainable America. Packed with facts, figures, and the well-informed opinions of forty-one experts, it provides an illuminating "snapshot" of sustainability in the United States today. And each of the contributors suggests where we need to go next, recommending three to five specific actions that we should take during the next five to ten years. It thus offers a comprehensive agenda that citizens, corporations, nongovernmental organizations, and government leaders and policymakers can use to make decisions today and to plan for the future.