Living green : communities that sustain /
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| Author / Creator: | Fosket, Jennifer. |
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| Imprint: | Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, 2009. |
| Description: | x, 197 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8121702 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Living Green - an Introduction
- The Relationship between People and their Built Environments
- Meanings of Home
- The Green Building Movement
- Linking Communities and Built Environments
- Highlighting the Social in the Three Es of Sustainability
- Part 1. Community
- Chapter 1. Back to the Land
- Twin Oaks: An Experiment in Communal Living
- Living Green at Twin Oaks
- Ouje-Bougoumou
- Living Green at Ouje-Bougoumou
- Maintaining Community through Sustainable Design + Interaction
- Chapter 2. Living Green through Cohousing
- Cohousing as Green Living
- Planning and Building Together
- Community Living as Green Living
- Actions that Sustain
- Part 2. Social Justice and Sustainability
- Chapter 3. An Alternative for Los Angeles
- Beginnings
- Intentional Community at LA Ecovillage
- Car Free in LA
- A Permaculture Approach to Social Activism
- Community Outreach and Connection
- Cultivating Action
- Chapter 4. Greening Grey
- Social Housing: Historical Roots, Current Vision
- Chez Soi at Green Energy Benny Farm
- Living Green at Chez Soi
- Sustainable Aging in Community
- Chapter 5. Greening Affordable Housing
- The Context: The City of San Francisco
- SOMA: The Neighborhood and its History
- The Project: Developing Green + Supportive Housing
- Promoting Social Sustainability at Folsom/Dore
- Lessons Learned from Folsom/Dore
- Part 3. Personal Choice - Living Green as Individuals
- Chapter 6. A Love Affair - The Cazadero Nature and Art Conservancy
- Margaret Fabrizio
- Traveling to The Land
- Art and The Land: Collaborating with Nature
- Adding Small Structures
- The Side Effect of Social Connection
- Human-Environment Connection
- Chapter 7. Mainstream Green
- Greening the Nuclear Family Home
- Green Housing for the Masses: Rethinking Little Boxes on a Hillside
- Thinking Beyond Single-Family Homes Redesigning Neighborhoods
- Sustainable Building Practices at Dockside Green
- Living Dockside Green
- People Make it Green
- Lessons Learned: The Ten Cs of Social Sustainability
- 1. Culture
- 2. Context
- 3. Citizenship
- 4. Commitment
- 5. Collaboration
- 6. Connectedness
- 7. Care
- 8. Contact
- 9. Commons
- 10. Continuity
- Endnotes
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Authors
