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Author:

Lerner, Steve

Title:

Eco-pioneers : practical visionaries solving today's environmental problems / Steve Lerner.

Publisher:

MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

xii, 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Environmental degradation--United States--Case studies.
Sustainable development--United States--Case studies.
Environmental engineers--United States--Biography.
Environmentalists--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-414) and index.

Contents:

A utility company switches from nuclear power to energy conservation, renewable energy, and electric vehicles / S. David Freeman. 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, Joe Dominguez -- Environmental solutions to innner-city problems / Scott Bernstein -- A utility company switches from nuclear power to energy conservation, renewable energy, and electric vehicles / S. David Freeman.
Transforming Chattanooga into an environmental city / David Crockett. 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, William Haney III -- Urban rooftop agriculture / Paul Mankiewicz -- Transforming Chattanooga into an environmental city / David Crockett.
Western cattle rancher experiments with sustainable techniques / Jack Turnell. 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, David Eagan -- Western cattle rancher experiments with sustainable techniques / Jack Turnell.
Cleaning up and reusing abandoned and contaminated industrial sites / Eco-justice activists. Sustainable agriculture takes root among family farmers in Iowa / Ron Fosmann -- Zunis launch a sustainable action plan to manage tribal resources / James Enote -- Saving the seeds: rescuing important foods and medicinal crops from extinction / Kenny Ausubel -- Cleaning up and reusing abandoned and contaminated industrial sites / Eco-justice activists.
A green priest preaches about the need to protect God's creation / The reverend Jeffrey Golliher. Two approaches to restoring trashed urban rivers / Thomas Schueler, Robert Boone -- A green priest preaches about the need to protect God's creation / The reverend Jeffrey Golliher.

ISBN:

9780262122078
0262122073

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36656387

LCCN:

97008333

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center) — 363.7/0092/273

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)