| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: Monograph/item
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| 正題名/作者: |
Eco-pioneers/ Steve Lerner. |
| 其他題名: |
practical visionaries solving today's environmental problems / |
| 作者: |
Lerner, Steve. |
| 出版者: |
Cambridge, Mass. :MIT Press, : c1997., |
| 面頁冊數: |
xii, 462 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| 內容註: |
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 innner-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. |
| 標題: |
Environmental degradation - Case studies. - United States - |
| 電子資源: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9294An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0585017735 (electronic bk.) |