Toolbox for sustainable city living

a do-it-ourselves guide

English language

Published Nov. 19, 2008 by South End Press.

ISBN:
978-0-89608-780-4
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OCLC Number:
213408618

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The tools you need to create self-sufficient, ecologically sustainable cities

“A surprisingly effective model for connecting people with dreams to the resources they need.” —Austin Chronicle

With more than half the world’s population now residing—and struggling to survive—in cities, we can no longer afford to think of sustainability as something that applies only to forests and fields. We need sustainable living right where so many of us are: in urban neighborhoods. But how do we do it?

That’s where Toolbox for Sustainable City Living comes in. In 2000 the dynamic Rhizome Collective transformed an abandoned warehouse in Austin, Texas, into a sustainability training center. Here, with their first book, Scott and Stacy, two of Rhizome’s founders, provide city dwellers—those who have never foraged or gardened along with those who dumpster-dive and belong to CSAs—with step-by- step instructions for producing our own food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming land, and generating …

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  • Sustainable living -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Organic living -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Conservation of natural resources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Self-reliant living -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Urban ecology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

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