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Safe and Sustainable World
Nancy Jack Todd
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Description for Safe and Sustainable World
Paperback. Explores the birth and development of ecological design. In the late 60's, a research and education organization was founded, to explore the ways a more sustainable world could be created. This book covers the story of that journey. It looks to what must be done to integrate human ingenuity and the evolutionary intelligence of the natural world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 85 figures, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
A fascinating story that explores the birth and development of ecological design. In the late sixties, as the world was waking to a need for Earth Day, a pioneering group founded a small non-profit research and education organization they called the New Alchemy Institute. Their aim was to explore the ways a safer and more sustainable world could be created. In the ensuing years, along with scientists, agriculturists, and a host of enthusiastic amateurs and friends, they set out to discover new ways that basic human needs - in the form of food, shelter, and energy - could be met. ... Read more
A fascinating story that explores the birth and development of ecological design. In the late sixties, as the world was waking to a need for Earth Day, a pioneering group founded a small non-profit research and education organization they called the New Alchemy Institute. Their aim was to explore the ways a safer and more sustainable world could be created. In the ensuing years, along with scientists, agriculturists, and a host of enthusiastic amateurs and friends, they set out to discover new ways that basic human needs - in the form of food, shelter, and energy - could be met. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781559637800
SKU
V9781559637800
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Nancy Jack Todd
Nancy Jack is Vice President of Ocean Arks International and editor of its journal Annals of Earth. She co-founded the New Alchemy Institute with John Todd, and is the author and co-author of many works, including From Eco-City to Living Machines, Bio-shelters, Ocean Arks and City Farming. She also contributed all the introductory essays to People, Land, and Community: Collected ... Read more
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