Eco-Pioneers
Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems
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- Paperback
476 pages
- Release Date
31 July 1998
Summary
The idea for Eco-Pioneers came to Steve Lerner while he was attending the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Although he was moved by the vision of sustainable development evoked by citizens and officials at the summit, as a reporter he felt a need to put a human face on the rhetoric and find out what sustainable development actually looks like in the United States. He spent the next four years searching out what he came to call “eco-pioneers”-the modern pathfinders who are working in the A…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262621243 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026262124X |
| Author: | Steve Lerner |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 476 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 31 July 1998 |
| Weight: | 635g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Eco-Pioneers |
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Critics Review
“This engaging, unpretentious book suggests active, do-it-yourself environmentalism is alive and well in grassroots America.” Frederic Golden , San Francisco Chronicle “For sustainability to move from theory to practice, it requires thededication and creativity Steve Lerner discovered in his 10,000 mileodyssey. Like the road to sustainability itself, Steve’s journey circlesback to show that American virtures such as gumption, ingenuity andunyielding persistance can once again revolutionize the world.” Paul Hawken , author of The Ecology of Commerce
About The Author
Steve Lerner
Steve Lerner is the author of Eco-Pioneers- Practical Visionaries Solving Today’s Environmental Problems (1998) and Diamond- A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana’s Chemical Corridor (2006), both published by the MIT Press.
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