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Getting green done : hard truths from the front lines of the sustainability revolution
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Getting green done : hard truths from the front lines of the sustainability revolution

Author: Auden Schendler
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Soccer moms drive Priuses. Sport utility vehicles are going hybrid. Families are using hemp shopping bags. More and more companies are developing "green" buildings. What's more, the business consultants say going green is easy and profitable. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are still fiddling with the small stuff while the planet burns, Why? Because implementing  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Auden Schendler
ISBN: 9781586486372 1586486373 9781586488048 158648804X
OCLC Number: 191926302
Description: x, 292 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Trench warfare, not surgery --
Climate change and the fierce urgency of now --
Sustainability, fork split --
Aspen : a canary in the coal mine and a shining city on a hill --
Finding your biggest lever --
Pitching sustainability --
Green energy : the key to solving climate (and sometimes a scam) --
Green buildings : simple, elegant, and crucial --
Shameless self promotion and why it matters --
Afterword : the proximity of a sustainable world.
Responsibility: Auden Schendler.

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A maverick sustainability expert provocatively explores the difference between feel-good gestures and the down-and-dirty work of going green-for businesses, individuals, or government  Read more...
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