GreenTOpia: Towards a Sustainable Toronto - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552451941 ISBN 13: 9781552451946

Publisher: Coach House Books, 2004

Synopsis

More trees. Hydrogen-fuelled cabs. Urbiology. A new model of taxation. Solar panels on big-box stores. The art of salvage. Composters for dog poo in city parks. Retrofitting our urban slabs. Gardening the Gardiner. Ravine City. What would make Toronto a greener place?

In the third volume of the uTOpia series, dozens of imaginative Torontonians think big and small about sustainability. From suggestions for changes to our transit system and more mixed-use neighbourhoods to a tongue-in-cheek proposal for a painted line aroudn the city and a short comic book about Toronto in the year 2057, GreenTOpia challenges the city and its residents to rethink what it means to be green in a metropolis, and how to take their love of the city one green step further. Other pieces include an interview with Mayor David Miller and a breakdown of the ecological impact of our morning coffee. GreenTOpia features photos, maps and a 56 page green directory of resources, organizations, incentives and programs promoting sustainability in the GTA.

About this title

About the Author

Jonny Dovercourt (Jonathan Bunce) was the co-founder of the Wavelength music series and zine. He plays guitar for the punk band Republic of Safety and works as the co-artistic director of The Music Gallery.

 

Christina Palassio is the Managing Editor of Coach House Books. She has written for the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette and Matrix Magazine.  

 

Alana Wilcox is the Senior Editor of Coach House Books.

Review

'This collection of essays and lists of resources could have easily been boring and ended up being read only by those already convinced they have to act locally while thinking globally ... But the first essay sets the tone. In "The Green Thumb Blues," Pasha Malla writes about the potted plant he acquired while working for the Sierra Club Defence Fund, and seduces the reader with a story that takes us into the practicalities of environmental activism, with sassy asides about the incongruities of life. Like the rest of the book, Malla's essay is both irreverent and informative.' — Quill & Quire

'We are in tough times, surrounded by private and federal money in a city crumbling around us, yet we learn from GreenTOpia that there are people who have a vision for a green, successful city.' — Treehugger

Edition details

• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1552451941
• ISBN 13: 9781552451946
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Wilcox Alana, Dovercourt Jonny, Palassio Christina