Edens Lost And Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities

ISBN 10: 193149889X / ISBN 13: 9781931498890

Published by Chelsea Green Pub Co, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edens Lost And Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 193149889X
• ISBN 13: 9781931498890
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Edens Lost & Found demonstrates that environmentally beneficial solutions can costs less, not more, and can contribute to growth rather than impede it. This book documents what is possible. It shows how citizens are restoring their communities by creating sustainable urban ecosystems.

About the Author

Individual productions by filmmakers Harry Wiland and Dale Bell have received an Academy Award, five Emmys, one Peabody, two Christophers, and two Cine Golden Eagles, among other awards. Their collaborative award-winning project on caregiving, "And Thou Shalt Honor," was broadcast by PBS in 2002 to wide acclaim.

Joseph D'Agnese is the co-author of The Newman's Own Organics Guide to a Good Life. A regular contributor to Discover, his work has been anthologized in The Best American Science Writing, and he has written for the New York Times,Wired, and Saveur, among other publications.