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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Susan SubakPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9780803296886ISBN 10: 0803296886 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 01 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction 1. Founding Mitigator: George Washington 2. Carbon Dissenters: The Amish 3. Urban Families: Washington DC 4. The Greenest Suburb: Berwyn, Illinois 5. College, Commercial Carbon: The New School, New York City 6. Becoming Five Tons: Anywhere, USA Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsSusan Subak focuses on looking to the past for a way forward into the future. It is a very interesting way to approach climate change and I think it is unique. -Brett Favaro, author of The Carbon Code: How You Can Become a Climate Change Hero -- Brett Favaro A wonderfully crafted book. While there are a zillion books produced on climate change, this book fills a crucial niche in terms of both content and style. Looking at cases of existing low carbon culture in the United States is very useful. It draws attention to various ways of living and conducting one's life. It's a great, very readable addition. -Johannes Stripple, editor of Governing the Climate: New Approaches to Rationality, Power, and Politics -- Johannes Stripple A wonderfully crafted book. While there are a zillion books produced on climate change, this book fills a crucial niche in terms of both content and style. Looking at cases of existing low carbon culture in the United States is very useful. It draws attention to various ways of living and conducting one's life. It's a great, very readable addition. -Johannes Stripple, editor of Governing the Climate: New Approaches to Rationality, Power, and Politics -- Johannes Stripple Susan Subak focuses on looking to the past for a way forward into the future. It is a very interesting way to approach climate change and I think it is unique. -Brett Favaro, author of The Carbon Code: How You Can Become a Climate Change Hero -- Brett Favaro A wonderfully crafted book. While there are a zillion books produced on climate change, this book fills a crucial niche in terms of both content and style. Looking at cases of existing low carbon culture in the United States is very useful. It draws attention to various ways of living and conducting one's life. It's a great, very readable addition. --Johannes Stripple, editor of Governing the Climate: New Approaches to Rationality, Power, and Politics -- (09/16/2017) Susan Subak focuses on looking to the past for a way forward into the future. It is a very interesting way to approach climate change and I think it is unique. --Brett Favaro, author of The Carbon Code: How You Can Become a Climate Change Hero -- (09/16/2017) Author InformationSusan Subak has twenty years of experience as an environmental analyst studying the causes and consequences of climate change and as a contractor and researcher in the United States and Europe with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of East Anglia, and the Stockholm Environment Institute, among others. She is the author of Rescue and Flight: American Relief Workers Who Defied the Nazis (Nebraska, 2010). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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