Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable DesignExploring a variety of topics ranging from coummunities to buildings to product design, the book explains for the first time, how the sustainable design field is influenced by women and women's ways of working.Women in Green explains the often overlooked roles women have played as key catalysts in sustainability. The book will help women and men understand the limitations of business as usual and suggest different approaches to solving today's complex problems. |
Contents
Listening | 1 |
Who was Rachel Carson? | 19 |
Who was Jane Jacobs? | 25 |
What is sustainability? | 33 |
What is sustainable design? | 47 |
What is community? | 57 |
How do we live on the land? | 67 |
What are health and wellbeing? | 77 |
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