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Eco-pioneers : practical visionaries solving today's environmental problems / Steve Lerner.
LIBRA GE150 .L47 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lerner, Steve.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation--United States--Case studies.
- Environmental degradation.
- Sustainable development--United States--Case studies.
- Sustainable development.
- United States.
- Environmental engineers--United States--Biography.
- Environmental engineers.
- Environmentalists--United States--Biography.
- Environmentalists.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Lerner has spent four years searching out what he calls "eco-pioneers"--people who are working to reduce the pace of environmental degradation. Here he provides case studies of eco-pioneers who are exploring sustainable ways to log forests, grow food, save plant species, clean up cities, conserve water, protect rivers and wildlife, treat hazardous waste, and reduce both waste and consumption. 45 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-414) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262122073
- OCLC:
- 36656387
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