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Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design [Perfect Paperback]

Kira Gould , Lance Hosey
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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April 20, 2007 097490337X 978-0974903378
Is there a greener gender? Studies show that women are more likely than men to support environmental causes through voting, activism, and consumer choices. What are the implications for the design industry? Does sustainable design have special appeal for women, and do they in turn offer something unique to the field? In Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design, Kira Gould and Lance Hosey explore these questions through informal conversations with architects, designers, consultants, policymakers, educators, and students. What they find is that women may be changing how we all see our world and our work.

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As you read through this amazing book, a realization dawns. The medicine needed for true sustainability, true balance, turns out to be our own passion for what we love to do, combined with our longing to be home. This book is a stunning achievement, and every designer, architect, and lover of life should read it soon. --Sarah Susanka, FAIA, author of The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters, the Not So Big House series, and Home By Design

Anyone who's ever heard the words sustainability or green should take the time to read (not scan) this book. These terms are not a marketing pitch; they are sacred obligations to life, as the women in this book make clear. --Sim Van der Ryn, eco-pioneer, author of Ecological Design and Design for Life

Kira and Lance have had the courage to write about the elephant in the room. Women are staging the next revolution; the better for Mother Earth and all her creatures. --Joyce LaValle, sustainability advocate and leader at Interface, Inc.

About the Author

Writer Kira Gould is a communication consultant for architecture firms and other organizations. She covers sustainability and design for Metropolis, GreenSource, Architectural Record, and other publications. She is the 2007 chair of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment and co-author of Ecology and Design, that group s report on ecological literacy and architecture education. Architect Lance Hosey is a Director with William McDonough + Partners. He has been featured in Metropolis magazine's Next Generation program and Architectural Record's emerging architect series. His essays on sustainable design have appeared in publications such as the Washington Post, Metropolis, Architectural Record, and Architecture, and he has a regular green column in Architect magazine.

Product Details

  • Perfect Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Ecotone Publishing (April 20, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 097490337X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974903378
  • Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,039,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom beyond the design field. April 24, 2009
I bought this to enhance my knowledge of women's influence in the architectural and design industries, but found I learned much more that I could apply to all my other marketing to women research and writings. I can't recommend this book enough.

My favorite quote: "This book is less about the 'ascendancy of women' than it is about the growing value of those sensibilities commonly associated with women."

Thus - we can learn from women's ways, and men are by no means "hopeless" on this front. Inclusion and shared exploration.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Budding Architect Loves This Book December 30, 2007
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I purchased this book as a gift for my granddaughter who will soon be licensed as an architect. She loves the book! Since she is happy, I am happy.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design August 24, 2011
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This book is terrible. It's dry and uneventful. Normally, I gush over compilations of women's voices but this one ranks the lowest on my list. I couldn't even finish it because it held my attention so poorly and is one of the most expensive paperbacks I've ever purchased @ $25. What a rip off!!
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