Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design (Perfect Paperback)

~ Kira Gould (Author), Lance Hosey (Author) "On the morning of November 9, 2005, while we were in Atlanta interviewing a group of women about sustainability, Interface chairman Ray Anderson was down..." (more)
Key Phrases: sustainable design, green building, New York, Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs (more...)

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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

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

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.

Product Description

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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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: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #201,982 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom beyond the design field., April 24, 2009

By	Andrea Learned "andlearn" (Burlington, VT USA) - See all my reviews

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

By	Ruth B. Williams - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.