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Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.
3) Bye, car
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Child's Play Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Two children are fascinated by the vehicles that surround them. Big, small, noisy, quiet, an endless stream passes through the streets each day, and the children wave them all goodbye. But exciting though they are, many vehicles also have a damaging impact on the environment. Is there a better way to get around? A greener alternative?"--Page [4] of cover.
8) Time to think small: how nimble environmental technologies can solve the planet's biggest problems
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Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A guide to how small technologies can solve environmental problems in ways unimaginable just a decade ago"--
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CRC Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"This book focuses on making the environment sustainable by employing engineering aspects and green computing through concepts of modern education and solutions. It visualizes the potential of artificial intelligence in manufacturing and green technology, enhanced by business activities and strategies for rapid implementation. This book covers the usages of renewable resources, covers the implementation of the latest energy generation technology,...
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Apress
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Become part of the solution to climate change and learn how you can reduce the carbon footprint and increase the sustainability of your IT systems. Learn how to ensure new equipment is as power efficient, sustainable, and repairable as possible. Uncover the sustainability policies of your cloud and IT service providers so you can make thoughtful, cost-sensitive, and environmentally sound decisions when purchasing cloud-based SaaS and other services....
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An award-winning journalist takes us deep into the Appalachian Mountains where the last truly quiet town of America exists and where its residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity, challenging us to rethink the role of tech in our lives.
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned. It is home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the...
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Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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One of: CBC s 27 Canadian books we can't wait to read in September CBC s 60 works of Canadian nonfiction to watch for in fall 2022 Toronto Star's 40-plus books we re most looking forward to this season Is a global pandemic what it took to show us that saving our planet is possible? In the absence of motorized boats and gondolas, Venice s waters have returned to a sparkling blue color. Deer have been spotted roaming cities in Italy, and mountain goats...
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Annick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Really "high" tech to inspire us for sustainable solutions on Earth. Who could imagine an idea born on a space station would help sustain our planet? Astronauts, living on the International Space Station, have to protect their resources because their lives depend on it. They learn to conserve water, air, food, energy, and waste. These efforts have in turn lead to amazing and innovative ideas for air quality, food production, and water purification...
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Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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In the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars. 'A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we've come to take for granted.' Bill McKibben, Observer book of the week We depend on a handful...
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Wiley-Scrivener
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Green technologies are no longer the "future" of science, but the present. With more and more mature industries, such as the process industries, making large strides seemingly every single day, and more consumers demanding products created from green technologies, it is essential for any business in any industry to be familiar with the latest processes and technologies. It is all part of a global effort to "go greener," and this is nowhere more apparent...
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