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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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This book is dedicated to naturalist Rachel Carson, the mother of the environmental movement, and author Jane Jacobs (The Life and Death of Great American Cities (1961), the grandmother of sustainable neighborhoods. Gould (who covers sustainability and design for Metropolis magazine) and Hosey (who has a "green" column in Architect) explain their significance to the sustainable design movement. Interviews with some 200 women yield views on collaborative ways of improving the world. The book features interspersed quotes and b&w photos of green buildings beyond a "granola and Birkenstock" style. Not indexed. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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