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197 p. ill. ; 23cm. Contents : Acknowledgments ix -- Living Green - an Introduction 1 -- The Relationship between People and their Built Environments 3 -- Meanings of Home 4 -- The Green Building Movement 6 -- Linking Communities and Built Environments 10 -- Highlighting the Social in the Three Es of Sustainability 13 -- Part 1 : Community -- Chapter 1: Back to the Land 19 -- Twin Oaks: An Experiment in Communal Living 21 -- Living Green at Twin Oaks 25 -- Ouje Bougoumou 29 -- Living Green at Ouje Bougoumou 33 -- Maintaining Community through Sustainable Design + Interaction 36 -- Chapter 2 : Living Green through Cohousing 39 -- Cohousing as Green Living 40 -- Planning and Building Together 41 -- Community Living as Green Living 46 -- Actions that Sustain 54 -- Part 2 : Social Justice and Sustainability -- Chapter 3 : An Alternative for Los Angeles 59 -- Beginnings 61 -- Intentional Community at LA Ecovillage 65 -- Car Free in LA 69 -- A Permaculture Approach to Social Activism 72 -- Community Outreach and Connection 74 -- Cultivating Action 77 -- Chapter 4 : Greening Grey 79 -- Social Housing : Historical Roots, Current Vision 83 -- Chez Soi at Green Energy Benny Farm 84 -- Living Green at Chez Soi 88 -- Sustainable Aging in Community 91 -- Chapter 5 : Greening Affordable Housing 95 -- The Context : The City of San Francisco 97 -- SOMA: The Neighborhood and its History 100 -- The Project: Developing Green + Supportive Housing 103 -- Promoting Social Sustainability at Folsom / Dore 107 -- Lessons Learned from Folsom / Dore 112 -- Part 3. Personal Choice - Living Green as Individuals -- Chapter 6 : A Love Affair - The Cazadero -- Nature and Art Conservancy 117 -- Margaret Fabrizio 118 -- Traveling to The Land 120 -- Art and The Land : Collaborating with Nature 122 -- Adding Small Structures 125 -- The Side Effect of Social Connection 127 -- Human Environment Connection 128 -- Chapter 7 : Mainstream Green 133 -- Greening the Nuclear Family Home 134 -- Green Housing for the Masses : Rethinking Little Boxes on a Hillside 139 -- Thinking Beyond Single Family Homes : Redesigning Neighborhoods 142 -- Sustainable Building Practices at Dockside Green 145 -- Living Dockside Green 147 -- People Make it Green 150 -- Lessons Learned : The Ten Cs of Social Sustainability 155 -- 1 Culture 156 -- 2 Context 158 -- 3 Citizenship 160 -- 4 Commitment 162 -- 5 Collaboration 164 -- 6 Connectedness 165 -- 7 Care 167 -- 8 Contact 168 -- 9 Commons 169 -- 10 Continuity 170 -- Endnotes 173 -- Works Cited 180 -- Index 186 -- About the Authors 197 -- specialized Include index. Includes bibliographical references (p.173-185) Sustainable development Development Canada Urban ecology (Sociology) Green movement United States Case Studies Community development Sustainable development Development citizen participation Sustainable development Development United States Community development Community development -- Canada United States HC79.E5 F67 2009 9780865716476 1550924303 2009424597 pucpr 062410 20241113162350.0 eng