The village green is the focal point of any community, a gathering place where the best ideas take root and the brightest voices are heard. The New Village Green gathers some of the best ideas and brightest voices of the green community, some famous and familiar, others fresh and unknown. Each tells an absorbing story, and collectively they comprise a powerful chorus that profiles the current state of the environment.\ This remarkable book gathers wisdom and insight from a compelling and...
The revolutionary ideas, values, and attitudes of the green chorus.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: My Friend the Beast Stephen Morris ixPreface xiiiForeword: The New Village Green Paul Freundlich xvForeword: The New Village People xixForeword: The New Village Library xixThe Gaia HypothesisAbove All, Be Kind Zoe Weil 3Sine Quammen Non David Quammen 6New Corn Moon Jessica Prentice 11The Germs of Life Lynn Margulis Emily Case 15How Insects Hunker Down for Winter Madeline Bodin 18Off-Map Nuggets Chellis Glendinning 21Silent SpringNext Year in the Garden Stephen Morris 32Conservation and the Economics of Solar Water Heating Bob Ramlow 35Agriculture: Civilization's "Great Mistake" Kirkpatrick Sale 37The Truthdig Interview: Michael Pollan 40The Home Energy Diet Paul Scheckel 43Magical Flocks of Birds Carrie Chandler 46The Limits to GrowthThe Birth of a Currency$dSalt Spring Island Monetary Fund 56Eight Things You Need to Know about the Shaky US Economy 59My Saudi Arabian Breakfast Chad Heeter 63How Close to Catastrophe? Bill McKibben 67The End of NatureStow Food Movement Has Global Outreach 81Review of Look Homeward, America Bill Kaufmann 84Swami Calls for an Up-Wising Swami Beyondanada 86Float Like a Butterfly Julia Butterfly Hill 91One-Straw RevolutionClean the Air in your Home with Houseplants Bill Wolverton 103Too Good to Throw Away Josh Wachtel 107The Rise and Fall of Raw Milk Ron Schmid 117Small is BeautifulWhat is Community Supported Agriculture Robyn Van En 129Communit Supported Energy 101 Greg Pahl 132Friends Meeting Dave Smith 135Memoirs of a Moderator John McClaughry 138Think Clean, Think Green Cara Matthews 141Neighborhood into an Eco-Hood!$dLinda Buzzell-Saltzman 144Think Globally, Eat Locally$dBennett & Massa-Gooch 147Why Bike to Work Alexander Asper-Nelson 149Whole Earth CatalogOn Biophilia and Houses Alex Wilson 157Your Green Home Alex Wilson 160The Earth Roof Factor Rob Roy 163The Precautionary Principle Stephen Morris 166A Book for the Generations Davis Hollender Doyle Hollender 167Try a Solar Water Heater Andrew Korfhage 171The Scoop on Dirt Tamsyn Jones 174Why Dry? Eben Fodor 187Green Weddings Tracy Fernandez Rysavy 191Safe Substitutes: Non-toxic Household Products$dDavis & Turner 196The Good LifeSun, Fun, and Diversion Sam Wilder 213Jason and the Laundronauts Jason Wentworth 217Gardening When it Counts Steve Solomon 221Beyond Organic: Investing In Local Food George Schenk 223Timber Framing Rob Roy 227The Plowboy Interview: Euell Gibbons 229The Bonds that Tie Dan Chiras 246Financial Independence - For Us Common Folk Jane Dwinell 249Colophon Michael Potts 255How The New Village Green was created 261People Index 262About Green Living Journal 265