Description
The author has helped the EcoVillage at Ithaca achieve international prominence and has met with visitors, researchers and media from around the world. She is a founding member of GAIA Education, and a number of other sustainability initiatives. She has travelled extensively and helped to put the sustainability issues of Ithaca in context.Her first book, Ecovillage at Ithaca, was very well received, and has been translated into Korean and Japanese.This book is different from others on the subject because it shows a community-wide transformation; it is an important case study of one city that has made huge advances in sustainability. It occupies a key educational niche for a future that is based on cooperation, social justice and environmental stewardship. This book weaves together anecdotes, personal experiences and in-depth, specific replicable examples and creates a vibrant picture of the people and organizations that are highlighted. Examples include a credit union that triples the savings of low-income people, the Ithaca Carshare, and thriving farmers markets and co-ops.According to Mother Earth News, Ithaca “shines as a model of a fun, unique and sustainable place to live.”The audience is cultural creatives, citizen activists, food enthusiasts,and cohousing networks
