| The green building movement has incorporated the concept of the triple bottom line to assert that sustainable long-term progress in terms of environmental quality, economic development and social well-being needs to be balanced: One aspect cannot be emphasized over another. Yet the factors that best promote social well-being are the least understood. Our book, Living Green: Communities that Sustain, identifies and describes the ten mechanisms we found to be most central to a successful sustainable development. These mechanisms are built into communities and enhance social along with economic and environmental concerns. In this book we outline these best practices of social sustainability along with specific examples from our field research.
The book’s three parts explore:
- How community is central to sustainability in everything from cohousing to communes;
- Communities that specifically integrate green building design components with social justice politics such as racism, poverty, and urban alienation;
- Housing options geared toward mainstream living that offer individual choices to those who wish to live green.
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Communities that Sustain
Visit some of the remarkable places featured in the book:
Cazadero Nature and Art Conservancy
Chez Soi, Benny Farm
Dockside Green
Eastern Village Cohousing
Folsom Dore
Los Angeles Ecovillage
Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Ouje-Bougoumou
Takoma Village Cohousing
Twin Oaks Community
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Living Green Book Events
June 2, 6:00: Centre for the Book, San Francisco June 25, 7:00: The Green Arcade, San Francisco June 29, 7:00: Builder's Booksource, Berkeley July 26, 2:00: Elliot Bay Books, Seattle
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