Choosing a Sustainable Future: Ideas and Inspiration from Ithaca, NY

By Liz Walker

• 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

• Language: English
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Release date: Feb 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781550924640