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Title: Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots Author: Danaher, Kevin/ Biggs, Shannon Publisher:Polipoint Pr Publication Date:Sep-01-2007 Pages:282 Binding:Paperback Dimensions (inches):6.00 (W) x 9.00 (H) x 0.75 (D) ISBN:0977825361 Subject:Business & Economics / Green Business Description: Examines ways that groups, families, or individuals can take action to protect water and food, strengthen the economy, and clean up neighborhoods. This collection of essays tells the stories of 18 activists and their efforts to bring awareness to environmental causes. The book includes interviews with well-known experts, examples of successful local activism, and lists of useful resources and strategies for green supporters. — Ingram Book Company After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are critical. But how can we translate that insight into more sustainable practices? BUILDING THE GREEN ECONOMY shows how community groups, families, and individual citizens have taken action to protect their food and water, clean up their neighborhoods, and strengthen their local economies. Their unlikely victories???over polluters, unresponsive bureaucracies, and unexamined routines???dramatize the opportunities and challenges facing the local green economy movement. The authors also: * Lay out strategies for a more successful green movement * Describe how communities have protected their victories from legal and political challenges * Provide key resources for local activists * Include conversations with Rocky Anderson, Lois Gibbs, Anuradha Mittal, David Morris, Michael Shuman, and others — Ingram Publishing Services Brand new Paperback. All orders get full access to our online order status tracking service, allowing you to view realtime order progress. Please note that first editions are rarely first printings. We do not have product details beyond that contained within this listing. Customers within Australia: Shipping flat rate AU$7.50 to any address, regardless of weight, with additional units charged at weight-based cost. Your package will be securely handled & posted from England via Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your closest Australia Post distribution center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. During 2011 Australian postal delivery speed from the U.K. has seemingly slowed to 2-3 weeks (10-21 days), although packages can arrive both quicker and slower than this. Due to our listings requiring immediate PayPal payment, we cannot combine postage costs across different items. International customers outside Australia: Listing currency is Australian Dollars (AUD), shipping flat rate AU$9.50 (approximately US$9.00), except United Kingdom at AU$5.00 (approximately £3.00). Orders to international addresses are dispatched from the United Kingdom. Delivery time: UK 4-7 days. New Zealand, USA, Canada, Japan (all 7-14 days), all other Rest of World 10-28 days by Priority Airmail. New Zealand orders are split to Auckland and delivered by NZPost.