@article{337444, author = {Owen, David.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/337444}, title = {Green metropolis : why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability /}, publisher = {Riverhead Books,}, abstract = {Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.}, recid = {337444}, pages = {357 p. ;}, address = {New York :}, year = {2009}, }