{"product_id":"9780896087804","title":"Toolbox for Sustainable City Living: A Do-It-Ourselves Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tools you need to\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecreate self-sufficient, ecologically sustainable cities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A surprisingly effective model for connecting people with dreams to the resources they need.” —Austin Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than half the world’s population now residing—and struggling to survive—in cities, we can no longer afford to think of sustainability as something that applies only to forests and fields. We need sustainable living right where so many of us are: in urban neighborhoods. But how do we do it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat’s where \u003ci\u003eToolbox for Sustainable City Living\u003c\/i\u003e comes in. In 2000 the dynamic Rhizome Collective transformed an abandoned warehouse in Austin, Texas, into a sustainability training center. Here, with their first book, Scott and Stacy, two of Rhizome’s founders, provide city dwellers—those who have never foraged or gardened along with those who dumpster-dive and belong to CSAs—with step-by- step instructions for producing our own food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming land, and generating energy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith vibrant illustrations created by Juan Martinez of the Beehive Collective and descriptive text based on years of experimentation, Stacy and Scott explain how to build and grow with cheap, salvaged, and recycled materials. More than a how-to manual, \u003ci\u003eToolbox\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with accessible and relevant tools to help move our communities from envisioning a sustainable future toward living it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Kellogg \u003c\/b\u003ea \u003cb\u003eStacy Pettigrew \u003c\/b\u003eare co-founders of the Rhizome Collective, an educational and activist organization based in Austin, Texas, that recently received a $200,000 grant from the EPA to clean up a 10-acre brownfield that they are transforming into an ecological justice park. \u003ci\u003eToolbox\u003c\/i\u003e developed out of R.U.S.T.—Radical Urban Sustainability Training—their intensive weekend seminar in urban ecological survival skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South End Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018533486832,"sku":"9780896087804","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780896087804_p0.jpg?v=1763863842","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780896087804","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}