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Read David Owen's posts on the Penguin Blog. A challenging, controversial, and highly readable look at our lives, our world, and our future. In this remarkable challenge to conventional thinking about the environment, David Owen argues that the greenest community in the United States is not Portland, Oregon, or Snowmass, Colorado, but New York, New York. Most Americans think of crowded cities as ecological nightmares, as wastelands of concrete and garbage and diesel fumes and traffic jams. Yet residents of compact urban centers, Owen shows, individually consume less oil, electricity, and water than other Americans. They live in smaller spaces, discard less trash, and, most important of all, spend far less time in automobiles. Residents of Manhattan— the most densely populated place in North America —rank first in public-transit use and last in percapita greenhouse-gas production, and they consume gasoline at a rate that the country as a whole hasn’t matched since the mid-1920s, when the most widely owned car in the United States was the Ford Model T. They are also among the only people in the United States for whom walking is still an important means of daily transportation. These achievements are not accidents. Spreading people thinly across the countryside may make them feel green, but it doesn’t reduce the damage they do to the environment. In fact, it increases the damage, while also making the problems they cause harder to see and to address. Owen contends that the environmental problem we face, at the current stage of our assault on the world’s nonrenewable resources, is not how to make teeming cities more like the pristine countryside. The problem is how to make other settled places more like Manhattan, whose residents presently come closer than any other Americans to meeting environmental goals that all of us, eventually, will have to come to terms with.

Growing roses doesn't need to be an activity reserved for the greenest of green thumbs. An abundance of bright bubblegum pink awesomeness from early spring to first frost awaits you with this double-rose bloomer. It has the toughness and disease resistance for which the family is known, with superior drought tolerance once established. The full double flowers look just like a classic rose. Even better, you don't have to waste time deadheading old flowers from this blooming machine, as it is self-cleaning. The foliage is a deep mossy green. An excellent staple for landscaping, whether formal, cottage or other style garden. The tight, compact form allows for its use in any area of your garden, such as a hedge, accent or specimen planting. Plant individually, in a mass planting or mixed with other perennials, shrubs or roses. Layer behind low-growing color plants. Plant at least 3 ft. apart. For best performance, cut back every year in spring after the last hard frost of season. Grows to 3 ft. to 4 ft. high and wide. Plant in fertile, well-drained soil. Provide full sun. Water regularly until established. Flowers spring to fall. Hardy to Zone 5/minus 1°F.

This grandiose houseplant is admired for its extravagantly wide leaves and dramatic forest green coloration. Whether you're a beginner or have the greenest of thumbs, you'll enjoy seeing your Fiddle-leaf Fig make living rooms, home offices and bedrooms more vibrant and inviting. As your tree mature, it'll become a dramatic, show-stopping centerpiece no matter where you choose to display it. Ficus lyrata, also known as fiddle-leaf fig, is a small evergreen tree native to West and Central Africa. This tropical, broad leaf plant is named for its violin-shaped leaves that are dark green in color with a leathery texture and distinctly pale veins. Its unique foliage and willowy trunk harmonizes well with almost any type of home or office plants live decor, making it a great floor plant for multiple locations. We love plants as much as you do, which is why our team hand-selects and carefully packages each order to ensure the happiest, healthiest arrival. Your order will include 1 young Fiddle-leaf Fig that is approximately 9 in. tall (measured from the bottom of the pot).

Growing roses doesn't need to be an activity reserved for the greenest of green thumbs. An abundance of bright bubblegum pink awesomeness from early spring to first frost awaits you with this double-rose bloomer. It has the toughness and disease resistance for which the family is known, with superior drought tolerance once established. The full double flowers look just like a classic rose. Even better, you don't have to waste time deadheading old flowers from this blooming machine, as it is self-cleaning. The foliage is a deep mossy green. An excellent staple for landscaping, whether formal, cottage or other style garden. The tight, compact form allows for its use in any area of your garden, such as a hedge, accent or specimen planting. Plant individually, in a mass planting or mixed with other perennials, shrubs or roses. Layer behind low-growing color plants. Plant at least 3 ft. apart. For best performance, cut back every year in spring after the last hard frost of season. Grows to 3 ft. to 4 ft. high and wide. Plant in fertile, well-drained soil. Provide full sun. Water regularly until established. Flowers spring to fall. Hardy to Zone 5/minus 15°F.

This grandiose houseplant is admired for its extravagantly wide leaves and dramatic forest green coloration. Whether you're a beginner or have the greenest of thumbs, you'll enjoy seeing your Fiddle-leaf Fig make living rooms, home offices and bedrooms more vibrant and inviting. As your tree mature, it'll become a dramatic, show-stopping centerpiece no matter where you choose to display it. Ficus lyrata, also known as fiddle-leaf fig, is a small evergreen tree native to West and Central Africa. This tropical, broad leaf plant is named for its violin-shaped leaves that are dark green in color with a leathery texture and distinctly pale veins. Its unique foliage and willowy trunk harmonizes well with almost any type of home or office plants live decor, making it a great floor plant for multiple locations. We love plants as much as you do, which is why our team hand-selects and carefully packages each order to ensure the happiest, healthiest arrival. Your order will include 1 young Fiddle-leaf Fig that is approximately 9 in. tall (measured from the bottom of the pot).

This grandiose houseplant is admired for its extravagantly wide leaves and dramatic forest green coloration. Whether you're a beginner or have the greenest of thumbs, you'll enjoy seeing your Fiddle-leaf Fig make living rooms, home offices, and bedrooms more vibrant and inviting. As your tree mature, it'll become a dramatic, show-stopping centerpiece no matter where you choose to display it. Ficus lyrata, also known as fiddle-leaf fig, is a small evergreen tree native to West and Central Africa. This tropical, broad leaf plant is named for its violin-shaped leaves that are dark green in color with a leathery texture and distinctly pale veins. Its unique foliage and willowy trunk harmonizes well with almost any type of home or office plants live decor, making it a great floor plant for multiple locations. We love plants as much as you do, which is why our team hand-selects and carefully packages each order to ensure the happiest, healthiest arrival. Your order will include 1 young Fiddle-leaf Fig that is approximately 9 in. tall (measured from the bottom of the pot).

This grandiose houseplant is admired for its extravagantly wide leaves and dramatic forest green coloration. Whether you're a beginner or have the greenest of thumbs, you'll enjoy seeing your Fiddle-leaf Fig make living rooms, home offices, and bedrooms more vibrant and inviting. As your tree mature, it'll become a dramatic, show-stopping centerpiece no matter where you choose to display it. Ficus lyrata, also known as fiddle-leaf fig, is a small evergreen tree native to West and Central Africa. This tropical, broad leaf plant is named for its violin-shaped leaves that are dark green in color with a leathery texture and distinctly pale veins. Its unique foliage and willowy trunk harmonizes well with almost any type of home or office plants live decor, making it a great floor plant for multiple locations. We love plants as much as you do, which is why our team hand-selects and carefully packages each order to ensure the happiest, healthiest arrival. Your order will include 4 young Fiddle-leaf Figs that are approximately 9 in. tall (measured from the bottom of the pot).

When we think of green building, we tend to picture new construction. But Robert A. Young argues that the greenest building is often the one that has already been built. In Stewardship of the Built Environment, he shows how rehabilitating and reusing existing structures holds untapped potential for achieving sustainable communities. Students and professionals alike will discover the multifaceted benefits of reuse.   Young begins by describing how historic preservation in the United States, often overlooked because of  the predominant focus on new construction, is actually an important sustainable design strategy. He then examines the social, environmental, and economic benefits of preservation—from the societal value of reusing existing buildings to financial incentives available for rehabilitation. Young concludes with insights into the future of reusing buildings as a sustainability strategy. He also provides several informative appendices, including a glossary of key terms and acronyms and recommendations for further reading.   Readers will become familiar with essential terminology; sustainability and historic preservation metrics; government oversight processes; and opportunities for smart growth afforded by rehabilitation. This knowledge is key to preserving the past while building a sustainable future.