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about the book
title
My Green City
subtitle
Back to Nature with
Attitude and Style
category
Style
editors
R. Klanten, S. Ehmann, K. Bolhöfer
features
full color, flexicover
pages size
240 21 × 26 cm
price
€ 38 (D) £ 35 $ 60
isbn
978-3-89955-334-5
A stylish compilation of the work and ideas of designers, activists, and architects, who are
bringing nature back into our cities.
The last few decades were dominated by the urban, the digital, and the sleek
as well as a notable esteem for speed and consumption. Today, a growing
countermovement is advocating for a sustainable and more respon sible
way of dealing with our environment and bringing nature back to our cities.
My Green City celebrates this turnaround as well as the way of life and
creativity of the designers, artists, architects, activists, and passionate
laypeople involved.
The book presents inspirational projects from around the world—from urban
farming initiatives and architectural visions that are changing our cities as a
whole, to furniture and other everyday objects that can make our own streets
and homes greener. Guerilla gardeners are decorating urban eyesores with
flowers. Glamping resorts offer hip, yet environmentally friendly vacations
amid beautiful landscapes. Designers are creating projects, products, and
works of art that use plants in a functional or aesthetic way—or are perhaps
just trying to get people to think differently.
My Green City is an entertaining and socially relevant compilation for everyone
who has an interest in a more responsible and environmentally friendly
lifestyle. The book shows us how we can care for our planet without falling
into hopelessness or brooding over a bad conscience. Its manifold visual examples
and insightful descriptions make it clear that we can instead design
our urban future in a way that is green, innovative, vibrant, and constructive.
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