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Déchets (Matériaux de construction) Déchets de construction et de démolition Recyclage Environnement Chicago (Ill.) Environnement Chine Environnement New York (State) New York McDonough, William New York (N.Y.) Environmental conditions Sobek, Werner Technologie de protection de l'environnement Yeang, Ken 1948-Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament)
Summary: The 1896 New York heat wave that killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a bright...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 KOHOwen, David
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.2 OWESummary: The first season of this series examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. The first program, The green apple, uses New York City, particularly One Bryant Park and the Solaire, to demonstrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility. The second episode, Green for all, features architect and activist Sergio Palleroni...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2006