Gaviotas A Village to Reinvent the World

Name: Gaviotas A Village to Reinvent the World
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ISBN: 9781603580564

ISBN-10: 1603580565

ISBN-13: 9781603580564

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Alan Weisman

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Los Llanosthe rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombiaare among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, in the late 1960s, a young Colombian development worker named Paolo Lugari wondered if the nearly uninhabited, infertile llanos could be made livable for his countrys growing population. He had no idea that nearly four decades later, his experiment would be one of the worlds most celebrated examples of sustainable living: a permanent village called Gaviotas. In the absence of infrastructure, the first Gaviotans invented wind turbines to convert mild breezes into energy, hand pumps…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Publication date: 9/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English