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Social Science Essays

GreenTOpia

Towards a Sustainable Toronto

edited by Alana Wilcox, Christina Palassio & Jonny Dovercourt

Publisher
Coach House Books
Initial publish date
Nov 2007
Category
Essays, Urban, City Planning & Urban Development
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552451946
    Publish Date
    Nov 2007
    List Price
    $24.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781770560857
    Publish Date
    Nov 2007
    List Price
    $12.99

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More trees. Hydrogen-fuelled cabs. Urbiology. A new model of taxation. Solar panels on big-box stores. The art of salvage. Composters for dog poo in city parks. Retrofitting our urban slabs. Gardening the Gardiner. Ravine City. What would make Toronto a greener place?

In the third volume of the uTOpia series, dozens of imaginative Torontonians think big and small about sustainability. From suggestions for changes to our transit system and more mixed-use neighbourhoods to a tongue-in-cheek proposal for a painted line around the city and a short comic book about Toronto in the year 2057, GreenTOpia challenges the city and its residents to rethink what it means to be green in a metropolis, and how to take their love of the city one green step further. Other pieces include an interview with Mayor David Miller and a breakdown of the ecological impact of our morning coffee. GreenTOpia features photos, maps and a 56 page green directory of resources, organizations, incentives and programs promoting sustainability in the GTA.

About the authors

Alana Wilcox, author of A Grammar of Endings, lives in Toronto, where she works as a freelance writer and editor. She is currently the managing editor at Coach House Books. Her fiction has appeared in several magazines, including Quarry, Tessera, Paragraph, and Queen Street Quarterly.

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Christina Palassio is the managing editor of Coach House Books, and the co-editor of The State of the Arts: Living with Culture in Toronto, GreenTOpia: Towards a Sustainable Toronto and HTO: Toronto’s Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets.Alana Wilcox, author of A Grammar of Endings, lives in Toronto, where she works as a freelance writer and editor. She is currently the managing editor at Coach House Books. Her fiction has appeared in several magazines, including Quarry, Tessera, Paragraph, and Queen Street Quarterly.

Christina Palassio's profile page

Jonny Dovercourt was born Jonathan Bunce in Scarborough, Ontario. He is currently co-artistic director of the Music Gallery in Toronto. He co-founded the Wavelength music series and zine, and has written for Eye Weekly and MusicWorks. He has been a member of numerous Toronto independent rock music bands, most recently Republic of Safety.

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