In his book The Agile City, James S. Russell presents quiet solutions to help heal the environment, as well as offers serious measures on a larger scale that will help people meet the climate change challenge, and prosper as well. Read a review of the book, and learn what Russell believes people will have to change about their buildings, communities, and thinking in order to become agile in the face of climate change.
In their book Sustainism Is the New Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era, authors Michiel Schwarz and Joost Elffers seek to present a manifesto for the current, ever-evolving era of “a change in cultural perspective, a new mindset, a worldwide remaking. . . . Moving beyond ideas of modernism and postmodernism, this shared outlook promises a networked, globalized, sustainable future.” Find out in this review whether they succeed.
