Where We Live
A Citizen's Guide To Conducting A Community Environmental Inventory
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Catalogues & Directories, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Planning
| Author: | Don Harker, Elizabeth Ungar Natter | ISBN: | 9781610913652 |
| Publisher: | Island Press | Publication: | June 22, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Island Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Don Harker, Elizabeth Ungar Natter |
| ISBN: | 9781610913652 |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Publication: | June 22, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Language: | English |
Where We Live is a practical workbook to help citizens find information concerning their local environmand to use that information in furthering environmental goals. The book includes general information on human impacts on the environmand instructions for citizens to use in creating a community environmental map. In addition, it guides the user through various environmental programs and available documentation of community environmental hazards.Included are addresses and phone numbers for state environmental and natural resource agencies in all fifty states, and a listing of chemicals and their effects on humans and the environment. The final section of the book presents a series of exercises to help groups explore methods of approaching various community issues.Where We Live is a valuable resource for community developmpractitioners, local governmofficials and citizen activists concerned with the impact of environmental decisions on local communities, as well as teachers at both the college and secondary-school levels."
Where We Live is a practical workbook to help citizens find information concerning their local environmand to use that information in furthering environmental goals. The book includes general information on human impacts on the environmand instructions for citizens to use in creating a community environmental map. In addition, it guides the user through various environmental programs and available documentation of community environmental hazards.Included are addresses and phone numbers for state environmental and natural resource agencies in all fifty states, and a listing of chemicals and their effects on humans and the environment. The final section of the book presents a series of exercises to help groups explore methods of approaching various community issues.Where We Live is a valuable resource for community developmpractitioners, local governmofficials and citizen activists concerned with the impact of environmental decisions on local communities, as well as teachers at both the college and secondary-school levels."
