TY - BOOK AU - Owen,David TI - Green metropolis: why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are keys to sustainability SN - 1594488827 AV - GF504.N7 O95 2009 U1 - 304.2091732 22 PY - 2009///] CY - New York PB - Riverhead Books KW - Human ecology KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Urban ecology (Sociology) KW - Social ecology KW - Sustainable living KW - Sustainable architecture KW - Green technology KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Environmental conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; More like Manhattan -- Liquid civilization -- There and back -- The great outdoors -- Embodied efficiency -- The shape of things to come N2 - 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 ER -