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Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani  · 10 Jun 2019  · 280pp  · 74,559 words

, synthetic biology will underpin a historic relocation of food production. Synthetic meat, which needs no sunlight, would appear to be a perfect candidate for vertical, urban farming, while the obvious savings with land come to fundamentally alter our relationship with nature. This could have a number of benefits including the re-wilding

Eastern USA

by Lonely Planet

delicious sides (creamy grits, jalapeño corn-bread pudding). It only serves eco-acceptable fish and uses hydroponic greens grown with reclaimed water from high-tech urban farms inside reused shipping containers. Futuristic, fun and fabulous. Fritti PIZZERIA $$ (www.frittirestaurant.com; 309 N Highland Ave NE; pizza $10-15; 11:30-3pm & 5

Southwest USA Travel Guide

by Lonely Planet

grass-fed all natural burgers topped by braised pork belly and a fried egg, or grits with catfish and fried okra. The owners call it urban farm fare; we call it delicious. Service can be a bit too easygoing, but that may be a first-year kink. Janos SOUTHWESTERN $$$ (520-615-6100

San Francisco

by Lonely Planet

killer sale racks put mall mark-ups to shame. (Loyal Army Clothing, Click here, the Haight) Shopping SABRINA DALBESIO / LONELY PLANET IMAGES © What’s New Urban Farming Recent reports rank San Francisco the greenest city in North America – but you could probably guess that with a glance at SF’s Green Festival

urban farming programs or the beehive-covered freeway on-ramp at Hayes Valley Farm ( Click here ). For tips on growing your own organic food, farming for kids

Western USA

by Lonely Planet

grass-fed all-natural burgers topped with braised pork belly and a fried egg, or grits with catfish and fried okra. The owners call it ‘urban farm fare;’ we call it delicious. Mi Nidito MEXICAN $ (www.minidito.net; 1813 S 4th Ave; mains $6-13; lunch & dinner Wed-Sun) Bill Clinton’s

The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter

by Peter Singer and Jim Mason  · 1 May 2006  · 400pp  · 129,320 words

struggling rural populations and the burgeoning class of inner-city food producers-by eating local." (By "inner-city food producers," Halweil means community gardens and urban farms, which he grants are not yet producing on a significant scale, although he regards them as having great educational value in showing what can be

The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century

by Alex Prud'Homme  · 6 Jun 2011  · 692pp  · 167,950 words

plans to reinvent itself as a “porous city.” With a $1.6 billion investment, the city will plant thousands of trees, build rain gardens and urban farms, and create permeable basketball courts and parking lots that allow rain to slowly sink into gravel beds and eventually into the ground-water supply. The

The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us

by Diane Ackerman  · 9 Sep 2014  · 380pp  · 104,841 words

the dizzying vegetation. Balancing on a very thin wire between tame and free-willed, it seems both intimate and indomitable. VERTICAL GARDENS, LIVING roofs, and urban farms are going mainstream everywhere. A few of my favorites: Mexico City’s towering arches carpeted in fifty thousand plants astride car-clogged avenues; the blooming

Lonely Planet Florence & Tuscany

by Lonely Planet, Virginia Maxwell and Nicola Williams  · 1 Dec 2013  · 874pp  · 154,810 words

centres. Top of Chapter Off the Beaten Track » To avoid Siena’s madding crowds, make your way to the Orto de’ Pecci (Click here), an urban farm, vineyard and medieval garden spread over one of the city’s green valleys. » Tramp along parts of the medieval pilgrimmage route known as the Via

Dawn of Detroit

by Tiya Miles  · 13 Sep 2017  · 415pp  · 127,092 words

units of the Michigan militia. Peter Denison and his wife had lived with Elijah and Adelaide Brush, in the intimate quarters of the couple’s urban farm. Although Elijah could not have felt the anger, fear, and humiliation experienced by Peter Denison, whose children were counted as chattel, he could have shared

Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change

by Dieter Helm  · 2 Sep 2020  · 304pp  · 90,084 words

Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, and Why It Matters

by Oliver Franklin-Wallis  · 21 Jun 2023  · 309pp  · 121,279 words

The Land Grabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns the Earth

by Fred Pearce  · 28 May 2012  · 379pp  · 114,807 words

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

by Novella Carpenter  · 25 May 2010  · 306pp  · 94,204 words

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

by Stewart Brand  · 15 Mar 2009  · 422pp  · 113,525 words

The Locavore's Dilemma

by Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu  · 29 May 2012  · 329pp  · 85,471 words

Pauline Frommer's London: Spend Less, See More

by Jason Cochran  · 5 Feb 2007  · 388pp  · 211,074 words

USA Travel Guide

by Lonely, Planet

Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community

by Karen T. Litfin  · 16 Dec 2013  · 322pp  · 89,523 words

San Francisco

by Lonely Planet

Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time

by James Suzman  · 2 Sep 2020  · 909pp  · 130,170 words

Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World

by Joshua B. Freeman  · 27 Feb 2018  · 538pp  · 145,243 words

Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age

by Annalee Newitz  · 2 Feb 2021  · 290pp  · 82,220 words

The new village green: living light, living local, living large

by Stephen Morris  · 1 Sep 2007  · 289pp  · 112,697 words

Lonely Planet Cape Town & the Garden Route (Travel Guide)

by Lucy Corne  · 1 Sep 2015  · 1,203pp  · 124,556 words

Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy

by Nathan Schneider  · 10 Sep 2018  · 326pp  · 91,559 words

Coastal California Travel Guide

by Lonely Planet

Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis

by Scott Patterson  · 5 Jun 2023  · 289pp  · 95,046 words

Grow Green: Tips and Advice for Gardening With Intention

by Jen Chillingsworth  · 31 Mar 2021  · 122pp  · 36,274 words

Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation

by Elandria Williams, Eli Feghali, Rachel Plattus and Nathan Schneider  · 15 Dec 2024  · 346pp  · 84,111 words

Austin Like a Local

by DK  · 171pp  · 34,369 words

Protecting Pollinators

by Jodi Helmer  · 15 Nov 2019  · 249pp  · 66,546 words

Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World

by Sara C. Bronin  · 30 Sep 2024  · 230pp  · 74,949 words

California

by Sara Benson  · 15 Oct 2010

Lonely Planet Pocket San Francisco

by Lonely Planet and Alison Bing  · 31 Aug 2012

Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff

by Fred Pearce  · 30 Sep 2009  · 407pp  · 121,458 words

The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class

by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett  · 14 May 2017  · 550pp  · 89,316 words

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

by Naomi Klein  · 15 Sep 2014  · 829pp  · 229,566 words

Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

by Eric Klinenberg  · 10 Sep 2018  · 281pp  · 83,505 words

Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of Plants

by Jane Goodall  · 1 Apr 2013  · 452pp  · 135,790 words

Fodor's Oregon

by Fodor's Travel Guides  · 13 Jun 2023  · 590pp  · 156,001 words

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

by William Cronon  · 2 Nov 2009  · 918pp  · 260,504 words

Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life

by Kristen R. Ghodsee  · 16 May 2023  · 302pp  · 112,390 words

Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom

by Grace Blakeley  · 11 Mar 2024  · 371pp  · 137,268 words

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson  · 17 Sep 2024  · 588pp  · 160,825 words

Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It

by Azeem Azhar  · 6 Sep 2021  · 447pp  · 111,991 words

Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth

by Juliet B. Schor  · 12 May 2010  · 309pp  · 78,361 words

Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle

by Silvia Federici  · 4 Oct 2012  · 277pp  · 80,703 words

Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places

by Sharon Zukin  · 1 Dec 2009  · 415pp  · 119,277 words

Lonely Planet Greece

by Lonely Planet  · 900pp  · 232,609 words

The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

by Richard Heinberg  · 1 Jun 2011  · 372pp  · 107,587 words

The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives

by Sasha Abramsky  · 15 Mar 2013  · 406pp  · 113,841 words

The New Economics: A Bigger Picture

by David Boyle and Andrew Simms  · 14 Jun 2009  · 207pp  · 86,639 words

Lonely Planet China (Travel Guide)

by Lonely Planet and Shawn Low  · 1 Apr 2015  · 3,292pp  · 537,795 words

City on the Verge

by Mark Pendergrast  · 5 May 2017  · 425pp  · 117,334 words

Lonely Planet Jamaica

by Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Singapore

by Lonely Planet  · 14 May 2024  · 232pp  · 61,272 words

London Like a Local

by Florence Derrick  · 169pp  · 33,905 words

Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City

by Richard Sennett  · 9 Apr 2018

50 Future Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Richard Watson  · 5 Nov 2013  · 219pp  · 63,495 words

Supertall: How the World's Tallest Buildings Are Reshaping Our Cities and Our Lives

by Stefan Al  · 11 Apr 2022  · 300pp  · 81,293 words

If Mayors Ruled the World: Dysfunctional Nations, Rising Cities

by Benjamin R. Barber  · 5 Nov 2013  · 501pp  · 145,943 words

New York City Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 168pp  · 33,675 words

Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car

by Anthony M. Townsend  · 15 Jun 2020  · 362pp  · 97,288 words

City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age

by P. D. Smith  · 19 Jun 2012

City 2.0: The Habitat of the Future and How to Get There

by Ted Books  · 20 Feb 2013  · 83pp  · 23,805 words

Age of the City: Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together

by Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin  · 21 Jun 2023  · 248pp  · 73,689 words

Lonely Planet Hong Kong

by Lonely Planet

The Rough Guide to Paris

by Rough Guides  · 1 May 2023  · 688pp  · 190,793 words

Berlin Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 170pp  · 32,491 words

The Essential Allotment Guide: How to Get the Best Out of Your Plot

by John Harrison  · 14 Jun 2009  · 230pp  · 62,541 words

The Origins of the Urban Crisis

by Sugrue, Thomas J.

Architects of Intelligence

by Martin Ford  · 16 Nov 2018  · 586pp  · 186,548 words

Copenhagen Like a Local

by DK  · 168pp  · 32,806 words

The Rough Guide to Amsterdam

by Martin Dunford, Phil Lee and Karoline Thomas  · 4 Jan 2010  · 537pp  · 135,099 words

Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made

by Tom Wilkinson  · 21 Jul 2014  · 341pp  · 89,986 words

The Rich and the Rest of Us

by Tavis Smiley  · 15 Feb 2012  · 181pp  · 50,196 words

Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One

by Jenny Blake  · 14 Jul 2016  · 292pp  · 76,185 words

Vanishing New York

by Jeremiah Moss  · 19 May 2017  · 479pp  · 140,421 words

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America

by Alec MacGillis  · 16 Mar 2021  · 426pp  · 136,925 words

The Great Reset: How the Post-Crash Economy Will Change the Way We Live and Work

by Richard Florida  · 22 Apr 2010  · 265pp  · 74,941 words

Radicals Chasing Utopia: Inside the Rogue Movements Trying to Change the World

by Jamie Bartlett  · 12 Jun 2017  · 390pp  · 109,870 words

I Never Knew That About London

by Christopher Winn  · 3 Oct 2007  · 395pp  · 94,764 words

Public Places, Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design

by Matthew Carmona, Tim Heath, Steve Tiesdell and Taner Oc  · 15 Feb 2010  · 1,233pp  · 239,800 words

Lonely Planet Paris

by Lonely Planet  · 377pp  · 100,759 words

Moon Mexico City: Neighborhood Walks, Food & Culture, Beloved Local Spots

by Julie Meade  · 7 Aug 2023  · 527pp  · 131,002 words

The City on the Thames

by Simon Jenkins  · 31 Aug 2020

Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

by Quinn Slobodian  · 4 Apr 2023  · 360pp  · 107,124 words

How to Kill a City: The Real Story of Gentrification

by Peter Moskowitz  · 7 Mar 2017  · 288pp  · 83,690 words

Where We Want to Live

by Ryan Gravel  · 2 Feb 2016  · 259pp  · 76,797 words

The Trouble With Brunch: Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure

by Shawn Micallef  · 10 Jun 2014  · 104pp  · 34,784 words

The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World

by Rahm Emanuel  · 25 Feb 2020  · 212pp  · 69,846 words

Together

by Vivek H. Murthy, M.D.  · 5 Mar 2020  · 405pp  · 112,470 words

Paris Like a Local

by Dk Eyewitness  · 170pp  · 35,516 words

Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

by Eric Klinenberg  · 11 Jul 2002  · 440pp  · 128,813 words