David Owen

3.63 of 5 Votes: 5

url

https://booksminority.net/david-owen

gender

male

website

http://www.davidowen.net/

genres

Nonfiction

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Books by David Owen

Green Metropolis: What the City Can Teach the Country About True Sustainability (2009)

language

English

3.66 of 5 Votes: 1

review 1: The premise of the book is that the greenest thing anyone can do is move to a dense urban environment, in the US basically NYC, where you don't drive, use much less power per capita, etc. OK, I agree (before, during, and after reading), but he says this over, and over, and over ...

The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse (2012)

language

English

3.68 of 5 Votes: 2

review 1: As a person who hopes to have a career in the field of sustainability, i think that this book is essential to anyone that is going to be working in the realm of policy and making decisions about the way that we use energy as a country. It elucidates on the inherent human biases t...

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