Description
It is widely understood that good, affordable eco-housing needs to be at the heart of any attempt to mitigate or adapt to climate change. This is the first book to comprehensively explore eco-housing from a geographical, social and political perspective. It starts from the premise that we already know how to build good eco-houses and we already have the technology to retrofit existing housing. Despite this, relatively few eco-houses are being built. Featuring over thirty case studies of eco-housing in Britain, Spain, Thailand, Argentina and the United States, Eco-Homes examines the ways in which radical changes to our houses – such as making them more temporary, using natural materials, or relying on manual heating and ventilation systems – require changes in how we live. As such, it argues, it is not lack of technology or political will that is holding us back from responding to climate change, but deep-rooted cultural and social understandings of our way of life and what we expect our houses to do for us.
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World rights available, all languages excluding Catalan, Dutch, Greek, Korean Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
Endorsements
‘Without sustainable homes, there will not be a sustainable future. What we need is a detailed and cutting edge book that teases out the complexities of the people, politics and places that will deliver the eco-homes of the future. Jenny Pickerill's inspirational book does just this.’ Paul Chatterton, University of Leeds ‘Pickerill illuminates the contested nature of eco-homes and housing, bringing a refreshingly broad and much needed feminist perspective to a subject that has been traditionally dominated by a “technology first” approach.’ Fionn Stevenson, University of Sheffield ‘This fascinating book explores the many facets of eco-homes that are environmentally benign, emotionally rewarding, endearing, enduring, protecting and comforting and that ‘belong’ to their own places, climates and communities, and pasts, and ultimately to all our common futures too.’ Susan Roaf, Heriot-Watt University ‘A timely reminder of different ways of living and housing people. A must-read for anyone involved in housing and energy policy, research and house building or (eco-)design.’ Sofie Pelsmakers, author of The Environmental Design Pocketbook
Author Biography
Jenny Pickerill is a professor of environmental geography at the University of Sheffield. Her research focuses on how we understand, value and (ab)use the environment. She has written widely on activism, the environment and indigenous politics, with her previous books including Cyberprotest (2003), Low Impact Development (2009), and Occupy! A Global Movement (co-editor, 2015). She has a particular interest in innovative eco-housing, having worked with eco-villages and self-build eco-communities in Wales, England, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Thailand and the US.
Zed Books Ltd
Zed Books is a critical and dynamic publisher, committed to increasing awareness of important international issues and to promoting diversity, alternative voices and progressive social change. We publish on politics, development, gender, the environment and economics for a global audience of students, academics, activist and general readers. Run as a workers’ collective, Zed Books aims to operate in an ethical and environmentally sustainable way. Autumn 2016 catalogue
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- Publisher Zed Books
- Publication Date January 2016
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781780325309
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 21.99 GBP
- Pages360
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition1
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