Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution by Auden Schendler

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    1. Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution by Auden Schendler Inspiring, Entertaining, And Real “Green” has finally hit the mainstream. Soccer moms drive Priuses. And the business consultants say it’s easy and profitable. In reality, though, many green-leaning businesses, families, and governments are still fiddling while the planet burns. Why? Because implementing sustainability is brutally difficult. In this witty and contrarian book, Auden Schendler, a sustainable business foot soldier with over a decade’s worth of experience, gives us a peek under the hood of the green movement. The consultants, he argues, are clueless. Fluorescent bulbs might be better for our atmosphere, but what do you say to the boutique hotel owner who thinks they detract from his? We’ll only solve our problems if we’re realistic about
    2. the challenge of climate change. In this eye-opening, inspiring book, Schendler illuminates the path. Personal Review: Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution by Auden Schendler This book is a must-read, it's one of the only books out there that tells it like it is, is very entertaining and inspiring, and focuses the discussion on real change to fight complacency, climate change, and the current status quo. Auden outlines the enormous challenge before us and how we get there on a project by project, policy by policy basis. He breaths a fresh air into the fog of overcomplication and wasted efforts, and gets us to understand that the groundswell of the green movement need not wait for new technology; it needs immediate action from all of us ready stop talking, roll our sleeves up, get dirty, and get 'er done. Change is never easy, but only by creating a new model which is tried and true in the real world can the old one become obsolete. For More 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price: Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution by Auden Schendler 5 Star Customer Reviews and Lowest Price!
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