a guide to green building outdoors Sorvig, Kim creator author. Thompson, J. William author. Farnsworth, Craig D. illustrator. text bibliography dcu Washington, DC Island Press [2018] 2018 Third edition. monographic eng

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xxx, 471 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm Basic principles : "Sustainability" in context -- Principle 1 : Keep healthy sites healthy -- Principle 2 : Heal injured soils and sites -- Principle 3 : Favor living, flexible materials -- Principle 4 : Respect the waters of life -- Principle 5 : Pave less -- Principle 6 : Consider origin and fate of materials -- Principle 7 : Know the costs of energy over time -- Principle 8 : Celebrate light, respect darkness -- Principle 9 : Quietly defend silence -- Principle 10 : Maintain to sustain -- Principle 11 : Demonstrate performance, learn from failure -- Sustaining principles, evolving efforts. Kim Sorvig with J. William Thompson ; with drawings by Craig D. Farnsworth. Order of author names reversed in previous edition. Includes bibliographical references and index. Landscape construction Landscape protection Green products Ecological landscape design TH380 .T46 2018 712.01 9781610918091 (hbk.) 161091810X (hbk.) 2017948523 DLC 170712 20230113172244.0 19781996 eng