Surviving the Suburb

Attempts to Semi-Self-Sufficiency in Suburbia

Going green in the suburbs! This exhibition catalog offers a hilarious – but serious look at ways to live lighter on the planet while surviving in the suburbs. A compilation of inventions for sustainability from urban designer-ecologist-activists Ton Matton (MattonOffice) and Wim Timmerman (Alterra), it’s full of great ideas like housing your chickens in your china hutch, putting a composting toilet in the living room and building your own water-reclamation system. A delightful and thoughtprovoking romp through some of the edgiest ideas for considering the connections between traditional countryside living and contemporary mega-city lifestyle. From a publisher known for cutting-edge thinking about today’s issues.

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