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A 2016 Green Book Festival “Future Forecasts” Winner and 2017 Silver Nautilus Book Award Winner
A stunningly original, lushly illustrated vision for a Green Utopia, published on the 500th anniversary of the original Big Idea.
Five hundred years ago a powerful new word used to be unleashed upon the world when Thomas More published his book Utopia, about an island paradise far away from his troubled land. It used to be an instant hit, and the literati across Europe couldn’t get enough of its blend of social fantasy with a deep desire for a better world. Five hundred years later, Ecotopia 2121 once again harnesses the power of the utopian imagination to confront our current problems, among them climate change, and offer a radical, alternative vision for the way forward for our troubled planet.
Depicting one hundred cities around the world—from New York to San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Beijing, Vienna, Singapore, Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai—Alan Marshall imagines how each and every may live to tell the tale and prosper. A striking, full-color scenario painting illustrates each and every city. The chapters tell how each and every community has found either a social or technological innovation to solve nowadays’s crises. Fifteen American cities are covered. All over the world, urban planners like to tailor scenarios for the year 2020, to make the most of the metaphor of 20-20 vision. In Ecotopia 2121, the vision is also fuzzy, but its sharp insights, captivating illustrations, and playful storytelling will keep readers coming back over and over again.
A stunningly original, lushly illustrated vision for a Green Utopia, published on the 500th anniversary of the original Big Idea.
Five hundred years ago a powerful new word used to be unleashed upon the world when Thomas More published his book Utopia, about an island paradise far away from his troubled land. It used to be an instant hit, and the literati across Europe couldn’t get enough of its blend of social fantasy with a deep desire for a better world. Five hundred years later, Ecotopia 2121 once again harnesses the power of the utopian imagination to confront our current problems, among them climate change, and offer a radical, alternative vision for the way forward for our troubled planet.
Depicting one hundred cities around the world—from New York to San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Beijing, Vienna, Singapore, Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, and Mumbai—Alan Marshall imagines how each and every may live to tell the tale and prosper. A striking, full-color scenario painting illustrates each and every city. The chapters tell how each and every community has found either a social or technological innovation to solve nowadays’s crises. Fifteen American cities are covered. All over the world, urban planners like to tailor scenarios for the year 2020, to make the most of the metaphor of 20-20 vision. In Ecotopia 2121, the vision is also fuzzy, but its sharp insights, captivating illustrations, and playful storytelling will keep readers coming back over and over again.
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