Katie Alvord
Auteur de Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Katie Alvord
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1955
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- California, USA
Michigan, USA - Études
- University of California, Davis (B.A.|Biological Sciences|1978)
University of California, Berkeley (MLIS|1985)
Smith College - Professions
- freelance writer
librarian
editor - Organisations
- Society of Environmental Journalists
National Writers Union - Prix et distinctions
- 2007 Science Journalism Award for Online Reporting, AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
1993 Clean Air Champion, Bay Area Air Quality Management District - Courte biographie
- Katie Alvord wrote her first novel at age 11. Though that work remains unpublished, a number of her nonfiction articles -- on nature, environment, food, wine, health, business, and travel -- have appeared in periodicals such as the Boston Globe, E Magazine, Keweenaw Now, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Sonoma Business, Utne Reader, Wild Earth, Wine Country, and others. She has also published poetry and short prose in west coast literary periodicals. Best known as the author of Divorce Your Car!, she is a long-term advocate of transportation reform and has worked with several environmental non-profit groups. Forays into teaching, speaking, grantwriting and library work round out her resume. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from UC Davis and a Master’s in Library and Information Studies from UC Berkeley. Born in San Francisco, she currently lives in Michigan.
Membres
Critiques
Few books on the environment or energy issues, even on global warming, have the guts to launch a full frontal assault on the automobile. This author doesn't have any hang ups about that, being willing to come right out and say that a lot of our problems are directly traceable to our love affair with the private automobile.
Ways to eliminate or cut down on the use of your car Favorite Quote: "...not driving simplified my life....I immediately noticed that I had cut my expenses and was saving money. I got more exercise, my health improved, and I dropped a few pounds without watching what I ate. My stress level went down and I slept better at night. And I felt great!"
A guide to realistic actions that can be take as an individual or in communities to reduce auto-dependence.
Listes
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 98
- Popularité
- #193,038
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 1
Alvord details a fascinating history of the car and how modern societies have accommodated them at the expense of other transport options and the health and wellbeing of citizens.
The author then shares options to reduce or eliminate dependence on the car, including walking, biking, car-sharing, public transport, etc.
Overall, a great book, though there was a bit too much number-data for me, and toward the end it started to feel a bit long-winded and repetitive.
Note: I was discouraged to read the constant comparison to marital divorce. The author is divorced herself and clearly views it as a good thing. I'm morally opposed to divorce, so those bits made me cringe. Getting rid of a car is not at all similar to divorcing a spouse, and the analogy served to cheapen the very serious severing of human relationships.… (plus d'informations)