Read: David Owen - Green Metropolis, Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability

I picked this book up while visiting the Museum of the City of New York. It was an apt selection from the gift shop, since the book argues that living like Manhattanites (small apartments, transit rather than cars) is the sustainable solution that's been ignored by environmental groups for too long. He's quite inspiring in his claim that anything that makes dense city living more enjoyable and attractive is a boon to the environment. He's a bit one-note on his dismissal of fuel efficiency and road improvement schemes as just enablers for more driving, but makes a good point that the only real deterrents to driving are high price and inconvenience.