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Green City: How One Community Survived A Tornado and Rebuilt For A Sustainable Future

Green City: How One Community Survived A Tornado and Rebuilt For A Sustainable Future

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 9, 2016

Review

When Greensburg, Kansas was completely devastated by a hurricane in 2007, several of the townspeople ultimately decided to rebuild green. Employing very busy illustrations and informational text, this book explains in some detail the steps taken to construct what the President would eventually deem "A global example of how clean energy can power an entire community." Anyone interested in green energy, sustainability, repurposing and recyling, tornado-proof construction, or environmental science will find this a most interesting and inspiring story. This story is also the ultimate example of taking a horrendous occurrence and turning it into a truly positive and instructional outcome. This reader finds it amusing that GREENsburg, Kansas, has become a GREEN city. Perhaps it was meant to be.

Overall Book Score: very good