A remarkable cast of characters inhabit the pages of this book. Meet Tim Toben,
who developed a high rise with the lowest energy consumption of any building in
the southeastern United States, was foreclosed upon, and lost millions in the
process. Gary Phillips held the line against real estate developers in Chatham
County and was run out of office for his efforts. Elaine Chiosso has been
protecting her watershed by fighting on behalf of the Haw River for twenty-eight
years.
Unflinchingly honest and compulsively readable, "Small Stories, Big Changes
"provides an intimate look at the personal experience of being a pioneer in the
sustainability movement, laying bare the