The guide to greening cities is the first book written from the perspective of municipal leaders with successful on the ground experience working to advance green city goals through personal reflections and interviews with leading municipal staff in cities from san antonio to minneapolis the authors share lessons for cities to lead by example in their operations create programs implement high priority initiatives develop partnerships measure progress secure funding and engage the . The guide to greening cities is the first book written from the perspective of municipal leaders with successful on the ground experience working to advance green city goals through personal reflections and interviews with leading municipal staff in cities from san antonio to minneapolis the authors share lessons for cities to lead by example in their operations create programs implement high priority initiatives develop partnerships measure progress secure funding and engage the . The guide to greening cities is the first book written from the perspective of municipal leaders with successful on the ground experience working to advance green city goals through personal reflections and interviews with leading municipal staff in cities from san antonio to minneapolis the authors share lessons for cities to lead by example in their operations create programs implement high priority initiatives develop partnerships measure progress secure funding and engage the . More than any book of its kind the guide to greening cities is written first and foremost for practitioners themselves ie those working in cities to create the change we need while the case for sustainability resiliency and triple bottom line thinking is embedded throughout the focus here is more on the how then the why each chapter is laced with a wide variety of specific examples pulled from i