Bibliograph

Green washed, why we can't buy our way to a green planet, Kendra Pierre-Louis

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Green washed, why we can't buy our way to a green planet, Kendra Pierre-Louis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-215)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Green washed

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

709681404

Responsibility statement

Kendra Pierre-Louis

Sub title

why we can't buy our way to a green planet

Summary

"By examining the major economic sectors of our society, including infrastructure (green housing), consumer goods (green clothing), food (the rise of organic), and energy (including solar power and the popularity of the hybrid car), [this book] explains that, though greener alternatives are important, we cannot simply buy our way to sustainability. Rather, if it is the volume of our consumption that matters, can we as a society dependent on constantly consuming ever be content with buying less?"--Cover, p.[4]

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Introduction : Empto Ergo Sum -- pt. I. HOW GREEN IS GREEN? Green in the new black -- How we eat -- How green is clean? -- The green car myth : Thinking beyond the tail pipe -- How clean is your canteen? -- The greenest building -- pt. II. FUELING THE FUTURE. The clean coal myth -- The biofuel revolution -- Energy alternatives -- pt. III. THE WAY FORWARD. Our consumption problem -- Crash the system or trash the planet -- The happiness economy

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