Main Title |
Confronting consumption |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
MIT Press, |
Year Published |
2002 |
OCLC Number |
48655774 |
ISBN |
0262162083 (hc.) 9780262162081 (hc.) 0262661284 (pbk.) 9780262661287 (pbk.) |
Subjects |
Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects ;
Environmental policy ;
Sustainable development
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Internet Access |
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Local Library Info |
Library |
Local Subject |
Local Note |
N/A |
sustainability collection |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EIAM |
HB801.C623 2002 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
08/01/2003 |
EKBM |
HB801.C623 2002 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
04/13/2007 |
EOAM |
HB801.C623 2002 |
Sustainability Collection |
Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
08/21/2012 |
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Collation |
x, 382 p. ; 23 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Consumption and its externalities: where economy meets ecology / Thomas Princen -- Individualization: plant a tree, buy a bike, save the world? / Michael Maniates -- Commoditization: consumption efficiency and an economy of care and connection / Jack Manno -- Distancing: consumption and the severing of feedback / Thomas Princen -- Consumption and environment in a global economy / Ken Conca -- The distancing of waste: overconsumption in a global economy / Jennifer Clapp -- Environmentally damaging consumption: the impact of American markets on tropical ecosystems in the twentieth century / Richard Tucker -- In search of consumptive resistance: the voluntary simplicity movement / Michael Maniates -- Jamming culture: Adbusters' hip media campaign against consumerism / Marilyn Bordwell -- Think globally, transact locally: the local currency movement and green political economy / Eric Helleiner -- Caveat certificatum: the case of forest certification / Fred Gale -- Citizens or consumers: the home power movement as a new practice of technology / Jesse Tatum -- Conclusion: To confront consumption / Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca. |