ISBN:
9781451610291
,
1451610297
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXIX, 319 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
22 cm
Edition:
1. Free Press trade pbk. ed.
Former Title:
How our obsession with stuff is trashing the planet, our communities, and our health--and a vision for change
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Acquisitiveness Moral and ethical aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) Moral and ethical aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) Environmental aspects
;
Consumption (Economics) Social aspects
;
Personal belongings
;
Material culture
;
Sustainable development
;
Abfall
;
Abfallbeseitigung
;
Abfallvermeidung
;
Konsumgesellschaft
;
Nachhaltigkeit
Abstract:
Extraction -- Production -- Distribution -- Consumption -- Disposal -- Writing the new story -- Examples of promising policies, reforms, and laws -- Recommended individual actions -- Sample letter to PVC retailers, manufacturers, and lobbyists
Abstract:
Offers insight into consumption in America and the pitfalls of a system that promotes obsolescence and replacing versus repairing consumer goods, revealing contributing economic theories while calling for environmentally responsible changes
Note:
Reprint. Originally published: 2010. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-302) and index
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