Kendra Pierre-Louis

Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet

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Produktbeschreibung

By examining "green" products and industries, "Green Washed" shows why we cannot shop our way to sustainability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ig Publishing
• New
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781935439431
• ISBN-10: 193543943X
• Artikelnr.: 33329124

Autorenporträt

Kendra Pierre-Louis is the Sustainable Development Editor for Justmeans.com. She holds a Master's in Sustainable Development from the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont. She has created outreach material for the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on Biological Diversity and worked as a researcher for Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - The Disposable Society
Part I - Greening the Infrastructure
1. Chapter 1: How Clean is Your Canteen?
2. Chapter 2: Greening the McMansion
3. Chapter 3: Highways and Byways: The Rise of the Prius
Part II- Greening Power
4. Chapter 4: Biodiesel
5. Chapter 5: 'Clean' Coal
6. Chapter 6: Seduced by Solar
Part III - G Living: The Luxurious, Fabulous & Sustainable Life
7. Chapter 7: Green is the New Black: Eco-Friendly Fashions
8. Chapter 8: Green & Clean: Green Cleaning Products
9. Chapter 9: Eco-Jewelry: A Marriage of Values
10. Chapter 10: Greening Cosmetics
Part IV - More Than Just Food
11. Chapter 11: Organic Inc
12. Chapter 12: The Rise of the Urban Homesteader
Part IV - The Way Forward
13. Chapter 13: Limits of Personal Consumption
14. Chapter 14: Towards a Cultural Shift