Confronting consumption/
Confronting consumption/
edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca.
- London: The MIT Press, 2002.
- 382 p.
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.
9780262661287
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
339.47 / PRI/C
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.
9780262661287
Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
339.47 / PRI/C