Confronting consumption/

Other Authors: Maniates, Michael, Conca, Ken
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London: MIT Press, c2002
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245 1 0 |a Confronting consumption/  |c edited by Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, and Ken Conca 
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300 |a x, 382 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 |a Consumption and its externalities: where economy meets ecology / Thom as Princen -- Individualization: plant a tree, buy a bike, save the wor ld? / Michael Maniates -- Commoditization: consumption efficiency and a n economy of care and connection / Jack Manno -- Distancing: consumptio n and the severing of feedback / Thomas Princen -- Consumption and envi ronment in a global economy / Ken Conca -- The distancing of waste: ove rconsumption in a global economy / Jennifer Clapp -- Environmentally da maging consumption: the impact of American markets on tropical ecosyste ms in the twentieth century / Richard Tucker -- In search of consumptiv e resistance: the voluntary simplicity movement / Michael Maniates -- J amming culture: Adbusters' hip media campaign against consumerism / Mar ilyn Bordwell -- Think globally, transact locally: the local currency m ovement and green political economy / Eric Helleiner -- Caveat certific atum: the case of forest certification / Fred Gale -- Citizens or consu mers: the home power movement as a new practice of technology / Jesse T atum -- Conclusion: To confront consumption / Thomas Princen, Michael M aniates, and Ken Conca. 
650 0 |a Consumption (Economics)  |x Environmental aspects 
650 0 |a Environmental policy 
700 1 |a Maniates, Michael 
700 1 |a Conca, Ken 
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