Green Washed : Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet.
Title:
Green Washed : Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet.
Author:
Pierre-Louis, Kendra.
ISBN:
9781935439448
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: Empto Ergo Sum -- Part I-How Green is Green? -- 1. Green is the New Black -- 2. How We Eat -- 3. How Green is Clean? -- 4. The Green Car Myth: Thinking Beyond the Tail Pipe -- 5. How Clean is Your Canteen? -- 6. The Greenest Building -- Part II-Fueling the Future -- 7. The Clean Coal Myth -- 8. The Biofuel Revolution -- 9. Energy Alternatives -- Part III-The Way Forward -- 10. Our Consumption Problem -- 11. Crash the System or Trash the Planet -- 12. The Happiness Economy -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES.
Abstract:
By examining "green" products and industries, "Green Washed" shows why we cannot shop our way to sustainability.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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