Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have - Couverture souple

Schlossberg, Tatiana

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1538747073 ISBN 13 : 9781538747070

Editeur : Grand Central Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award*

With urgency and wit, Tatiana Schlossberg explains that far from being only a distant problem of the natural world created by the fossil fuel industry, climate change is all around us, all the time, lurking everywhere in our convenience-driven society, all without our realizing it.

By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England.

Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor, Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant to everyone who cares, even a little, about the planet. She empowers readers to think about their stuff and the environment in a new way, helping them make more informed choices when it comes to the future of our world.

Most importantly, this is a book about the power we have as voters and consumers to make sure that the fight against climate change includes all of us and all of our stuff, not just industry groups and politicians. If we have any hope of solving the problem, we all have to do it together.

"A compelling-and illuminating-look at how our daily habits impact the environment."-Vanity Fair

"If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."-Vogue

"Shows how even the smallest decisions can have profound environmental consequences."--The New York Times

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tatiana Schlossberg is a journalist writing about climate change and the environment. She previously reported on those subjects for the Science and Climate sections of the New York Times, where she also worked on the Metro desk. Her work has also appeared in the Atlantic, Bloomberg View, the Record (Bergen County) and the Vineyard Gazette. She lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grand Central Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1538747073
• ISBN 13: 9781538747070
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Grand Central Publishing; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/imprint/grand-central-publishing/; ; 6th Avenue 1290; New York; New York; 10019; Etats-Unis
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