Stop Saving the Planet!: An Environmentalist Manifesto

Price, Jenny

ISBN 10: 0393540871 / ISBN 13: 9780393540871

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 2021

N° de réf. du vendeur 0393540871-3-35115741

Synopsis :

A short, fun, fierce manifesto for a fairer, more effective environmentalism (with a lot less shopping!).

We've been "saving the planet" for decades now and the crises have only got worse. Many of us - environmentalists included - continue to live deeply unsustainable lives. At home, affluent citizens "buy green"; while at work, they maximise profits with dirty energy and toxic industries that are poisoning poorer communities.

With brevity, humour and plenty of attitude, Jenny Price tracks "save the planet" enthusiasm through strategies that range from ridiculously ineffective (Prius-buying and carbon trading) to flat-out counterproductive (greenwashing and public subsidies to greenwash). We need to imagine far better ways to use and inhabit environments. Why aren t we cleaning up the messes we ve already made? And why do so many people hate environmentalists? Price offers trailblazing answers, along with powerful ideas for how to divest from self-destruction and invest in mutual survival.

À propos de l?auteur: Jenny Price is a writer, artist, historian, and author of Flight Maps: Adventures with Nature in Modern America. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Stop Saving the Planet!: An Environmentalist...
Éditeur : W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good