Green washed : why we can't buy our way to a green planet / Kendra Pierre-Louis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierre-Louis, Kendra
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn : Ig Pub., [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Sustainable living > Economic aspects.
Environmentalism > Economic aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralĤOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living.
Genre:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralĤOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living.
Physical Description:215 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : Empto Ergo Sum
  • Pt. I. HOW GREEN IS GREEN? Green in the new black
  • How we eat
  • How green is clean?
  • The green car myth : Thinking beyond the tail pipe
  • How clean is your canteen?
  • The greenest building
  • Pt. II. FUELING THE FUTURE. The clean coal myth
  • The biofuel revolution
  • Energy alternatives
  • Pt. III. THE WAY FORWARD. Our consumption problem
  • Crash the system or trash the planet
  • The happiness economy.