The Low-Carbon Good Life (Routledge-SCORAI Studies in Sustainable Consumption)
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- Synopsis
- The Low-Carbon Good Life is about how to reverse and repair four interlocking crises arising from modern material consumption: the climate crisis, growing inequality, biodiversity loss and food-related ill-health. Across the world today and throughout history, good lives are characterised by healthy food, connections to nature, being active, togetherness, personal growth, a spiritual framework and sustainable consumption. A low-carbon good life offers opportunities to live in ways that will bring greater happiness and contentment. Slower ways of living await. A global target of no more than one tonne of carbon per person would allow the poorest to consume more and everyone to find our models of low-carbon good lives. But dropping old habits is hard, and large-scale impacts will need fresh forms of public engagement and citizen action. Local to national governments need to act; equally, they need pushing by the power and collective action of citizens. Innovative and engaging and written in a style that combines storytelling with scientific evidence, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, sustainability, environmental economics and sustainable consumption, as well as non-specialist readers concerned about the climate crisis.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 268 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781000804560
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781003346944, 9781032388205, 9781032388175
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 12/30/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Jules Pretty. The right of Jules Pretty to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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