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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808427303321

Autore

Parr Adrian

Titolo

Hijacking sustainability / / Adrian Parr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-26158-8

9786612240430

0-262-25486-7

1-282-24043-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

338.9/27

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Social aspects

Environmentalism - Social aspects

Social change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The greening of junkspace -- Green idol -- Ecovillages : an alternative social organization -- The greening and de-greening of the White House -- Green boots on the ground -- Trash -- Disaster relief -- Slums -- Poverty.

Sommario/riassunto

How the sustainability movement has been co-opted: from ecobranding by Wal-Mart to the "greening" of the American military.