LEADER 04161oam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910782114703321 005 20190503073345.0 010 $a0-262-26057-3 010 $a0-262-27123-0 010 $a1-4356-6562-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539272 035 $a(OCoLC)251630753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10251671 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000650587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12248658 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000650587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10615371 035 $a(PQKB)11326945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000244926 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210427 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244926 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10171491 035 $a(PQKB)11491090 035 $a(OCoLC)251630753$z(OCoLC)503445516$z(OCoLC)646764022$z(OCoLC)704073615$z(OCoLC)722687475$z(OCoLC)767089043$z(OCoLC)832357385$z(OCoLC)939263748$z(OCoLC)961528736$z(OCoLC)962725129$z(OCoLC)1037504826 035 $a(OCoLC-P)251630753 035 $a(MaCbMITP)7706 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338936 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251671 035 $a(OCoLC)939263748 035 $a(PPN)170253449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338936 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539272 100 $a20080916d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe shadows of consumption $econsequences for the global environment /$fPeter Dauvergne 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (332 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-51492-3 311 $a0-262-04246-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-287) and index. 330 $aAn environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities.The Shadows of Consumption gives a hard-hitting diagnosis: many of the earth's ecosystems and billions of its people are at risk from the consequences of rising consumption. Products ranging from cars to hamburgers offer conveniences and pleasures; but, as Peter Dauvergne makes clear, global political and economic processes displace the real costs of consumer goods into distant ecosystems, communities, and timelines, tipping into crisis people and places without the power to resist. In The Shadows of Consumption, Peter Dauvergne maps the costs of consumption that remain hidden in the shadows cast by globalized corporations, trade, and finance. Dauvergne traces the environmental consequences of five commodities: automobiles, gasoline, refrigerators, beef, and harp seals. In these fascinating histories we learn, for example, that American officials ignored warnings about the dangers of lead in gasoline in the 1920s; why China is now a leading producer of CFC-free refrigerators; and how activists were able to stop Canada's commercial seal hunt in the 1980s (but are unable to do so now). Dauvergne's innovative analysis allows us to see why so many efforts to manage the global environment are failing even as environmentalism is slowly strengthening. He proposes a guiding principle of "balanced consumption" for both consumers and corporations. We know that we can make things better by driving a high-mileage car, eating locally grown food, and buying energy-efficient appliances; but these improvements are incremental, local, and insufficient. More crucial than our individual efforts to reuse and recycle will be reforms in the global political economy to reduce the inequalities of consumption and correct the imbalance between growing economies and environmental sustainability. 606 $aConsumption (Economics)$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aEnvironmentalism 610 $aENVIRONMENT/General 615 0$aConsumption (Economics)$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aEnvironmentalism. 676 $a333.7 700 $aDauvergne$b Peter$0479511 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782114703321 996 $aThe shadows of consumption$93692661 997 $aUNINA