The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Consumption

by Tim Jackson

Book Overview

Sustainable consumption is a controversial concept: politically, socially and intellectually. Consumption drives our economies and defines our lives; making it sustainable is an enormous and essential challenge. The World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 set in place a 10-year programme of effort by national governments to develop strategies for sustainable consumption and production. The problem of changing consumer behaviour and making...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01L0CB2J4
• ISBN13: 9781844071647
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.0"