Promoting Sustainable Living: Sustainability as an Object of Desire

by Angela Paladino, Justyna Karakiewicz, Audrey Yue

Book Overview

Current images of sustainability are often designed to instil fear and force change, not because we believe in it, but because we fear the consequences of inaction.

Moving away from negative portrayals of sustainability, this book identifies the factors that motivate people to aspire towards sustainable living. It introduces the notion of sustainability as an "object of desire" that will allow people not to be scared of the future but rather...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138017833
• ISBN13: 9781138017832
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"