The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

by J.B. MacKinnon

Book Overview

Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet--but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.

We can't stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma.

The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment, bankruptcy, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062856022
• ISBN13: 9780062856029
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"