The Shadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment

by Peter Dauvergne

Book Overview

An 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514923
• ISBN13: 9780262514927
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher