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Household sustainability : challenges and dilemmas in everyday life /

The question Chris Gibson and his colleagues answer in this book is simple: "Why is it not easy being green?" In 20 concise, focused and accessible chapters from birthing to dying, from toilets to Christmas they unveil the ambiguities, instabilities and paradoxes of affluent household livi...

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Main Authors: Gibson, Chris
Corporate Authors: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Sustainable living
Summary: The question Chris Gibson and his colleagues answer in this book is simple: "Why is it not easy being green?" In 20 concise, focused and accessible chapters from birthing to dying, from toilets to Christmas they unveil the ambiguities, instabilities and paradoxes of affluent household living in the 21st century. In so doing, they temper the easy rhetoric of sustainable lifestyles with some authentic realities drawn from the affluent world. Earth system science is showing us the deep complexity of our material planet. This book brilliantly reflects back to us the complex materiality of our cu
Carrier Form: x, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781781006207 (hardback) :
1781006202 (hardback)
Index Number: GE196
CLC: TS976.11
Call Number: TS976.11/G448
Contents: 1. Having a baby -- 2. Spaghetti bolognese -- 3. Clothes -- 4. Water -- 5. Warmth -- 6. Toilets -- 7. Laundry -- 8. Furniture -- 9. Plastic Bags -- 10. Driving cars -- 11. Flying -- 12. The refrigerator -- 13. Screens -- 14. Mobile phones -- 15. Solar hot water -- 16. The garden -- 17. Christmas -- 18. Retirement -- 19. Death -- 20. Conclusion.

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