The Earthscan Reader On Sustainable Consumption

Politically intellectually and socially sustainable consumption is acontroversial concept. Consumption drives our economies and defines our livesmaking it susta... » 

Politically intellectually and socially sustainable consumption is acontroversial concept. Consumption drives our economies and defines our livesmaking it sustainable is an enormous and essential challenge. It was a keysubject covered at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 whichset in place a 10year programme of effort by national governments to developstrategies for sustainable consumption and production. The problem of how toinfluence consumer behaviour in the direction of more sustainable choicescontinues to challenge both opinion formers and policy makers alike. This bookprovides a coherent synthesis of key contributions to the literature onconsumption and sustainability comprising a substantive collection of selectedpapers and extracts from books journals and institutional publications.Presented with a comprehensive introductory overview written by the editor theReader also provides an invaluable route map through the complex intellectualterrain relevant to the pursuit of sustainable consumption. «