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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 political and economic processes displace the real costs of consumer goods into distant ecosystems, communities, and timelines, tipping into crisis people and places without the power to resist. In The Shadows of Consumption, Peter Dauvergne maps the costs of consumption that remain hidden in the shadows cast by globalized corporations, trade, and finance. Dauvergne traces the environmental consequences of five commodities: automobiles, gasoline, refrigerators, beef, and harp seals. In these fascinating histories we learn, for example, that American officials ignored warnings about the dangers of lead in gasoline in the 1920s; why China is now a leading producer of CFC-free refrigerators; and how activists were able to stop Canada's commercial seal hunt in the 1980s (but are unable to do so now). Dauvergne's innovative analysis allows us to see why so many efforts to manage the global environment are failing even as environmentalism is slowly strengthening. He proposes a guiding principle of "balanced consumption" for both consumers and corporations. We know that we can make things better by driving a high-mileage car, eating locally grown food, and buying energy-efficient appliances; but these improvements are incremental, local, and insufficient. More crucial than our individual efforts to reuse and recycle will be reforms in the global political economy to reduce the inequalities of consumption and correct the imbalance between growing economies and environmental sustainability.

Consumption (Economics) --- Environmentalism --- Consommation (Economie politique) --- Environnementalisme --- Environmental aspects --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Environmentalism. --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Consumer Studies --- Environmental aspects. --- Consumer Behaviour --- #SBIB:33H072 --- #SBIB:35H434 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A87 --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Consumer demand --- Consumer spending --- Consumerism --- Spending, Consumer --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Wereldmarkten --- Beleidssectoren: milieubeleid en ruimtelijke ordening --- Bijzondere arbeidsproblemen: industrie en ecologie, duurzaam ondernemen --- Consumer Behaviour. --- ENVIRONMENT/General --- Greenwashing --- Consumption (Economics) - Environmental aspects

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504.03 --- Social and socio-economical aspects of human influences on the environment. Social ecology. Ecological economics --- Economic development. --- Globalization --- Sustainable development. --- Wealth. --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Economics --- Economic aspects. --- Environmental Economics --- Energy policy --- Climatic changes --- Environmental policy --- Industries --- Environmental management --- Consumption (Economics) --- Sustainable development --- Environmental economics --- Wealth --- Environmental aspects --- Prevention --- International cooperation --- Economic aspects --- Environmental Economics. --- 504.03 Social and socio-economical aspects of human influences on the environment. Social ecology. Ecological economics --- economische ontwikkelingen --- economische crisis --- #SBIB:33H041 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A87 --- Economische ontwikkelingen en bewegingen --- Bijzondere arbeidsproblemen: industrie en ecologie, duurzaam ondernemen --- 338.1 --- Economische situatie. Conjunctuur. Ontwikkeling van de economische structuur. Groei --- Affluence --- Distribution of wealth --- Fortunes --- Riches --- Business --- Economics --- Finance --- Capital --- Money --- Property --- Well-being --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- ecologie --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- economisch denken --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- economie --- Economische politiek en planning (algemeen) --- economische groei --- globalisering --- milieu --- milieueconomie --- welvaart --- 331.31 --- 338.8 --- 355 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Economisch beleid --- Economische groei --- Milieu --- Energy policy - Environmental aspects --- Climatic changes - Prevention - International cooperation --- Environmental policy - International cooperation --- Industries - Environmental aspects --- Consumption (Economics) - Environmental aspects --- Globalization - Economic aspects