The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

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  • Author : Michael Brower
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780609802816
  • Edition : 1
  • ISBN : 060980281X
  • Label : Three Rivers Press
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Three Rivers Press
  • MPN : 103820
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 304
  • Package Dimensions : 0.70 inches (Height) x 7.90 inches (Length) x 0.50 pounds (Weight) x 5.10 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : 103820
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 1999-03-01
  • Publisher : Three Rivers Press
  • SKU : 1200481783
  • Studio : Three Rivers Press

Paper or plastic? Cloth or disposable? Regular or organic? Every day, environmentally conscious consumers are faced with the overwhelming "Catch-22" of a capitalist society--reconciling the harm we do by consuming, while still providing ourselves and our families with the goods and services we need. It's enough to make a city-dweller crazy. Fret no more! The US-based Union of Concerned Scientists has put together a well-researched and eminently practical guide to the decisions that matter. The authors hope that the book will help you set priorities, stop worrying about insignificant things and understand the real environmental impacts of household decisions. For instance, you may be surprised to learn that buying and eating meat and poultry is much more harmful to the environment than the packaging the meat is wrapped in, even if it's styrofoam. This guide takes on both sides of the consumer impacts argument, goring sacred cows of the environmentalist movement (like the strident emphasis on recycling) and the industrialist perspective (like the relentless message to buy more, more, more). If you're confused and overwhelmed by all the environmental decision-making in the modern world, you'll find new inspiration in this book. --Therese Littleton, Amazon.com

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