Inconspicuous consumption : the environmental impact you don't know you have
Title
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Inconspicuous consumption : the environmental impact you don't know you have
Personal Author EPSB
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Tatiana, Schlossberg
Summary
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By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England.
Year Published
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2019
Physical Description
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277 pages ; 24 cm
Subject
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Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects
Consumer behavior -- Environmental aspects
Lifestyles -- Environmental aspects
Environmental responsibility
Summary
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By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England.
ISBN
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9781538747087
Publisher
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New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2019]
©2019
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Edmonton Christian High | 363.7 SCH | Book | 30905000123871 | Non-Fiction |