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Author Ehrenfeld, John.

Title Sustainability by design : a subversive strategy for transforming our consumer culture / John R. Ehrenfeld.

Publication Info. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 246 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
Summary The developed world, increasingly aware of "inconvenient truths" about global warming and sustainability, is turning its attention to possible remedies-eco-efficiency, sustainable development, and corporate social responsibility, among others. But such me.
Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Is the Sky Falling, and, If So, Does Anyone Care?""; ""2. Solving the Wrong Problem: How Good Habits Turn Bad""; ""3. Uncovering the Roots of Unsustainability""; ""4. Consumption: A Symptom of Addiction""; ""5. A Radical Notion of Sustainability""; ""6. The Tao of Sustainability""; ""7. Change, Transformation, and Design""; ""8. Culture Change: Locating the Levers of Transformation""; ""9. A New Story for Nature""; ""10. The Importance of Being . . .""
""11. Consumption and Need""""12. To Care Is Human""; ""13. Creating Possibility with Products""; ""14. Presencing by Design""; ""15. Creating Possibility Through Institutional Design""; ""16. Implementing Adaptive Governance""; ""17. The Special Role of Business""; ""18. Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
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Subject Sustainable development.
Sustainable development.
Consumption (Economics)
Consumption (Economics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ehrenfeld, John. Sustainability by design. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale Univ. Press, ©2008 9780300137491 0300137494 (DLC) 2008012032 (OCoLC)220096762
ISBN 9780300142808 (electronic book)
0300142803 (electronic book)
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9781282089372
9780300137491
9780300158434