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Item Details
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SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROBLEM
CONSUMERISM, SUSTAINABILITY AND DESIGN |
| By: |
Robert Crocker |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1783534931 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781783534937 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
25 November, 2016 |
| Pages: |
228 |
| Description: |
Somebody Else's Problem calls for a radical change in how we design, make and use the products and services we need. Crocker challenges us to look at the systems we take for granted in daily life, and their cumulative role in our environmental crisis. |
| Synopsis: |
Consumerism promises a shortcut to a 'better' life through the accumulation of certain fashionable goods and experiences. Over recent decades, this has resulted in a rising tide of cheap, short-lived goods produced, used and discarded in increasingly rapid cycles, along the way depleting resources and degrading environmental systems.Somebody Else's Problem calls for a radical change in how we think about our material world, and how we design, make and use the products and services we need. Rejecting the idea that individuals alone are responsible for the environmental problems we face, it challenges us to look again at the systems, norms and values we take for granted in daily life, and their cumulative role in our environmental crisis.Robert Crocker presents an overview of the main forces giving rise to modern consumerism, looks closely at today's accelerating consumption patterns and asks why older, more `custodial' patterns of consumption are in decline. Avoiding simplistic quick-fix formulas, the book explores recommendations for new ways of designing, making and using goods and services that can reduce our excess consumption, but still contribute to a good and meaningful life. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Greenleaf Publishing |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Axiom Business Book Awards, Philanthropy / Nonprofit / |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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