Environmentalism of the Rich Dauvergne Peter University of British Columbia Paperback
Environmentalism of the Rich Dauvergne Peter University of British Columbia Paperback What it means for global sustainability when environmentalism is dominated by the concerns of the…
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Environmentalism of the Rich Dauvergne Peter University of British Columbia Paperback
What it means for global sustainability when environmentalism is dominated by the concerns of the affluent--eco-business, eco-consumption, wilderness preservation.Over the last fifty years, environmentalism has emerged as a clear counterforce to the environmental destruction caused by industrialization, colonialism, and globalization. But has the environmental movement actually brought about meaningful progress toward global sustainability? Activists and policymakers have fought hard to make the earth a better place to live.
Meanwhile, as Peter Dauvergne points out in this provocative book, the environmental movement is increasingly dominated by the environmentalism of the rich--diverted into eco-business, Signs of global "unsustainability" are everywhere, from decreasing biodiversity to scarcity of fresh water to steadily rising greenhouse gas emissions.