How to live a low-carbon life : the individual's guide to stopping climate change /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goodall, Chris
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007.
Subjects:	Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Climatic factors. Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects. Climatic changes > Social aspects. Consumers > Environmental aspects. Carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

List of figures and tables
Sources and units of measurement
Acknowledgements
Introduction : Getting from 12 1/2 tonnes to 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person
1. The extraordinary cheapness of fossil fuels
2. The scope for government action
3. The inadequacy of alternative means of reducing emissions
4. No one else is doing much, so you'd better do something yourself
5. How our lives generate emissions and what we can do about it
6. Home heating
7. Water heating and cooking
8. Lighting
9. Household appliances
10. Car travel
11. Public transport
12. Air travel
13. Food
14. Other indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions
15. Domestic use of renewable energy
16. Cancelling out emissions
17. Conclusions
Afterword
Appendix : Sources of the main averages
Notes
List of acronyms and abbreviations.