The greening of everyday life : challenging practices, imagining possibilities /

The greening of everyday life' develops a distinctive new way of talking about environmental concerns in post-industrial society. It brings together several conceptual frameworks with a diversity of case studies and practical examples of efforts to orient everyday material practices toward grea...

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Other Authors: Meyer, John M. (Editor), Kersten, Jens, 1967- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: environmentalism and everyday life / John M. Meyer and Jens M. Kersten
  • pt. I. Concepts and movements. The new environmentalism of everyday life : sustainability, material flows, and movements / David Schlosberg and Romand Coles
  • Just another brick in the toilet : 50 simple things that you can do to save the earth and the riddle of green consumer culture / Andrew N. Case
  • pt. II. Household. The household as infrastructure : the politics and porosity of dwelling in a time of environmental emergency / Fiona Allon
  • Homemaking practices of provision and maintenance : implications for environmental action / Cecily J. Maller
  • The everyday toxicity of the 'average' North American home / Teena Gabrielson
  • Household maintenance and the environmental politics of tending / Brad Mapes-Martins
  • pt. III. Infrastructure. Greening lifestyles, homes, and urban infrastructure in Chicago, IL, and Jacksonville, FL / Michael J. Lorr
  • At home in the watershed : environmental imaginaries and spatial politics in Los Angeles / Sayd Randle
  • pt. IV. Biodiversity in unexpected spaces. Reimagining the backyard : implications and opportunities for sustainability / Shannon K. Orr
  • Urban biodiversity : ambivalences, concepts, and policies / Jens M. Kersten
  • pt. V. Land. The tragedy of the uncommon : property, possession, and belonging in community gardens / Piers H.G. Stephens
  • Making the land connection : local food farms and sustainability of place / Jennifer Meta Robinson
  • pt. VI. Mobility. Automobility and freedom / John M. Meyer
  • Bicycling and the politics of recognition / Yogi Hale Hendlin
  • pt. VII. (Dis)engagement. Ontologies of sustainability in ecovillage culture : integrating ecology, economics, community and consciousness / Karen Litfin
  • Everyday household practice in alternative residential dwellings : the non-environmental motivations for environmental behavior / Chelsea Schelly.