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...
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2016.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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.