Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff
A 2008 Indie Next Pick In Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge. It’s a fascinating portrait, by turns...
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A 2008 Indie Next Pick In Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, Fred Pearce surveys his home and then sets out to track down the people behind the production and distribution of everything in his daily life, from his socks to his computer to the food in his fridge. It’s a fascinating portrait, by turns sobering and hopeful, of the effects the world’s more than six billion inhabitants have on our planet—and of the working and living conditions of the people who produce most of these goods.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780807085950 (0807085952)
ASIN: 807085952
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Cultural,
Science,
Environment,
Politics,
Sociology,
International,
Sustainability,
Social Issues,
Activism,
Green
Another for the "everything you are doing is wrong" shelf. Pearce decided to investigate the ways his consumer goods were manufactured and disposed of. The usual suspects are on display here, and some less usual. It's always a little troublesome to see someone log tens of thousands of air miles to r...
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