ABSTRACT

Material Concerns offers new perspectives on key environmental issues - pollution prevention, ecological economics, limits to sustainability, consumer behaviour and government policy. The first non-technical introduction to preventative environmental management, Material Concerns offers realistic prospects for improving the quality of life.

chapter 1|21 pages

Living in a Material World

Rough guide to a lonely planet

chapter 2|18 pages

Material Transitions

The birth of the industrial economy

chapter 3|18 pages

Farewell to Love Canal

From industrial afterthought to environmental foresight

chapter 4|27 pages

A Stitch in Time

The principles of prevention

chapter 5|20 pages

Easy Virtues

Saving money through pollution prevention

chapter 6|21 pages

Persistent Vices

Understanding resistance to change

chapter 7|18 pages

Back to the Future

Reinventing the service economy

chapter 8|16 pages

Negotiating Change

Dematerialisation and the profit motive

chapter 9|17 pages

Growth in Crisis

Untangling the logic of wealth

chapter 10|17 pages

Beyond Material Concerns

Regaining quality of life