Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

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Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists Pub. Date: 3/28/1999 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group

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From one of the most prestigious nonprofit organizations devoted to environmental issues comes a clear, practical, and rational overview of the relationship between consumers and the environment.

Paper or plastic? Bus or car? Old house or new? Cloth diapers or disposables? Some choices have a huge impact on the environment; others are of negligible importance. To those of us who care about our quality of life and what is happening to the earth, this is a vastly important issue. In these pages, the Union of Concerned Scientists help inform consumers about everyday decisions that significantly affect the environment. For example, a few major decisions--such as the choice of a house or vehicle--have such a disproportionately large affect on the environment that minor environmental infractions shrink by comparison.

This book identifies the 4 Most Significant Consumer-Related Environmental Problems, the 7 Most Damaging Spending Categories, 11 Priority Actions, and 7 Rules for Responsible Consumption. Learn what you can do to have a truly significant impact on our world from the people who are at the forefront of scientific research.

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YA-Brower and Leon, along with input from their colleagues, present statistics, describe solutions, and endorse steps for readers to take to live more ecologically based lifestyles as consumers of the Earth's resources. They encourage individuals to go beyond basic recycling and to look at changing the policies of government and large institutions, explain how negatively consumer choices can affect the environment, and present a quantitative analysis of which items most affect the environment. Important information is dramatically put forth in highlighted boxes of lists. The authors stress the fact that choice is the optimal word for today's consumers and some choices are easier than others. They wisely point out that some consumers don't have the leeway to make what might be considered the most ecological of choices available and present different styles of compromise in a variety of situations. A list of active Web sites for additional information and other pertinent resources is appended. Young adults interested in effecting change will find sources to help in their search as well as proven research to help them make their own decisions.-Pam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780609802816
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/28/1999
Pages: 292
Sales rank: 769,251
Product dimensions: 5.19 (w) x 7.80 (h) x 0.67 (d)

Meet the Author

MICHAEL BROWER, PH.D., is a physicist and expert on energy and environmental issues. WARREN LEON, PH.D., is deputy director for programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Since 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists has brought scientists and citizens together to work for a healthy environment and a safe world.

	Preface
Pt. I	Consumers and the Environment
1	How Many Simple Things Do People Need to Do to Save the Planet?	3
2	Media Makes the Message - Garbage as a Case Study	19
3	The Real Impacts of Household Consumption	43
Pt. II	What You Can Do
4	Priorities for Personal Action	83
5	Avoiding High-Impact Activities	108
6	Seven Rules for Responsible Consumption	122
7	What You Can Ask Government to Do	146
	Epilogue: From Walden to Wal-Mart - Consumers and their Critics	179
	App. A. Research Methods and Results	205
	App. B. Resources for Environmentally Concerned Citizens	249
	Notes	261
	About the Union of Concerned Scientists	279
	Index	283

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