The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Consumption

Sustainable consumption is a controversial concept: politically, socially and intellectually.

Consumption drives our economies and defines our lives; making it sustainable is an enormous and essential challenge. The World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 set in place a 10-year programme of effort by national governments to develop strategies for sustainable consumption and production. The problem of changing consumer behaviour and making our lives more sustainable continues to chall...