Description
Everyday Lifestyles and Sustainability
The Environmental Impact Of Doing The Same Things Differently
Coordinators: Chicca Fabricio, Vale Brenda, Vale Robert
Language: EnglishSubject for Everyday Lifestyles and Sustainability:
Keywords
Global Hectares; Fair Earth Share; ecological footprint; World Population Review; environmental impact; South Sudan; fossil fuel; Lake Inle; carbon footprint; Battery Electric Cars; climate change; DVD Player; sustainable consumption; Average EF; sustainability indicators; World Average Productivity; Brenda Vale; Energy Sources; Robert Vale; Soy Farm; Dashakti Reddy; Eco-systems Services; Jacqueline McIntosh; Tammany Parish; Yukiko Kuboshima; Ancient Greece; Jestin Nordin; Rural United States; Tri; Harso; Karyono; High HDI; Adele Leah; Garden UK; Hannu I; Heikkinen; UK Consumer; Han Thuc Tran; Average Income; Ludwig Geisenberger; Portable DVD Player; Stefan Opfermann; Wind Mills; Silvio Marco Costantini; Tv Set; Abbie McKoy; Total Biocapacity; Ana Paula Pagotto; Young Man; Emilio Garcia; Common Language; Sarah Nabyl-Calliou
Publication date: 03-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 03-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Description
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The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth?s bio-capacity to supply humanity?s needs, meaning that people are living off earth?s capital rather than its income. However, not all countries are equal and this book explores why apparently similar patterns of daily living can lead to larger and smaller environmental impacts.
The contributors describe daily life in many different places in the world and then calculate the environmental impact of these ways of living from the perspective of ecological and carbon footprints. This leads to comparison and discussion of what living within the limits of the planet might mean. Current footprints for countries are derived from national statistics and these hide the variety of impacts made by individual people and the choices they make in their daily lives. This book takes a ?bottom-up? approach by calculating the footprints of daily living. The purpose is to show that small changes in behaviour now could avoid some very challenging problems in the future.
Offering a global perspective on the question of sustainable living, this book will be of great interest to anyone with a concern for the future, as well as students and researchers in environmental studies, human geography and development studies.
1. Introduction 2. Africa 3. Asia 4. Europe 5. North America 6. Oceania 7. South America 8. Calculating the ecological footprints of the stories9. Comparing the footprints 10. Food11. Travel12. Energy 13. Dwelling 14. Consumer goods 15. Conclusions
Fabricio Chicca is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Brenda Vale is a professorial research fellow in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Robert Vale is a professorial research fellow in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.