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000342064 1001_ $$aRogers, Heather,$$d1970-
000342064 24510 $$aGreen gone wrong :$$bhow our economy is undermining the environmental revolution /$$cHeather Rogers.
000342064 24630 $$aHow our economy is undermining the environmental revolution
000342064 250__ $$a1st Scribner hardcover ed.
000342064 260__ $$aNew York :$$bScribner,$$c2010.
000342064 300__ $$a262 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000342064 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000342064 5050_ $$aGreen dreams -- pt. 1. Food -- Close to home : local organic -- All the world's a garden : global organic -- pt. 2. Shelter -- The greenhouse effect : eco-architecture -- pt. 3. Transportation -- The fuel of forests : biodiesel -- Green machines : ecological automobiles -- The price of air : carbon offsets.
000342064 5201_ $$aIn Green Gone Wrong environmental writer Heather Rogers blasts through the marketing buzz of big corporations and asks a simple question: Do today's much-touted "green" producers - carbon offsets, organic, food, biofuels, and eco-friendly cars and homes - really work? Implicit in efforts to go green is the promise that global warming can be stopped by swapping out dirty goods for "clean" ones. But can earth-friendly products really save the planet? This narrative explores how the most readily available solutions to environmental crisis may be disastrously off the mark. Rogers travels the world tracking how the conversion from a "perro" to a "green" society affects the most fundamental aspects of life - food, shelter, and transportation. Reporting from some of the most remote places on earth, Rogers uncovers shocking results that include massive clear-cutting, destruction of native ecosystems, and grinding poverty. Relying simply on market forces, people with good intentions wanting to just "do something" to help the planet are left feeling confused and powerless. Green Gone Wrong reveals a fuller story, taking the reader into forests, fields, factories, and boardrooms around the world to draw out the unintended consequences, inherent obstacles, and successes of eco-friendly consumption. What do the labels "USDA Certified Organic" and "Fair Trade" really mean on a vast South American export-driven organic farm? A superlow-energy "eco-village" in Germany's Black Forest demonstrates that green homes dramatically shrink energy use, so why aren't we using this technology in America? The decisions made in Detroit's executive suites have kept Americans driving gas-guzzling automobiles for decades, even as U.S. automakers have European models that clock twice the mpg. This expose pieces together a global picture of what's happening in the name of today's environmentalism. Rogers casts a sober eye on what's working and what's not.--Book jacket.
000342064 650_0 $$aEnvironmental economics.
000342064 650_0 $$aGreen products.
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000342064 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009050618-s.html
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