Green Gone Wrong

Name: Green Gone Wrong
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How our Economy is Undermining the Environmental Revolution

Heather Rogers, QC

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English

Verso Books
20 July 2010

Consumerism; Environmental economics; The environment

In Green Gone Wrong, environmental writer Heather Rogers blasts through the buzz of corporate marketing by posing one simple question: Do today's much touted 'green' products carbon offsets, organic food, biofuels, and eco-friendly cars and homes actually work? Implicit in efforts to go green is the promise that we can stop global warming by swapping dirty goods for 'clean' ones. But can earth-friendly products really save the planet? Revealing a fuller story of current attempts to convert a 'petro' to a 'green' society, Rogers focuses on the fundamental aspects of life-food, shelter, and transportation. This far-reaching narrative explores how the most readily available solutions to environmental crisis can be disastrously off the mark. Reporting from some of the remotest places on earth, Rogers discovers that catastrophic ecosystem destruction, the spewing of ever more greenhouse gases, and grinding poverty are the consequences of a failed green consumerism. Green Gone Wrong takes 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. Expertly reported, this gripping exposé pieces together a global picture of what's happening in the name of today's environmentalism. Green Gone Wrong speaks to anyone interested in climate change and the future of the natural world, as well as those who want to act but are caught not knowing who, or what, to believe. Rogers casts a sober eye on what's working and what's not, fearlessly pushing ahead the debate over how to protect the planet.

By: Heather Rogers QC
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781844676453
ISBN 10: 1844676455
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 20 July 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Replaced By: 9781844679010
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Heather Rogers is a senior staff reporter at Remapping Debate. She has written for publications including the New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, and the Nation. Her previous book is Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews for Green Gone Wrong: How our Economy is Undermining the Environmental Revolution

Praise for Gone Tomorrow: Proper journalism in book form.A Guardian Reads like a thriller.A Library Journal A clear-thinking and peppery writer, - Rogers presents a galvanizing expose.A Booklist