【為了支持經濟就該大買特買?如果我們收手,生活會有何不同?】✰ 美加媒體永續社會話題書!
為了支持經濟就該大買特買?如果我們收手,生活會有何不同?作者走訪經濟暫時停擺處、工匠、零消費社會,並彙集專家觀點,闡明我們與消費的關係史,也探討未來。
詹姆斯.麥金諾《機智購物生活: 如果我們不再過度消費, 會發生什麼事? 一場走遍全球, 改寫政經、生態與心理的永續消費反思》
We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. What would happen if we did?
We are using up the planet at almost double the rate it can regenerate. To support our economies, we're told we must shop now like we've never shopped before, yet the scale of our consumption remains the biggest factor in the ruination of the world.
But what would life look like if we stopped? Visiting places where economies have experienced temporary shut-downs, artisan producers, zero-consumption societies and bringing together a host of expert views, this is both a history of our relationship with consumption and a story about the future.