Heather Rogers
Green Gone Wrong
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Eco-Capitalism
Verso Books, 2013
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Does buying green really promote a healthier, more just world?
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Since 2007’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, people have tried to consume their way out of global warming by harnessing market forces that feature among the engines driving planetary destruction. Journalist Heather Rogers investigates the hype of buying green and finds the worst kind of greenwashing: USDA rules that rig the “organic” label in favor of factory farming; organic certification agencies – and governments – that ignore the wholesale destruction of “biodiverse” rainforest ecosystems in favor of “monoculture” croplands; a marketplace that cheats and destroys indigenous communities; and people who compete with machines for fuel. Rogers asks whether market forces can curtail carbon emissions and help people and the planet. Her investigation will intrigue those who want to make sure their green investments are truly useful weapons against climate change.
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About the Author
Journalist Heather Rogers also wrote Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage.
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