Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle reveals the carbon cost of everything we do and shows how to slash your own carbon footprint by 80% to 2.5 tonnes per year by choosing a life of quality over quantity, and sufficiency over efficiency, as we race to save our only home from catastrophic heating.
Authors
- ISBN
- 9781550927573 1550927574
- Pages
- 176
- Published in
- Gabriola Island, CA
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Praise 2
- Title Page 4
- Rights Page 5
- Contents 6
- Dedication 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 12
- Chapter 1: What’s the 1.5-Degree Lifestyle? 18
- Chapter 2: Equity, Fairness, and the 2.5-Tonne Budget 24
- Chapter 3: Why Individual Actions Matter 32
- Chapter 4: Energy, Efficiency, and Sufficiency 44
- Chapter 5: What We Eat 54
- Chapter 6: How We Live 72
- Chapter 7: How We Move 102
- Chapter 8: Why We Buy 118
- Conclusion: In Pursuit of Sufficiency 148
- Notes 154
- Index 166
- About the Author 174
- Additional Resources from New Society Publishers 176
- About New Society Publishers 177
- A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading 178
