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Cover : If you don't know your stuff, you don't know your world.
Stuff: The
Secret
Lives of Everyday Things takes you to the places and people you touch
every
day-when
you sip your coffee, tie your shoes, click your mouse, or step on the
gas. Once
you
follow a day in the life of an average North American and see the
secret lives
of
your food, your clothes, and your toys, your world will never look the
same.
About the Author : Alan Thein Durning is founder and executive
director of
Northwest
Environment Watch and author of award-winning books such as This Place
on Earth
and
How Much Is Enough? Formerly senior researcher at Worldwatch
Institute, he
lectures
widely and drinks more coffee than he cares to admit.

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How much is enough? : the consumer society and the future of the earth
Alan
Thein
Durning. Published London : Earthscan, 1992.
LOCATION  1st Fl, Shelves 333.71 DUR
Descript'n 200 p. ; 22 cm. Series Worldwatch environmental alert
series  The
Worldwatch environmental alert series.  ISBN 1853831344 Note Includes
bibliographical references. Subject Human beings -- Influence on
nature --
Forecasting.  Consumer behavior -- Forecasting.  Consumption
(Economics) --
Forecasting.

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How Much Is Enough? : The Consumer Society and the Future of the Earth
(The
Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series)
by Alan B. Durning Our Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%) Usually
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Paperback - (June 1992) 200 pages
Reviews :  Synopsis  Consuming goods and services has become a central
goal of
life
in industrial lands the world over. In this book, Alan Durning of the
Worldwatch
Institute explores the roots of the consumer society, exposes the toll
that our
appetites have taken on the earth's natural systems, and suggests that
there are
other paths to fulfillment.
Customer Comments : A reader from Boston, MA , September 10, 1998
Good but
something was missing.  I read the book. I agreed with all the points.
I was
properly impressed with his statistics and anecdotes. But overall I
felt
something
was missing, although I can't put my finger on it. After reading this
book,
rather
than feeling charged up to go and do something about it I felt rather
ho-hum
instead. I don't think the book is polemical enough. It doesn't offer
clear cut
guides on what needs to change. The threat is always vague, "We can't
keep this
up
or someday we'll run out." His discussion of the necessity of growth
left me
unconvinced, even though I desperately wanted to be convinced. The
book is an
interesting read, but it was just lacking something that kept it from
being
amazing.
sue at kepler.lsmsa.edu from louisiana , July 5, 1998   Brilliant and
informative
evaluation of the consumer society  Has it ever occurred to you that
Americans
go to
shopping malls more often than they attend church or synagogue? Did
you know
that,
directly or indirectly, we consume our own weight in basic resources
EVERY DAY?
Half
a billion people--those who belong to the consumer society--use up
almost all of
the
world's resources and create most of the pollution. This is one of
those books
that
leaves a lasting impression upon the way you perceive the society you
live in.
This
book is not only a smooth read, but is PACKED with carefully
researched
information
in a most wonderful way. Durning backs up all his statements with
solid facts.
What
else would you expect from a senior researcher at the Worldwatch
Institute? And
aside from the conscientious fact-checking, Durning has another
Worldwatch
habit: he
not only presents complex problems in understandable ways, but also
presents
multi-pronged, workable solutions. Overall, a concise book chock full
of careful
thinking.

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This Place on Earth : Home and the Practice of Permanence
by Alan Thein Durning Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) Usually
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Reviews : Nature and Ecology Editor's Recommended Book.  Alan Durning
spent
several
years traveling the world as an environmental policy analyst. When a
Filipino
tribeswoman asked him to describe his home, he found that he could
not,
answering
weakly, "In America, we have careers, not places." Determined to
change all
that, he
brought his family to his native Northwest to make a home--by which
Durning
means
learning the geology and ecology of a place, as well as its human
present and
past.
Durning looks into matters such as recycling, urban planning, and
community
building, and he proposes ways in which we can all tread a little more
lightly
on
the earth, especially by sharing goods and knowledge with our
neighbors. This is
a
lively, hopeful addition to the literature of place. --This text
refers to the
hardcover edition of this title


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