Sustainable Consumption Ecology and Fair Trade

<p>This timely volume discusses the debates concerning sustainable consumption and the environment.</p><p>Sustainable consumption stands as a wide objective that attracts a growing attention within sustainable development policy circles and academic research. The contributors examine a range of interesting and relevant case studies including: household energy consumption sustainable welfare Fair Trade Oxfam Worldshops cotton farming and consumer organizations.</p><p><em>Sustainable Consumption</em> takes an interdisciplinary approach and is well-balanced presenting theoretical debates as well as empirical evidence in order to:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>characterize the basic problems and determiners of an evolution towards and the obstacles to more sustainable consumption patterns</li> <li>produce knowledge on the profile of consumers sensitive and not sensitive to these issues</li> <li>explore realistic modes of interaction and innovation for changes in which consumers are involved.</li> </ul><p>This text will be of interest to students and scholars of politics environment studies and sociology.</p>