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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Barber, Aja.     Subjects     Consumer movements.     Consumption (Economics)     Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Climatic changes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Barber, Aja.       by title:      Consumed : the need ...       by call number:      306.3 B234c     Search the Web     Barber, Aja.     Consumer movements.     Consumption (Economics)     Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Climatic changes.       MARC Display

Consumed : the need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism / Aja Barber. by Barber, Aja. Balance, 2021. Call #: 306.3 B234c Subjects Consumer movements.   Consumption (Economics)   Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Climatic changes. ISBN:  9781538709849 (pbk) Edition:  1st North American ed. Description:  xvi, 286 p. : portrait ; 21 cm. Notes:  "Originally published in Great Britain in September 2021 by Brazen, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, a Hachette UK Company."--T.p. verso. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-278) and index. Contents:  Sustainability and me -- Colonization: the root of the problem -- Global wealth: who's harming who? -- How the fast fashion system works -- How society works -- Cultural appropriation -- Shopping: the great con -- Let's get committed -- Let's talk about us -- We need collective change -- How to break the supply chain -- Habits are made to be broken -- I believe in you. Summary:  "In Consumed, Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work--often in unsafe conditions for very low pay--and the billionaires who receive the most profit. A story told in two parts, Barber exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery, racism, and today's wealth inequality. Once the layers are peeled back, Barber invites you to participate in unlearning, to understand the truth behind why we consume in the way that we do, to confront the uncomfortable feeling that we are never quite enough and why we fill that void with consumption rather than compassion. Barber challenges us to challenge the system and our role in it. The less you buy into the consumer culture, the more power you have. Consumed will teach you how to be a citizen and not a consumer."--Amazon website. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.3 B234c Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.3 B234c Core Collection - Adult Checked out Aug 15, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Musquodoboit Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.3 B234c Adult books Checked out Jul 08, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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