Consumed : the need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism

Consumed The need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism

Aja Barber

Book - 2021

"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 wit...h 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."--

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Subjects
Consumer movements.
Consumption (Economics)
Clothing trade > Moral and ethical aspects.
Climatic changes.
Published
New York : Balance 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Aja Barber (author)
Edition
First North American edition
Item Description
"Originally published in Great Britain in September 2021 by Brazen, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, a Hachette UK Company."--Title page verso
Physical Description
xvi, 286 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
ISBN
9781538709849
  • Note on the Us Edition
  • My Letter to the Fast Fashion CEOs
  • Introduction
  • Part 1.
  • 1. Sustainability and Me
  • 2. Colonization: The Root of the Problem
  • 3. Global Wealth: Who's Harming Who?
  • 4. How the Fast Fashion System Works
  • 5. How Society Works
  • 6. Cultural Appropriation
  • 7. Shopping: The Great Con
  • Part 2.
  • 8. Let's Get Committed
  • 9. Let's Talk About Us
  • 10. We Need Collective Change
  • 11. How to Break the Supply Chain
  • 12. Habits Are Made to be Broken
  • 13. I Believe in You
  • Acknowledgments
  • How I Have Educated Myself
  • Index

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