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Made In The Shade

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Green products are today sweeping the planet. The organic food business is growing at twenty per cent per year, and green building supplies are buoyant even as the housing market slumps. Every major car-maker now offers at least one hybrid, and companies marketing non-toxic household goods are doing a booming trade.

But can environmentally friendly products really lead to a more sustainable future?Made in the Shade casts a critical eye on the products and practices that appear to remedy today's environmental woes. Making an investigative journey that includes organic export farms in Paraguay and biodiesel plantations in Indonesia, Heather Rogers brings a much-needed critical perspective to this topic.

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Green Profile

Release: January 11, 2010

ISBN: 1846688698

ISBN 13: 9781846688690

Made In The Shade

0/5 ( ratings)

Green products are today sweeping the planet. The organic food business is growing at twenty per cent per year, and green building supplies are buoyant even as the housing market slumps. Every major car-maker now offers at least one hybrid, and companies marketing non-toxic household goods are doing a booming trade.

But can environmentally friendly products really lead to a more sustainable future?Made in the Shade casts a critical eye on the products and practices that appear to remedy today's environmental woes. Making an investigative journey that includes organic export farms in Paraguay and biodiesel plantations in Indonesia, Heather Rogers brings a much-needed critical perspective to this topic.

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Green Profile

Release: January 11, 2010

ISBN: 1846688698

ISBN 13: 9781846688690

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