Title: Material geographies of household sustainability /
Authors: Lane, Ruth, 1960-; Gorman-Murray, Andrew.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Sustainable living Social aspects.; Household ecology Social aspects.; Material culture.; Environmental protection Citizen participation; Environmental policy
Contents: Is it easy being green? : On the dilemmas of material cultures of household sustainability / Chris Gibson ... [et al.] -- A domestic twist on the eco-efficiency turn : environmentalism, technology, home / Aidan Davison -- Sustainability, consumption and the household in developing world contexts / Willem Paling, Tim Winter -- Discussion : interrogating the household as a field of sustainability / Gay Hawkins -- Beyond mcmansions and green homes : thinking household sustainability through materialities of homeyness / Robyn Dowling, Emma Power -- Remaking home : the reuse of goods and materials in Australian households / Ralph Horne, Cecily Maller, Ruth Lane -- Bottled water practice : reconfiguring drinking in Bangkok households / Gay Hawkins, Kane Race -- Discussion : watch where that went -- we may need it later : reflections on material flows in and through home / Louise Crabtree -- Mapping geographies of reuse in Sheffield and Melbourne / Matt Watson, Ruth Lane -- Build it like you mean it : replacing ethical innovation in physical and institutional design / Louise Crabtree -- Rethinking sustainability? : Household sustainability in the stakeholder society / Andy Scerri -- Environmental politics, green governmentality and the possibility of a 'creative grammar' for domestic sustainable consumption / Kersty Hobson -- Discussion : governance and citizenship at home / Aidan Davison -- Conclusion : tackling the 'missing scale' in environmental policy / Ruth Lane, Andrew Gorman-Murray.