Books that may be of interest

 

Beyond the Limits:Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future

By Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, and Jorgen Randers.

A remarkably well-written and thought-provoking book, in which the authors succeed in their stated aim to communicate their findings as clearly and as concisely as possible. They use simulated system modeling to explore various future scenarios for Earth, persuading the reader to be optimistic and active at this critical time in history.

 

The Evolution of Cooperation

By Robert Axelrod

An exploration, by formal simulation, of various strategies that arise for maximizing reward, when many individuals interact under common rules. There seem to be profound implications for world relations and the prospect for collective rationality.

 

Small is Beautiful

By E. F. Schumacher

 

Voluntary Simplicity

By Duane Elgin

 

Stuff: The Secret Lives of Everyday Things

By John C. Ryan and Alan Durning

 

Yes! : A Journal of Positive Futures

Published by Positive Futures Network, Bainbridge Island, Washington

 

Culture Jam: How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge

By Kalle Lasn

 

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

By Herman Daly and John B. Cobb Jr.

 

Consumer’s Guide to Effective Environmental Choice

Michael Brower and Warren Leon

 

Work, Consumerism, and the New Poor

By Zygmunt Bauman

 

Green Business: Hope or Hoax?

By Christopher and Judith Plant

 

Do Americans Shop Too Much?

By Juliet Schor

 

Shopaholics: An 8-Week Program to Control Compulsive Spending

By Janet E. Dama

 

Consuming Passion: Help for Compulsive Shoppers

By Ellen Catalano and Nina Sonenberg

 

Serious Shopping: Psychotherapy and Consumerism

Edited by Adrienne Baker

 

Ishmael

By David Quinn

 

Consumer Society in American History: A Reader

Edited by Lawrence B. Glickman

 

Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness

By Roger Rosenblatt

 

No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies

By Naomi Klein

 

Consumer Society Reader

Edited by Martyn J. Lee

 

The Consumer Society: Readings

Edited by Neva R. Goodwin, et al.

 

The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism

By Thomas Frank

 

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