Green Asia: Ecocultures, Sustainable Lifestyles, and Ethical Consumption

ISBN-13: 9781138588172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 192 str.

Tania Lewis

Opis

Economic development in Asia is associated with expanding urbanism, overconsumption, and a steep growth in living standards. These rapid changes have led to fundamental shifts in the way ecological concerns are articulated politically and culturally. This book presents an analysis of a range of practices and activities from across Asia which demonstrate that people in Asia are alert to ecological concerns, that they are taking action to implement new styles of green living, and that Asia offers interesting alternatives to narrow Anglo-American models of sustainable living.

Spis treści

1. Sustainability, Lifestyle and Consumption in Asia 2. From Sustainable Architecture to Sustaining Comfort Practices: Air Conditioning and its Alternatives in Asia 3. Green Marketing and Green Consciousness in India 4. Relying on Heaven’: Natural Farming and ‘Eco-Tea’ in Taiwan 5. The Urban Wilds: Ecoculture, Consumption and Affect in Singapore 6. Domestic ‘Eco’-tourism and the Production of a Wondrous Nature in the Philippine 7. The Greying of Greenspeak? Environmental Issues, Media Discourses and Consumer Practices in China 8. Building a Green Community: Grassroots Air Quality Monitoring in Urban China 9. Keitai mizu: A Mobile Game Reflection in a Post 3/11 Tokyo, Japan 10. Living Co-ops in Korea: Sustainable Living, Communal Labor and Social Economy 11. "Urban Farming in Tokyo: Towards an Urban-Rural Hybrid City" 12. Farming Against Real Estate Dominance: The Ma Shi Po Community Farm in Hong Kong

O autorze

Tania Lewis is an Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia