The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world with…

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