From what we eat and what we wear to how we travel and enjoy ourselves, this book
explores the environmental impact of the decisions we take every day of our lives.
• Between 1950 and 1997, the world’s fish harvest grew from 21 to 120 million tons
• Golf is considerably better for the environment than owning an Alsatian, but keeping a hamster is better than both
• Your wedding could consume ten times the energy of your house for one year
The world and its resources are finite, yet we are seemingly locked into a system based on growth: growth of population, growth of income and growth of consumption. From this irrefutable starting point, Time to Eat the Dog? attempts to uncover what ‘sustainability’ really means. Robert and Brenda Vale have gathered a wealth of data from sources around the world; from these nuts and bolts, facts and figures, they encourage the reader to ‘do the maths’ and work it out for themselves.
The authors do not advocate a mass cull of the world's pets, but some of their proposed solutions are still likely to shock some pet owners. See the article on 'Time to Eat the Dog?' in the Guardian
This book will make you see your life and your place in the world in a completely new light. Challenging the orthodoxies that underpin our entire economic system, this is one subversive read …
Robert and Brenda Vale are research fellows at the School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. They are the authors of The Autonomous House, Green Architecture and The New Autonomous House, all published by Thames & Hudson. In 1994 they won the United Nations Global 500 Award for Environmental Achievement.
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