The value of a whale : on the illusions of green capitalism /
Public understanding of, and outcry over, the dire state of the climate and environment is greater than ever before. Parties across the political spectrum claim to be climate leaders, and overt denial is on the way out. Yet when it comes to slowing the course of the climate and nature crises, despit...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2022.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3696209 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- what's the value of a whale?
- Gatekeepers : economics and the collapse of possibility
- Sirens : distraction and dispossession in carbon markets
- Titans : assets, power and the construction of green capitalism
- Alchemists : what's green is gold
- Time travellers : escaping ecological debt
- Ghosts : valuing a disappearing world
- Between the devil and the deep blue sea : should we accept green capitalist solutions?