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  • Non-fiction
  • 2021
  • First North American edition.

Consumed

the need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism

Aja Barber

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In Consumed, Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work--often in unsafe conditions for very low pay--and the billionaires who receive the most profit. A story told in two parts, Barber exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery, racism, and today's wealth inequality. Once the layers are peeled back, Barber invites you to participate in unlearning, to understand the truth behind why we consume in the way that we do, to confront the uncomfortable feeling that we are never quite enough and why we fill that void with consumption rather than compassion. Barber challenges us to challenge the system and our role in it. The less you buy into the consumer culture, the more power you have. Consumed will teach you how to be a citizen and not a consumer.

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Title Statement Consumed: the need for collective change : colonialism, climate change, and consumerism / Aja Barber.
Author Barber, Aja
Publication New York: Balance,2021.
Edition First North American edition.
Extent of Item xvi, 286 pages ;
ISBN 9781538709849 (pbk.)
1538709848 (pbk.)
Other Number 4246433
Contents Sustainability and me -- Colonization: the root of the problem -- Global wealth: who's harming who? -- How the fast fashion system works -- How society works -- Cultural appropriation -- Shopping: the great con -- Let's get committed -- Let's talk about us -- We need collective change -- How to break the supply chain -- Habits are made to be broken -- I believe in you.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.
Summary In Consumed, Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work--often in unsafe conditions for very low pay--and the billionaires who receive the most profit. A story told in two parts, Barber exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery, racism, and today's wealth inequality. Once the layers are peeled back, Barber invites you to participate in unlearning, to understand the truth behind why we consume in the way that we do, to confront the uncomfortable feeling that we are never quite enough and why we fill that void with consumption rather than compassion. Barber challenges us to challenge the system and our role in it. The less you buy into the consumer culture, the more power you have. Consumed will teach you how to be a citizen and not a consumer.
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Climatic changes
Clothing trade--Moral and ethical aspects
Consumption (Economics)
Consumer movements
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