Materials Matter by Ken Geiser
The products we purchase and use are assembled from a wide range of naturally occurring and manufactured materials. But too often we create hazards for the ecosystem and human health as we mine, process, distribute, use, and dispose of these materials. Until recently, most research has focused on the waste end of material cycles. This book argues that the safest and least costly point at which to avoid environmental damage is when materials are first designed and selected for use in industrial production. Materials Matter presents convincing evidence that we can use fewer materials and eliminate the use of many toxic chemicals by focusing directly on material (chemical) use when products are designed. It also shows how manufacturers can save money by increasing the effectiveness of material use and reducing the use of toxic chemicals. It advocates new directions for the material sciences and government policies on materials. And it argues that manufacturers, suppliers, and customers need to set more socially responsible policies for products and services to achieve higher environmental and health goals.-
Concrete and Clay
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Street Science
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Environmental Justice and Environmentalism
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Sharing Cities
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Just Sustainabilities
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Neighborhood as Refuge
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Co-Cities
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City Cycling
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Grounding Urban Natures
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Fracking the Neighborhood
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Resigned Activism
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Technoscience and Environmental Justice
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Global Cities
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Blue and Green
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Toward the Healthy City
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Environmentalism Unbound
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Transit Life
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Changing Lanes
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Installing Automobility
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Liquid Power
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The Informal American City
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Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival
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The Making of Grand Paris
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The Enclave Economy
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American Urban Form
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Growing Smarter
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Civic Ecology
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Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry
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Pastoral Capitalism
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The Code of the City
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The Land That Could be
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The Globalization of Clean Energy Technology
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Flint Fights Back
Barry Commoner (1917-2012) is considered the father of modern ecology and one of the world's most progressive thinkers and scientist-activists. Credited with creating the four informal rules of ecology, he followed Marxist ideals that led him to posit that climate change is driven by capitalist means of production rather than overpopulation. In 1980 he ran for President of the United States on his own Citizens Party ticket.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780262571487 |
| ISBN 10 | 026257148X |
| Title | Materials Matter |
| Author | Ken Geiser |
| Series | Urban And Industrial Environments |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 497 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |