Heather Rogers is a journalist and author whose work offers a critical lens on contemporary society. Her writings delve into the complex interplay between economies and the environment, uncovering the hidden consequences of mass consumption. Rogers scrutinizes popular market-based solutions to ecological crises, examining their true effectiveness through on-the-ground reporting. Her approach, blending rigorous research with journalistic acumen, provides readers with a profound understanding of sustainability's challenges.
Faced with the unprecedented threat of climate change, the contemporary world has turned to a solution that is all too prosaic-consumerism. This book explores the rapid expansion of environmental production and consumption. It argues that we are coming to rely on consumerism as the solution to the very problems it has helped to cause.