Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have Audiobook

Quotes

• “Inconspicuous Consumption breaks down the ways the internet, technology, food, fashion, and fuel impact the environment in hidden ways…Her book is also a call to action.”

  — People

• “Schlossberg takes a diagnostic approach to the unfolding catastrophe, meticulously examining the hidden effects of everyday decisions that seem far from the landscapes and bodies of water they are changing.”

  — Vogue

• “Focusing on food, fashion, technology, and fuel, she shows how even the smallest decisions can have profound environmental consequences.”

  — New York Times

• “Entertaining and eye-opening…the sharp, well-written book doesn’t read like an admonishment; instead it’s a call to action that reminds us all of our responsibility and capability to change the world.”

  — Town & Country magazine

• “The author breaks complex issues down to be understandable to the lay reader, while her humor and wit ensure that readers will close the book feeling energized rather than hopeless.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “Brings new issues to the forefront…Our daily activities are ‘much more connected to each other, to global climate change, and to each one of us than we think’….A call to action for our future success and survival.”

  — BookPage

• “She shows how everything from Internet usage to clothes to waste food represents missed opportunities and further degradation of the environment.”

  — AudioFile

• Focusing on food, fashion, technology and fuel, she shows how even the smallest decisions can have profound environmental consequences.

  — New York Times

• A compelling-and illuminating-look at how our daily habits impact the environment...[Schlossberg's] wry, sometimes self-deprecating humor makes the depth of research and information provided throughout the book go down easy.

  — VanityFair

• "Inconspicuous Consumption is scary informative-in both senses-but also oddly enjoyable, filled with salty jokes and fun (or not so fun) facts...If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing.

  — Vogue

• To solve the climate crisis, it is crucial that we address theproblems in the way our democracy is functioning. In her illuminating book, Inconspicuous Consumption, Tatiana Schlossberg does just that by exploring how individuals, corporations, and governments are all contributing to this crisis, and how we need to work together to help fix it.

  — Former Vice President Al Gore

• Entertaining and eye-opening...the sharp, well written book doesn't read like an admonishment; instead it's a call to action that reminds us all of our responsibility and capability to change the world.

  — Town & Country

• The author breaks complex issues down to be understandable to the lay reader, while her humor and wit ensure that readers will close the book feeling energized rather than hopeless.

  — Booklist (starred review)

• Readers will find solace, humor and a route to feeling empowered with possibilities for positive change, rather than drained by an accumulation of bad news.

  — Society of Environmental Journalists' Judges for the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award

• The subject of climate change is inescapable, as it should be, but too few stories focus on one's everyday impact upon the environment. In Inconspicuous Consumption, former New York Times science writer Tatiana Schlossberg breaks down exactly how everyday activities - watching Netflix, eating a burger, turning on the light - impact the environment.

  — Bustle

• How many chances do we get each day to make a meaningful difference for Earth? Plenty, says environmental writer Tatiana Schlossberg. Can we eradicate ecodespair? With knowledge, context, and applicable insight, yes, absolutely. Moreover, as thoughtful citizens we can begin to reverse ecodystopia to utopia. Inconspicuous Consumption is smart, funny, and helpful, and this is everything because our Earth deserves our full attention.

  — Min Jin Lee, author of Free Food for Millionairesand Pachinko, finalist for the National Book Award

• Schlossberg adeptly guides readers toward understanding the unlikely implications of how the manufacture of everyday acquisitions...exact environmental and human costs. Beyond individual choices, though, Schlossberg's sophisticated understanding of the world's complexity and her conversational style rally readers to vigilance about corporate and governmental oversight in this small world.

  — The National Book Review

• An approachable, lighthearted tally of our more pernicious environmental impacts, rich with historical context. For all its aversion to the reductionist notion of an ecofriendly lifestyle in the twenty-first century, this book delivers on actionable data for the ecoconscious consumer and climate activist.

  — Kim Cobb, professor, earth and atmospheric sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology

• [A] straightforward, accessible look at the environmental impact of consumer habits...With insight and urgency, Schlossberg prods readers to think more deeply...[and] delivers an intriguing and educational narrative.

  — Publishers Weekly

• With this call for mass action [Schlossberg] presents valuable information that could help readers make more sustainable choices in their lives.

  — Library Journal