Green Asia Ecocultures, Sustainable Lifestyles, and Ethical Consumption

(Axel Boer) #1

Contents


List of figures ix
List of tables x
List of contributors xi
Acknowledgements xv

1 Sustainability, lifestyle, and consumption in Asia 1
TANIA LEWIS


2 From sustainable architecture to sustaining comfort
practices: air conditioning and its alternatives in Asia 20
TIM WINTER


3 Green marketing and green consciousness in India 37
DEVLEENA GHOSH AND AMIT JAIN


4 “Relying on Heaven”: natural farming and “Eco-tea”
in Taiwan 51
SCOTT WRITER


5 The Urban Wilds: ecoculture, consumption, and affect in
Singapore 66
CHRIS HUDSON


6 Domestic “Eco” tourism and the production of a wondrous
nature in the Philippines 81
SARAH WEBB


7 The greying of greenspeak? Environmental issues, media
discourses, and consumer practices in China 99
WANNING SUN

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