economic development and modernization in the Third World. It links these trends by revealing how environmental NGOs challenged … and reformed development approaches of the U.S. government, World Bank, and United Nations from the 1960s through the 1990 … accommodated the developmental aspirations of Third World intellectuals and leaders. In sum, Of Limits and Growth offers a new …

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Confronting Consumption -- I - The Consumption Angle -- 2 - Consumption and Its … Externalities: Where Economy Meets Ecology -- 3 - Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World? -- 4 … - Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection -- II - Chains of Consumption -- 5 - Distancing …