The production of everyday life in eco-conscious households : compromise, conflict, complicity / Kirstin Munro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munro, Kirstin Marie Elizabeth, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable living.

Household ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 189 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, this book sheds much-needed light on how sustainability-oriented households balance priorities and get things done in day-to-day life, offering crucial insights about eco-conscious living at an individual level.

Contents:

Front Cover

The Production pf Everyday Life in Eco-conscious Households: Compromise, Conflict, Complicity

Copyright information

Dedication

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction: "This Can't Be All Up to Me"

On the grid

Background

Household production and sustainability

Sixteen years in Portlandia

Methodological overview

Intimacy, friendship, and feminist research

A note on deception

Recruiting my informants

The interviews

Outline of the book

Conclusion

References

2 Eco-Conscious Household Production and Capitalist Society

Other possible theoretical frameworks

The theoretical framework for this book

The reproduction of capitalist society

Household production and its role in social reproduction

Wants, needs, and the "basket of goods"

A caveat

3 Priorities in Eco-Conscious Households

Introducing my informants

Families of origin

Origins of sustainability values and practices

Current living arrangements and family structures

Household sustainability priorities

Personal health

Nature

Waste

Technology

Community

4 Resources and Constraints in Eco-Conscious Households

Household resources

Resources from waged work

Resources from extended family and friends

Resources from government and nonprofits

Resources from research

Resources from gleaning, borrowed and free items, and theft

Resources from unwaged work

Household constraints

Time constraints

Budget constraints

Social and cultural constraints

Information constraints

5 Managing Household Waste

Trash and "packaging"

Recycling

Composting

Diapers

Toilet waste

6 Cleanliness and Comfort

Cleanliness

Showering

Laundry.

Household cleaning

Comfort

Comfort when it's cold outside

Temperatures

Equipment

Actions

Comfort when it's warm outside

7 Doing Their Own Research

Learning skills

Types of research

Health research

Research about the environmental impact of choices

Motivations for research

Research consequences

8 Conflict

Conflicts between adult household members

Conflicts between adults and their own parents

Conflicts between adults and children

Conflicts between children and the outside world

Internal conflicts and guilt

9 "How Do We Live with Ourselves?"

Overview

Budgeting

Carbon budgeting and compromise

Giving things up for sanity

Anti-natalist informants

10 Conclusion: "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us"

Producing sustainability in households

Suggestions for future research

Practices in "conventional" households

Practices in thrift-minded households

Practices in high-demand households

Sustainability work and gender

The futility of household-scale sustainability practices

Moving forward: pragmatic pathways

Moving forward: utopian visions

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Munro, Kirstin The Production of Everyday Life in Eco-Conscious Households

ISBN:

9781529211504

1529211506

9781529211498

1529211492

9781529211481

1529211484

OCLC:

1374428035