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| Author | : Waqas Butt |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2023-05-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1503635732 |
Over the last several decades, life in Lahore has been undergoing profound transformations, from rapid and uneven urbanization to expanding state institutions and informal economies. What do these transformations look like if viewed from the lens of waste materials and the lives of those who toil with them? In Lahore, like in many parts of Pakistan and South Asia, waste workers—whether municipal employees or informal laborers—are drawn from low- or noncaste (Dalit) groups and dispose the collective refuse of the city's 11 million inhabitants. Bringing workers into contact with potentially polluting materials reinforces their stigmatization and marginalization, and yet, their work allows life to go on across Lahore and beyond. This historical and ethnographic account examines how waste work has been central to organizing and transforming the city of Lahore—its landscape, infrastructures, and life—across historical moments, from the colonial period to the present. Building upon conversations about changing configurations of work and labor under capitalism, and utilizing a theoretical framework of reproduction, Waqas H. Butt traces how forms of life in Punjab, organized around caste-based relations, have become embedded in infrastructures across Pakistan, making them crucial to numerous processes unfolding at distinct scales. Life Beyond Waste maintains that processes reproducing life in a city like Lahore must be critically assessed along the lines of caste, class, and religion, which have been constitutive features of urbanization across South Asia.
| Author | : Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2019-12-10 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 150361090X |
Waste Siege offers an analysis unusual in the study of Palestine: it depicts the environmental, infrastructural, and aesthetic context in which Palestinians are obliged to forge their lives. To speak of waste siege is to describe a series of conditions, from smelling wastes to negotiating military infrastructures, from biopolitical forms of colonial rule to experiences of governmental abandonment, from obvious targets of resistance to confusion over responsibility for the burdensome objects of daily life. Within this rubble, debris, and infrastructural fallout, West Bank Palestinians create a life under settler colonial rule. Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins focuses on waste as an experience of everyday life that is continuous with, but not a result only of, occupation. Tracing Palestinians' own experiences of wastes over the past decade, she considers how multiple authorities governing the West Bank—including municipalities, the Palestinian Authority, international aid organizations, NGOs, and Israel—rule by waste siege, whether intentionally or not. Her work challenges both common formulations of waste as "matter out of place" and as the ontological opposite of the environment, by suggesting instead that waste siege be understood as an ecology of "matter with no place to go." Waste siege thus not only describes a stateless Palestine, but also becomes a metaphor for our besieged planet.
| Author | : Dennis Gabor |
| Publisher | : Pergamon |
| Total Pages | : 264 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Monograph analysing present waste trends and future supply and demand of natural resources, (raw materials, energy sources and food security) in a world of faced with rapid population growth - makes recommendations for economic policies allowing for technology and research and development, to satisfy basic needs, while providing for resources conservation and protection of the climate. Diagrams, graphs and statistical tables.
| Author | : Kate O'Neill |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2019-09-04 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0745687431 |
Waste is one of the planet’s last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations alike are finding ways to profit from waste while diverting materials from overcrowded landfills. Yet beyond these benefits, this “new” resource still poses serious risks to human health and the environment. In this unique book, Kate O’Neill traces the emergence of the global political economy of wastes over the past two decades. She explains how the emergence of waste governance initiatives and mechanisms can help us deal with both the risks and the opportunities associated with the hundreds of millions – possibly billions – of tons of waste we generate each year. Drawing on a range of fascinating case studies to develop her arguments, including China’s role as the primary recipient of recyclable plastics and scrap paper from the Western world, “Zero-Waste” initiatives, the emergence of transnational waste-pickers’ alliances, and alternatives for managing growing volumes of electronic and food wastes, O’Neill shows how waste can be a risk, a resource, and even a livelihood, with implications for governance at local, national, and global levels.
| Author | : Bea Johnson |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 2013-04-09 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1451697686 |
A practical guide for reducing waste in the home offers tools and tips for going "zero waste," discussing how to make cosmetics and cleaning supplies, pack lunches without plastic, and weed out unnecessary appliances. Shows how the author transformed her family's life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing 1 liter per year; part practical guide that gives readers tools & tips to diminish their footprint & simplify their lives. -- Publishers Description.
| Author | : Megean Weldon |
| Publisher | : Rock Point |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 2020-03-17 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 0760366691 |
Author Megean Weldon, aka The Zero Waste Nerd, gently guides you on an attainable, inspirational, mindful, and completely realistic journey to a sustainable living lifestyle. Find tips, strategies, recipes, and DIY projects for reducing waste in this approachable, beautifully designed and illustrated guide. What is zero waste living? Although the practice has been around for generations out of necessity, it is making a comeback as concerns grow about the fate of our environment. To put it simply: it is attempting to send no waste to landfills. Although you may have read or heard about “zero waste,” “sustainable,” or “green” living, the concept can sometimes seem too complicated, the author’s tone a bit self-righteous, or riddled with advice geared for people with 5 acres of land in the country with dreams of raising livestock and homesteading. This is not that book. Can a “regular” person do this? Absolutely! Zero waste isn’t necessarily about zero, but more about changing or altering the way we see the world around us, how we consume, and how we think about waste. It’s about making better choices when we can, and working to reduce our overall impact by reducing the amount of packaging and single-use plastics we bring into our life. Focusing on the positive, An Almost Zero Waste Life presents simple ways to reduce waste in every aspect of your life: Cleaning: Recipes for natural cleaners and how to ditch paper towels for good. Meal plans: Weekly menus and recipes for zero waste meals that use bulk pantry staples. Shopping: How to shop zero waste at big chain stores and ways to reduce food packaging. Bathroom: Sustainable beauty routine. Recycling: Ingenious ways to repurpose old clothing and how to recycle small metals, like razor blades. Compost: The basics of composting. And much more! An Almost Zero Waste Life will change the way you see the world around you, how you consume, and how you think about waste for a healthier planet and happier you.
| Author | : Zygmunt Bauman |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2013-04-26 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0745637159 |
The production of ‘human waste’ – or more precisely, wasted lives, the ‘superfluous’ populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts – is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side-effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is characteristic of modernity. As long as large parts of the world remained wholly or partly unaffected by modernization, they were treated by modernizing societies as lands that were able to absorb the excess of population in the ‘developed countries’. Global solutions were sought, and temporarily found, to locally produced overpopulation problems. But as modernization has reached the furthest lands of the planet, ‘redundant population’ is produced everywhere and all localities have to bear the consequences of modernity’s global triumph. They are now confronted with the need to seek – in vain, it seems – local solutions to globally produced problems. The global spread of the modernity has given rise to growing quantities of human beings who are deprived of adequate means of survival, but the planet is fast running out of places to put them. Hence the new anxieties about ‘immigrants’ and ‘asylum seekers’ and the growing role played by diffuse ‘security fears’ on the contemporary political agenda. With characteristic brilliance, this new book by Zygmunt Bauman unravels the impact of this transformation on our contemporary culture and politics and shows that the problem of coping with ‘human waste’ provides a key for understanding some otherwise baffling features of our shared life, from the strategies of global domination to the most intimate aspects of human relationships.
| Author | : Shia Su |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2018-04-03 |
| Genre | : House & Home |
| ISBN | : 1510730826 |
Easy and Effective Strategies to Jumpstart a Sustainable, Waste-Free Lifestyle We have a worldwide trash epidemic. The average American disposes of 4.4 pounds of garbage per day, and our landfills hold 254 million tons of waste. What if there were a simple—and fun—way for you to make a difference? What if you could take charge of your own waste, reduce your carbon footprint, and make an individual impact on an already fragile environment? A zero waste lifestyle is the answer—and Shia Su is living it. Every single piece of unrecyclable garbage Shia has produced in one year fits into a mason jar—and if it seems overwhelming, it isn’t! In Zero Waste, Shia demystifies and simplifies the zero waste lifestyle for the beginner, sharing practical advice, quick solutions, and tips and tricks that will make trash-free living fun and meaningful. Learn how to: Build your own zero waste kit Prepare real food—the lazy way Make your own DIY household cleaners and toiletries Be zero waste even in the bathroom! And more! Be part of the solution! Implement these small changes at your own pace, and restructure your life to one of sustainable living for your community, your health, and the earth that sustains you.
| Author | : Christy Tryhus |
| Publisher | : eBookIt.com |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2012-07-10 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1936688301 |
Live Life Beyond the Laundry focuses on helping busy women learn to manage all life's responsibilities so they have more time and energy for what's really important. Aim to increase your work/life balance and lead a life filled with joy, happiness and success. This book will guide you to improve the quality of your life by recapturing the focus and fun lost by the speed and chaos of your day to day activities. Learn to shift your life from chaos to calm. Live Life Beyond the Laundry shows you how to get focused, organized and have more time each day. This book includes practical strategies to: * Create "Me" Time * Learn to say "No" * Create a Balancing Act * Beat Procrastination * Reduce feeling overwhelmed * Have fun and enjoy life to the fullest Achieve what most busy women only dream of-achieving work/ life balance. Life was meant to be enjoyed not tolerated. Learn how to slow down and enjoy life! "This book is dead on with how busy women get sucked into chaos. Christy's 7 strategies to shift from chaos to calm are practical, easy to implement, and presented in a thoroughly entertaining and relatable way." ~ Christina Tracy Stein, co-author of Kiss That Frog! 12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work" "Christy Tryhus, is someone who can personally endorse the concept of having a "Simply Balanced Life." She is completely committed to helping people learn to Live Life Beyond the Laundry. This book has many great tools that are practical and will move you towards being Simply Balanced." ~ B Clark, Management Life Coach, Tyler Coaching and Mentoring - Dallas, TX "Live Life Beyond the Laundry is a friendly and compulsively readable book. The strategies Christy discusses get to the heart of what busy working women deal with each day. By simply implementing these strategies in my life, I have been able to successfully launch a new business and find time to truly enjoy life." ~Tami Enfield, Owner, Brand Yourself Consulting - Northfield, MN
| Author | : Kathleen M. Millar |
| Publisher | : Duke University Press |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2018-01-19 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 082237207X |
In Reclaiming the Discarded Kathleen M. Millar offers an evocative ethnography of Jardim Gramacho, a sprawling garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, where roughly two thousand self-employed workers known as catadores collect recyclable materials. While the figure of the scavenger sifting through garbage seems iconic of wageless life today, Millar shows how the work of reclaiming recyclables is more than a survival strategy or an informal labor practice. Rather, the stories of catadores show how this work is inseparable from conceptions of the good life and from human struggles to realize these visions within precarious conditions of urban poverty. By approaching the work of catadores as highly generative, Millar calls into question the category of informality, common conceptions of garbage, and the continued normativity of wage labor. In so doing, she illuminates how waste lies at the heart of relations of inequality and projects of social transformation.
