{"product_id":"badvertising-polluting-our-minds-and-fuelling-climate-chaos-hardcover","title":"Badvertising: Polluting Our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Simms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeo Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**An \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Month**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Why do we allow adverts that actively promote our own destruction? Halting climate catastrophe is hard enough without ads selling things that pollute more. With Badvertising, Simms and Murray have done the world an urgent favour. Funny and readable, it will make us all see advertising in a very different way'\u003c\/b\u003e Dr Chris van Tulleken, doctor, broadcaster and author of \u003ci\u003eUltra-Processed People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely timely and important ... Grapples with advertising's role in enabling climate crimes - and sets out why and how we need to stop the industry's complicity in its tracks, for the sake of a liveable future'\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Lucas MP \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Simms and Murray are clear-headed guides. Learn the history, be enraged at the tactics, and join the struggle for a less polluted public sphere'\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Knights, writer, actor and activist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A much-needed book whose time has come. The continued advertising of high-carbon products at a time of climate crisis is a form of insanity The authors are absolutely right'\u003c\/b\u003e Bill McGuire, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, University College London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book was a watershed moment for me. Since it can't have an advertising campaign, we all need to tell our friends about it'\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Vine, broadcaster and journalist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Advertising is selling us a dream, a lifestyle. It promises us fulfilment and tells us where to buy it - from international flights to a vast array of goods we consume like there is no tomorrow. The truth is, if advertising succeeds in keeping us on our current trajectory, there may not be a tomorrow. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBadvertising\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Simms and Leo Murray raise the alarm on an industry that is making us both unhealthy and unhappy, and that is driving the planet to the precipice of environmental collapse in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What is the psychological impact of being barraged by literally thousands of advertisements a day? How does the commercialisation of our public spaces weaken our sense of belonging? How are car manufacturers, airlines and oil companies lobbying to weaken climate action? Examining the devastating impact of advertising on our minds and on the planet, Badvertising also crucially explores what we can do to change things for the better. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Simms\u003c\/b\u003e was called a 'master at joined-up progressive thinking' by \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He co-authored the original Green New Deal, came up with Earth Overshoot Day, and jointly proposed the Fossil Fuel Non- Proliferation Treaty. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eEcological Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTescopoly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCancel the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEconomics: A Crash Course\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-directs the New Weather Institute, is Assistant Director of Scientists for Global Responsibility, coordinates the Rapid Transition Alliance and is a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Murray\u003c\/b\u003e co-founded climate action charity Possible, where he is currently Director of Innovation, as well as noughties direct action pressure group Plane Stupid and pioneering solar rail enterprise Riding Sunbeams. Murray is also the creator of the Frequent Flyer Levy and the brains behind the Trump Baby blimp which rose to global fame during Donald Trump's US presidency. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Andrew Simms is the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eThe New Economics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcological Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTescopoly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCancel the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e. Most recently he co-authored \u003ci\u003eEconomics: A Crash Course\u003c\/i\u003e, a beginner's guide to the subject from a heterodox perspective, with David Boyle. He co-founded the New Weather Institute and coordinates the Rapid Transition Alliance. He is a research associate at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, a fellow of the New Economics Foundation (NEF) where he was also policy director for many years and established its Climate Change, Energy and Interdependence Programme, and has been a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and BBC. He is also the assistant director of Scientists for Global Responsibility. He co-founded the Green New Deal group in 2007, the climate campaign onehundredmonths.org that ran until 2017, and devised Earth Overshoot Day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Leo Murray co-founded Plane Stupid, where he played a central role in strategic planning and communication for three years from 2006. He also designed and co-founded the climate change campaigning organisation Possible in 2009, where he is currently director of innovation. Murray is the brains behind the Frequent Flyer Levy, and strategy lead for the Rapid Transition Taskforce. He was previously a part-time political advisor on the transition to a sustainable economy to Labour's Shadow Minister for Sustainable Economics, Clive Lewis MP. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.8 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765031928096,"sku":"9780745349145","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/654b72e5362a68b01f9a54f9ce9b6d51.webp?v=1780260950","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/badvertising-polluting-our-minds-and-fuelling-climate-chaos-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}