{"product_id":"badvertising-polluting-our-minds-and-fuelling-climate-chaos-9780745350295","title":"Badvertising: Polluting Our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny and readable, [it] will make us all see the world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein a very different way' - \u003c\/b\u003eDr Chris van Tulleken, author of \u003ci\u003eUltra-Processed People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant ... if you thought your brain was being gently \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ewarmed by the advertising industry, read this book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand you'll realise it's being fried' - \u003c\/b\u003eJeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Advertising is selling us a dream, a lifestyle. It promises us fulfillment 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 about 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 thousands of prompts to buy things every day? How does the commercialization 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 the planet, \u003ci\u003eBadvertising\u003c\/i\u003e also crucially explores what we can do to change things for the better. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Simms\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eTescopoly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCancel the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEconomics: A Crash Course\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLeo Murray\u003c\/b\u003e co-founded climate action charity Possible, where he is currently Director of Innovation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAndrew 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 and \u003ci\u003eEconomics: A Crash Course. \u003c\/i\u003eHe 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), and is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and BBC. He co-founded the Green New Deal group in 2007, the climate campaign onehundredmonths.org that ran until 2017, and devised Earth Overshoot Day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902433857810,"sku":"9780745350295","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d164c5ed-7e56-46c6-bc3d-af29d58910ff.jpg?v=1738455354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/badvertising-polluting-our-minds-and-fuelling-climate-chaos-9780745350295","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}