Special issue of Yale Journal analyzes environmental impact of consumption.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 July 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Special issue of Yale Journal analyzes environmental impact of consumption(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:26072005 New Haven, CT - The environmental impact of what we buy and use is increasingly drawing the attention of business, governments, and consumers.

The connection between consumption and environmental impact is analyzed in new and important ways in a special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology. Articles in the special issue analyze the environmental impact of consumption and U.S. house size, diet change, work time reduction, time use, product life spans and the quality of life. Articles also examine consumption at the household, city and national levels. "This special issue...