{"product_id":"glasgow-effect","title":"Glasgow Effect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI will not travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike, for a whole calendar year.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e– Ellie Harrison, January \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e2016 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003eThis simple proposition – to attempt to live a ‘low-carbon lifestyle of the future’ – put forward by an English artist living in post-industrial Glasgow cut to the heart of the unequal world we have created. A world in which some live transient and disconnected existences within a global ‘knowledge economy’ racking up huge carbon footprints as they chase work around the world, whilst others, trapped in a cycle of poverty caused by deindustrialisation and the lack of local opportunities, cannot even afford the bus fare into town. We’re all equally miserable. Isn’t it time we rethought the way we live our lives?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:16px\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003eIn this, her first book, Ellie Harrison traces her own life’s trajectory to examine the relationship between literal and social mobility; between class and carbon footprint. From the personal to the political, she uses experiences and knowledge gained in Glasgow in \u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e2016 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003eand beyond, together with the ideas of Patrick Geddes – who coined the phrase ‘Think Global, Act Local’ in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e1915\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e, economist EF Schumacher who made the case for localism in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-italic\"\u003eSmall is Beautiful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003ein \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-romansc\"\u003e1973\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:sabon-roman\"\u003e, and the Fearless Cities movement of today, to put forward her own vision for ‘the sustainable city of the future’, in which we can all live happy, healthy and creative lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314227028350,"sku":"NW9781910022795","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781910022795.jpg?v=1778511725","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/glasgow-effect","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}