Peter Dauvergne's Environmentalism of the Rich forces readers to confront the
uncomfortable reality that mainstream environmentalism is perpetuating a cycle of
unsustainable development. The environmentalism of the 1970s–a countermovement that
challenged the status quo–has been watered down to a point where business as usual is
legitimised and calls to re-examine the basic structures and purpose of the economy are
increasingly muted. The environmentalism of the rich, with origins in the West, is spreading …

Accepted: 19 May 2017/Published online: 26 June 2017© Springer Science+ Business
Media BV 2017 true transformative power, undermines “real” environmentalism, and coopts
environmentalism to feed capitalism. Left feeling a bit hopeless and cynical after Part 1,
readers can count on Part 2 to document the stories of environmentalists and environmental
groups that are making steady progress, either in baby steps or giant leaps. As Dauvergne
notes,“even as environmentalism of the rich has increasingly come to dominate the …