A mordant, undeluded book about the 'innocent' habits of consumers and how theycontribute vastly to climate change.People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple trap that proved remarkablyeffective. It was nothing more than a stout glass jar with a comparatively narrow neck, into which they put a large juicy banana. Plunging its paw into the jar to grab the banana, the creature found its ??st was now too bulky to ??t through the jar's neck, unless it let goof the banana, it was stuck. The Monkey is of course us, and the way we are paralysed byour inability to relinquish or even change our modern way of life and its consumergoodies, despite the undeniable damage to the environment.In Stuck Monkey, James Hamilton-Paterson uncovers the truth about our everydayhabits and their contribution to climate change. The subjects treated to his acerbicanalysis include gardening, sports, the growth of eco-tourism, the wellness industry, ourobsession with online shopping, mobile phones, military carbon, biofuels and electricvehicles, as well as our pets and their hidden carbon pawprints. This is a powerful, accessible book about how extremely dif??cult it will be to change the way we live if weare to prevent environmental and human catastrophe.