The new economics of sustainable consumption : seeds of change / Gill Seyfang.
"This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, exploring how grassroots community action can spread ideas in society. It presents a "New Economics" approach based on alternative measures of wealth and value, examining how these are put into practice through local organic f...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
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| Series: | Energy, climate, and the environment series.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, exploring how grassroots community action can spread ideas in society. It presents a "New Economics" approach based on alternative measures of wealth and value, examining how these are put into practice through local organic food systems, low-impact eco-housing, and complementary currencies."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | The themes of this book were developed at a conference on Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development, held at University College London in 2005. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0230525334 9780230525337 |