Sustainable consumption, community action, and the new economics
Subtitle: seeds of change
By: Gill Seyfang.
Series: Energy, climate, and the environment series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780230525337
Subjects: Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses; Consumer behavior -- Congresses; Economics -- Sociological aspects -- Congresses; Environmental protection -- Citizen participation -- Congresses; Sustainable living -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, presenting a holistic 'New Economics' approach. It explores how grassroots community actions for sustainability are experimenting with new ways of working, measuring value and progress, and expressing ecological citizenship."--Jacket.
Notes: "The themes of this book were developed at a conference on Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development, held at University College London in 2005"--P.     .

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a consuming issue; title: Sustainable consumption: a mainstream agenda; title: Sustainable consumption and the new economics; title: Grassroots innovations for sustainable consumption; title: Sustainable food: growing carrots and community; title: Sustainable housing: building a greener future; title: Sustainable currencies: green money from the grassroots; title: Conclusions: seedbeds for sustainable consumption.