This book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, exploring how grassroots community action can spread ideas in society. It presents a b 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. ÍNDICE: - Introduction: A Consuming Issue - Sustainable Consumption: A Mainstream Agenda - Sustainable Consumption and the New Economics - Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Consumption - Sustainable Food: Growing Carrots and Community - Sustainable Housing: Building a Greener Future - Sustainable Currencies: Green Money from The Grassroots - Conclusions: Seedbeds for SustainableConsumption - References -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-52533-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 05/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés