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Author:

Seyfang, Gill, 1969-

Title:

The new economics of sustainable consumption : seeds of change / Gill Seyfang.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xi, 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects--Congresses.
Consumer behavior--Congresses.--Congresses.
Economics--Sociological aspects--Congresses.
Environmental protection--Citizen participation--Congresses.
Sustainable living--Congresses.

Notes:

The themes of this book were developed at a conference on Grassroots Innovations for Sustainable Development, held at University College London in 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-208) and index.

Contents:

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 sustainable consumption.

Series:

Energy, climate, and the environment series

ISBN:

0230525334
9780230525337

OCLC:

(OCoLC)226357150

LCCN:

2008033418

Locations:

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