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The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption: Seeds of Change (Energy, Climate and the Environment)
Gill Seyfang
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Description for The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption: Seeds of Change (Energy, Climate and the Environment)
Paperback. 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. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; RNU; THX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Energy, Climate and the Environment
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230321755
SKU
V9780230321755
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Gill Seyfang
GILL SEYFANG is an Environmental Social Scientist at the University of East Anglia, UK, working on sustainable consumption. She currently holds a Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship and is developing a research programme in Low-Carbon Lifestyles. She is co-editor of 'Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights'.
Reviews for The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption: Seeds of Change (Energy, Climate and the Environment)
'Dr Seyfang's groundbreaking book offers a fresh look at sustainable consumption, presenting a holistic new economics approach.' - Irish News 'Provides a much needed means for thinking simultaneously about the social, technical and political dynamics of shifting systems of provision and practice, and one which offers significant lessons for future research and policy in this field.' - ... Read more