The New Economics Of Sustainable Consumption : Seeds Of Change
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- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-13: 9781137604712
- Pages: 218
- Binding: Hard Binding
- Year of Pub / Reprint Year: 2016
Description
About The Book
Climate change is forcing us to rethink our lifestyles, but green consumerism won’t save the
planet. Mainstream approaches simply cannot deliver the redical changes we need for a
sustainable society. 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.
Local organic food systems, low-impact eco-housing, and complementary currencies are
examined to measure their success at delivering localized economies and inclusive
communities, enabling people to reduce their ecological footprints, harnessing collective
energies and building new forms of social organization. Viewing these activities as innovative
‘green niches’, the book explores the opportunities for grassroots innovations to spread and
influence wider society, and the barriers preventing them achieving their potential.
About The Author
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