The transition to sustainable living and practice /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Liam Leonard, John Barry.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1. ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Bingley :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Emerald,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Advances in ecopolitics,
Volume Designation
v. 4
ISSN of Series
2041-806X ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The transition to sustainability: transition towns and sustainable communities / John Barry, Stephen Quilley -- Traditional living practices: return to the villages / Mark Somma -- Sustainable economics: a new financial architecture based on a global carbon standard / Molly Scott Cato -- Utopian sustainability: ecological utopianism / Marius de Geus -- Environmental exploitation: an analysis and taxonomy / Gerry Nagtzaam -- Ecological activism: sustainable living, activism and identity / Liam Leonard -- Ecofeminism: ecofeminism and the green public sphere / Chaone Mallory -- Sustainable planning: a green protectionism / Colin Hines -- Sustainability and the intentional community: green intentional communities/ Lucy Sargisson -- A green philosophy of money / Rupert Read.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"The Transition to Sustainable Living and Practice" provides a series of insights into real alternatives to the current economic malaise, with an examination of key themes such as transition towns, traditional villages, new green financial concepts, the sustainable utopia, co-operative farming, sustainability and activism, ecofeminism, green protectionism, intentional communities and a green philosophy of money.