This article provides a quality check of the degrowth movement's proposal of local
currencies as tools for advancing socially equitable and ecologically sustainable degrowth …

Community or complementary currency systems have spread all around the world. Most
often, they have been promoted as tools to foster sustainable development albeit they differ …

Everyday utopias enact conventional activities in unusual ways. Instead of dreaming about a
better world, participants seek to create it. As such, their activities provide vibrant and …

Innovation and community action are two important strands for sustainable development. Yet
they have not hitherto been linked. Community action is a neglected, but potentially …

Parallel sustainable monetary systems are being developed by civil society groups and non-
governmental organisations (NGOs), informed by ecological economics perspectives on …

There is growing recognition in practice and policy of how networking contributes to the
vitality and cohesion of community life and civil society. The Well-Connected Community …

The New Economics of Sustainable Consumption Page 1 The New Economics of Sustainable
Consumption Seeds of Change Gill Seyfang Page 2 The New Economics of Sustainable …

The sustainability transitions literature seeks to explain the conditions under which
technological innovations can diffuse and disrupt existing socio-technical systems through …

In the context of great economic turmoil and uncertainty, the emergent conflict between
continued globalisation and growing economic nationalism means that a geographical …

In seeking to understand and promote long-term and inclusive models of local economic
development the notion of social capital appears potentially important. In the development of …