Growing green money? Mapping community currencies for sustainable development

Ecological Economics

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-77

  Seyfang, Gill ^a   Longhurst, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community currencies; Complementary currencies; Degrowth; Grassroots innovations; LETS; New economics; Sustainable development; Time banks

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMPLEMENTARITY; CURRENCY; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LABOR MARKET; MAPPING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HARNESS;

EID: 84870829149     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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