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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968477203321

Autore

Lewis Michael

Titolo

The resilience imperative : cooperative transitions to a steady-state economy / / Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, BC : , : New Society Publishers, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

9781550925050

1550925059

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Classificazione

BUS072000BUS099000POL024000

Disciplina

338.927

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Cooperative societies

Environmental economics

Social change - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Getting off the Economic Growth Treadmill: The Resilience Imperative; Back to the Future: Seers from our Past -- Guides for the 21st Century?; Seeking Strategic Pathways from the Grip of Compound Interest: Sweden's JAK Bank -- Financing Transition; Seeking Strategic Pathways to Affordable Housing: The Case for Land Reform; Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency; Seeking Strategic Pathways to Sustainable Food Systems; Organizing for Transition: Reweaving Local Economies; Capital SEE Change Required! : Transforming the Ecology of Finance; Securing the SEE Change : Federating for Influence & Power; Finance, Democracy & Ownership: Challenges of Transition; Wiring & Weaving Scaled Up Approaches to Transition.

Sommario/riassunto

Navigating transition from growth to resilience is a formidable challenge, but together we can build a robust, resilient, low-carbon economy. This title advances a mixture of analysis and innovation that provoke us to SEE (social, ecological, and economic) Change as desirable and possible.