Main entry:

Hallsmith, Gwendolyn.

Title & Author:

Creating wealth : growing local economies with local currencies / Gwendolyn Hallsmith & Bernard Lietaer ; preface by Dennis Meadows ; foreword by Hunter Lovins.

Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, ©2011.

Description:

xviii, 269 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.
Part I: Local economics. What is wealth? --Crash and burn economics -- Community capitalism -- The possibility of sufficiency and abundance -- Part II: Examples of complementary currencies. Building equity -- Growing intelligence -- The creative economy -- Exchanging ecologies -- Minding the community's business -- Putting the care back in healthcare -- Honoring our elders, caring for children -- Eating money -- Part III: Making it happen. Intentional cities -- A tale of three cities -- Conclusion: Toward a monetary democracy -- Appendix: The community currency how-to manual.

Summary:

Demonstrates how a healthy society can be attained through developing new systems of exchange. Using creative initiatives such as time banks, systems of barter and exchange, and local currencies, cities and towns can empower themselves and build sustainable local economies. Explores the different types of capital that communities have to draw on, including natural, built, social, human, institutional, cultural, technological, and financial. From publisher description.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780865716674
0865716676
9781550924770
155092477X

Subject:

Wealth.
Cooperation.
Sustainable development.
City planning Economic aspects.
Money.
Richesse.
Coopération.
Développement durable.
Urbanisme Aspect économique.
Monnaie.
wealth.
sustainable development.
cooperation.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Lietaer, Bernard A.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316584
Call No.: 316584
Copy: 1
Status: Available