Community Currencies: Small Change for a Green Economy

By Gill Seyfang. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Social Psychology

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The economics of degrowth (2012, background): “There is a lot of ongoing empirical research on the advantages and disadvantages of complementary community currencies (Fantacci, 2005; North, 2007; Seyfang, 2001), and even a specialised journal on the topic.”
Growing green money? Mapping community currencies for sustainable development (2013, background): “Research indicates that although mutual exchanges are clearly aimed at supporting local economies, it is the social and community-building benefits which have greatest impact through fostering social networks (Seyfang, 2001; Williams et al, 2001).”
Desperately seeking niches: Grassroots innovations and niche development in the community currency field (2013, background): “…research has examined community currencies as initiatives to: tackle social exclusion and unemployment (Williams et al., 2001; Pearson, 2003; Seyfang, 2001b, 2002, 2003, 2004); localise economies and improve resilience (Graugaard, 2012; Gregory, 2009); build social capital and civic…”
Working Outside the Box: Community Currencies, Time Banks and Social Inclusion (2004, background): “‘New economics’ and ‘green’ movements have actively promoted community currencies as tools to strengthen local economies and at the same time revive social capital and community participation and promote sustainable livelihoods (Douthwaite, 1996; Boyle, 1999a; Seyfang, 2001a).”
Tackling social exclusion with community currencies: Learning from LETS to time banks (2002, background): “…for facilitating informal employment, it principally delivers significant social benefits in the form of building social networks, being a forum for meeting people and making friends, and helping people to get out into the community more (Williams, 1996; Seyfang 2001c; Aldridge et al, 2001).”
The role of social processes for sustainable consumption (2006, background): “Many LETS felt affected by noticeable periods of inactivity and an unequal participation rate among members [ 43 ,51].”
Carbon Offsetting: Sustaining Consumption? (2009, background): “agendas for (ecologically modern forms of) sustainable consumption (2006a), on radical alternatives to market-based production/consumption (North, 2005; Seyfang, 2001), and on practices of sustainable or ethical consumption (Hobson, 2003; 2006; Seyfang, 2005; 2007).”
Consuming Values and Contested Cultures: A Critical Analysis of the UK Strategy for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2004, background): “…to strengthen decentralized self-reliant local economies, encourage recycling and sharing of resources, and enable people to access ‘‘environmentally friendly’’, lowconsumption alternatives to mainstream market offerings such as locally grown food, or handicrafts (Douthwaite 1996, Seyfang 2001).”
Local currencies for purposive degrowth? A quality check of some proposals for changing money-as-usual (2013, background): “Consequently, wage inequalities based on age, class, and gender are common, as are gendered divisions of labour (Aldridge et al., 2001, Lee, 1996, Williams, 1996b, Williams, 1996d), although positive discrimination has also been observed (Aldridge et al., 2001, Seyfang, 2001b).”