The green ages : medieval innovations in sustainability

Book 2024

"A fascinating blend of history and ecological economics that uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in...

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Ecology Economic aspects

Environmentalism

Human ecology Europe History To 1500

Middle Ages

Sustainable living

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ISBN:

9781684582433

Description:

342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Medieval innovations in sustainability

Notes:

Originally published in German as 'Wir konnten auch anders' by Karl Blessing Verlag, 2024
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Was everyone poor until we invented capitalism?
Sharing
Recycling
Microfinance
Minimalism
A tailwind from the past

LCCN:

2024017885

Control Number:

3349170

Other Authors:

Ipsen, Gesche, translator
translation of: Kehnel, Annette. Wir konnten auch anders. English

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