TimeBanks

Exchange time instead of money to build a network of mutual aid and support within your community.

LETS

Engage in a local exchange trading system where goods and services are traded without the need for traditional currency.

Local Money

Utilize complementary currencies to enhance local trade and economic resilience.

Savings Pools

Participate in interest-free savings and lending circles that foster trust and financial security.

Co-ops

Join cooperative businesses that are owned and managed by their members, ensuring democratic decision-making.

Social Enterprise

Support businesses that prioritize social and environmental goals over profit, creating positive community impact.

Support local small businesses for a thriving economy.

Local First

Prioritize local businesses to strengthen the local economy and build community resilience.

Local Food

Promote the growth and consumption of locally sourced food to enhance health and environmental sustainability.

Living Economies bookshop

Books for a fairer economy

Kia ora, welcome to our bookshop. A curated shelf on money, monetary reform and sustainability, including titles by our own founders, with every purchase supporting the trust's work.

Fleeing Vesuvius: Overcoming the Risks of Economic and Environmental Collapse (New Zealand Edition)

The New Zealand edition, published by Living Economies, of the FEASTA collection on facing economic and environmental limits.

Original price was: $29.00.Current price is: $20.00.

12 in stock

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

Naomi Klein’s bestselling argument that the climate crisis is really an argument about the economy driving it.

Original price was: $30.00.Current price is: $20.00.

13 in stock

Enough! The Challenge of a No-Growth Economy

Former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons on why a healthy economy does not have to be a growing one.

$0.00

11 in stock