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.

Good For You, Helen Dew!

A warm children’s picture book inspired by Helen Dew, introducing little ones to living lightly on the planet.

$20.00

11 in stock

Looking Back & Looking Ahead: A Memoir

The memoir of Living Economies co-founder Helen Dew, who lived sustainably long before it was a movement.

$34.99

11 in stock

The Resilience of the Cooperative Business Model in Times of Crisis

An International Labour Organisation report on why cooperatives weather economic crises better than other businesses.

This report is freely available as a PDF from the ILO. We also offer this printed copy free of charge; just cover the postage.

$0.00

13 in stock

No More Throw-Away People: The Co-Production Imperative

The founding text of TimeBanking, by the man who invented it.

Original price was: $38.00.Current price is: $15.00.

12 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

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

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

The Big Shift: Rethinking Money, Tax, Welfare and Governance for the Next Economic System

Deirdre Kent’s concise blueprint for redesigning money, tax, welfare and governance together, not piece by piece.

$20.00

11 in stock

Healthy Money, Healthy Planet: Developing Sustainability Through New Money Systems

Living Economies co-founder Deirdre Kent’s landmark New Zealand book linking the money system to environmental and social breakdown.

$20.00

11 in stock

The End of Money and the Future of Civilization

Greco’s bigger-picture case that reclaiming the money power is essential to a free and sustainable society.

Original price was: $41.00.Current price is: $20.00.

12 in stock

Money and Sustainability: The Missing Link

A Club of Rome report arguing that our single type of bank-debt money is the missing piece in the sustainability puzzle.

Original price was: $39.00.Current price is: $20.00.

13 in stock

People Money: The Promise of Regional Currencies

A global tour of regional and community currencies already at work, with practical lessons for starting your own.

Original price was: $39.00.Current price is: $15.00.

10 in stock

Interest and Inflation-Free Money

The classic, accessible case for money without interest, by the author whose New Zealand visit helped found Living Economies.

Original price was: $25.00.Current price is: $10.00.

11 in stock

MONEY: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender

Thomas Greco’s practical guide to how money works and how communities can build sound alternatives to bank-issued currency.

Original price was: $19.00.Current price is: $15.00.

10 in stock