Sustainable Luxury and Social Entrepreneurship : Stories from the Pioneers.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Sustainable luxury: Stories from the pioneers -- Stories from the social pioneers in the sustainable luxury sector: A conceptual vision -- 1 Elvis & -- Kresse, UK -- 2 The IOU Project, Spain -- 3 Aïny Savoirs des Peuples, France -- 4 Pachacuti, UK -- 5 We Are Knitters, Spain -- 6 Positive Luxury, UK -- 7 Bottletop, UK -- 8 Big Blue Bike, USA -- 9 Estancia Peuma Hue, Argentina -- About the editors.
This book profiles transformational individuals blazing a trail in the sustainable luxury business. It shows us that luxury products need not wreak destruction on the environment and the communities who manufacture them. There are entrepreneurs who are well motivated to break the rules and promote disruptive solutions.