This index of selected keywords has been compiled to facilitate the identification of specialized alternative and decentralist literature that is often overlooked by standard keyword searches. However, your choice of keywords to search with is by no means limited to those listed below. The majority of the Library’s holdings have also been indexed according to the Library of Congress subject headings and can be located through searches using standard keywords.

The Selected Keyword Index provides terminology for specialized topics within the following main categories:
 

Key to Library of Congress Symbols:

UF:  Used for 

BT:  Broader topic

RT:  Related topic

SA:  See also

 NT:  Narrower topic

 Etc.  indicates additional terms to be found under term provided.

 


APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

Alternative energy

 RT:  Renewable energy

NT:  Fuelwood, Hydropower, Hydrogen cells, Solar, Wind energy

Antinuclear

RT:  Atomic, Nuclear, Radioactive, Radiation

Appropriate construction

RT:  Appropriate design, Building design, Ecological design

Appropriate design

RT:  Appropriate construction, etc.

Appropriate technology

RT:  Intermediate technology, Human scale

Biotechnology

SA:  Bioengeneering

Building design

BT:  Architecture

RT:  Appropriate construction, etc.

Cottage industries

SA:  Cottage industry, Craft movement, Home industry

Craft movement

SA:  Cottage industries, etc.

Ecocities

RT:  Ecovillages; Appropriate construction, etc.

Ecological design

BT:  Architecture

RT:  Appropriate construction, etc.

Ecovillages

RT:  Ecocities; Appropriate construction, etc.

Energy conservation

RT:  Renewable energy, Alternative energy

Fuelwood

BT:  Renewable energy

Home industry

SA:  Cottage industries, etc.

Human scale

RT:  Appropriate technology, Intermediate technology

Hydropower

BT:  Renewable energy

Hydrogen cells

BT:  Renewable energy

Industry

RT:  Industrialization, Industries

Intermediate technology

RT:  Appropriate technology, Human scale

Ludditism

SA:  Luddites

Progress

RT:  Technological imperative

Recycling

Renewable energy

RT:  Alternative energy

NT:  Fuelwood, Hydropower, Solar energy, Wind energy

Solar energy

RT:  Solar heating, solar houses, solar greenhouse, solar greenhouses, solar power

Technological imperative

RT:  Progress

Waste management

SA:  Waste disposal

Wind energy

BT:  Alternative energy, etc.

SA:  Wind power

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COMMUNITY AND COMMONS

Affordable housing 

Ecocities 

RT:  Ecovillages 

Ecovillages 

RT:  Ecocities 

Common property 

RT:  Commons, Public goods, Public ownership 

Commons 

RT:  Common property, etc. 

Communal living

SA:  Communes, Intentional community, Intentional communities, Planned community, Planned communities 

Communes 

SA:  Communal living, etc. 

Communities 

SA:  Community 

Community currency 

BT:  Alternative financing 

RT:  Local currency, etc. under LOCAL ECONOMICS

Community design 

Community development 

Community economics 

Community enterprise 

Community investment fund

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. under LOCAL ECONOMICS 

SA:  Community investment funds 

Community land trusts 

BT:  Land trust under LAND 

SA:  Community land trust 

Community loan fund 

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. under LOCAL ECONOMICS

Community organization 

Community organizing 

Community participation 

Community planning 

Community revitalization 

Community supported agriculture 

RT:  Alternative agriculture, etc. under SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 

SA:  CSA 

Human scale 

Intentional communities 

RT:  Communal living, etc. 

SA:  Intentional community 

Native Americans 

SA:  Indigenous peoples 

Planned communities 

RT:  Communal living, etc. 

SA:  Planned community 

Public goods 

RT:  Common property, etc. 

Public ownership 

RT:  Common property, etc. 

Rural development 

SHARE Microcredit Program

Urban development 

Utopian communities 

Villages 

SA:  Village life 

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DECENTRALISM AND DECENTRALIST THINKERS

Agrarianism 

Anarchism 

Bioregionalism 

RT:  Regionalism 

Citizen action 

Cooperatives 

SA:  Collectives 

Decentralism 

SA:  Decentralization 

Economic self sufficiency 

BT:  Self sufficiency 

Food self sufficiency 

BT:   Self sufficiency 

Grassroots 

Henry George 

SA:  Georgist thought, Georgeist thought 

Human scale 

Import replacement 

RT:  Self sufficiency 

Intentional communities 

Jane Jacobs 

Libertarianism 

RT:  Liberalism 

Local banking 

SA:  Local banks, Local bank 

Local culture 

Local currency 

RT:  Community currency 

Local economy 

RT:  Regional development, Rural development 

SA:  Local economics, Local economic solutions 

Local government 

RT:  Neighborhood government 

Mahatma Gandhi 

Microenterprises 

SA:  Micro enterprises 

Microlending 

Neighborhood government 

RT:  Local government 

Participatory democracy

RT:  Political participation 

Participatory management 

RT:  Worker management, etc. under WORK 

Peter Kropotkin 

Political participation

RT:  Participatory democracy 

Ralph Borsodi 

Regional development 

RT:  Local economy, etc. 

Regional economics 

RT:  Local economy, etc. 

SA:  Regional economies 

Regional land trust 

BT:  Land trusts, etc. under LAND

Regionalism 

RT:  Bioregionalism 

Rural development 

RT:  Regional development, Local economy, etc. 

Schumacher 

Self sufficiency

RT:  Import replacement 

NT: Economic self sufficiency, Food self sufficiency 

Small scale 

Thomas Jefferson 

SA:  Jeffersonianism 

Worker management

RT:  see under WORK

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DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND CITIZEN ACTION

Citizen action 

Citizen participation 

Community participation 

Community planning 

Democratic governance 

RT:  Political participation 

NT:  Economic democracy, Participatory democracy, Workplace democracy 

Economic democracy 

BT:  Democratic governance, Political participation 

RT:  Workplace democracy 

Environmental activism 

RT:  under ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

Participatory democracy 

BT:  Democratic governance, Political participation 

RT:  Economic democracy 

Political participation

RT:  Democratic governance 

NT:  Economic democracy, Participatory democracy, Workplace democracy 

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ECOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY AND LIFE-AFFIRMING ETHICS

Biocentric 

Deep ecology

RT:  Spiritual ecology 

Ecofeminism 

Ecology movement 

Environmental ethics 

Gaia 

SA:  Gaia hypothesis 

Intergenerational justice 

Nature religion

SA:  Nature religious aspects 

Spiritual ecology

RT:  Deep ecology 

Stewardship 

Sustainability 

Trusteeship 

Values 

Voluntary simplicity 

Wilderness 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES

Biodiversity 

Conservation 

NT:  Biodiversity conservation, Conservation easements, Conservation land trusts, Energy conservation, Environmental conservation, Land conservation, Natural resources conservation, Nature conservation, Soil conservation, Water conservation 

Ecological crisis 

Ecological justice 

RT:  Intergenerational justice 

SA:  Environmental justice 

Energy conservation 

Environmental activism 

SA:  Environmentalism 

Environmental conservation 

Environmental health 

SA:  Environmental quality 

Environmental justice 

RT:  Intergenerational justice 

SA:  Ecological justice 

Environmental protection 

Environmental quality

SA:  Environmental health 

Environmentalism 

SA:  Environmental activism 

Gaia 

SA:  Gaia hypothesis 

Global ecology 

Intergenerational justice 

RT:  Ecological justice, Environmental justice 

Land conservation

SA:  Land preservation 

Land preservation

SA:  Land conservation 

NT:  Farmland preservation 

Natural resources conservation 

Nature 

Recycling 

Renewable energy

RT:  see APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY 

Soil conservation 

RT:  Soil erosion 

Stewardship 

Trusteeship 

Water conservation

RT:  Water management, Water preservation, Water resources, Water supply

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HUMAN ECOLOGY AND HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Birth control 

BT:  Population, etc. 

Climate change 

 RT:  Global change, Global ecology, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Ozone 

Consumption 

SA:  Consumerism 

Environmental degradation 

Environmental cost 

Environmental impact 

Environmental policy 

Externalities 

Family planning 

BT:  Population, etc. 

SA:  Birth control 

Global change 

RT:  Climate change, Global ecology, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Ozone 

Global ecology 

RT:  Climate change, Global change, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Ozone 

Global warming

RT:  Climate change, Global change, Global ecology, Greenhouse effect, Ozone 

Greenhouse effect

RT:  Climate change, Global change, Global ecology, Global warming, Ozone 

Growth 

Human ecology 

RT:  Population, etc. 

Overpopulation 

BT:  Population, etc. 

Pollution 

Population 

NT:  Birth control, Family planning, Overpopulation, Population growth 

Social transformation

SA:  Social change 

Urban ecology

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LAND

Agricultural land trusts 

BT:  Land trust, Land trusts 

Community land trusts

BT:  Land trusts 

SA:  Land trust 

Conservation easements 

RT:  Conservation land trusts 

Conservation land trusts 

BT:  Land trust, Land trusts 

RT:  Conservation easements 

Farmland preservation 

BT:  Land preservation 

Land banks

SA:  Land bank 

Land conservation

RT:  Land preservation 

Land distribution 

Land economics 

Land ethic 

SA:  Land ethics 

Land ownership

SA:  Land tenure 

Land preservation

RT:  Land conservation 

Land reform 

Land stewardship 

BT:  Stewardship 

Land taxation 

Land tenure

SA:  Land ownership 

Land trust 

SA:  Land trusts 

NT:  Agricultural land trusts, Community land trusts, Community land trust, Conservation easements, Conservation land trusts, Regional      land trusts, Urban land trusts 

Land use 

Land use planning 

Local culture

RT:  Sense of place 

Regional land trusts

BT:  Land trust, Land trusts 

Soil conservation

RT:  Soil erosion 

Soil erosion 

RT:  Soil conservation 

Urban land trusts 

BT:  Land trust, Land trusts 

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LOCAL ECONOMICS, LOCAL CURRENCY, LOCALIZATION

Alternative banking

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. 

Alternative currency

SA:  Local currency, etc. 

Alternative economics

RT:  Ecological economics, Environmental economics 

Alternative financing 

 RT:  Alternative banking, Community investment fund, Community investment funds, Community loan fund, Cooperative banking, Decentralized banking, Local currency, SHARE 

Alternative money 

SA:  Local currency, etc. 

Barter 

Capitalism 

Community currency 

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. 

SA:  Local currency, etc. 

Community development

RT:  Urban development, etc. 

Community economics 

RT:  Local economy, etc. 

Community enterprise 

Community investment fund

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. 

SA:  Community investment funds 

Community loan fund 

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. 

Community revitalization

RT:  Urban renewal, etc. 

Cooperative banking

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. 

Corporations 

SA:  Corporate, Corporation 

Cottage industry

RT:  Craft movement, Home industry SA:  Cottage industries 

Craft movement

RT:  Cottage industry, Cottage industries, Home industry 

Decentralized banking 

RT:  Alternative financing, etc. 

Decentralized economics 

SA:  DECENTRALISM 

RT:  Local economics, Regional economics 

Ecological economics

RT:  Alternative economics, etc. 

Economic justice 

Economic reform 

Economic self sufficiency

RT:  Subsistence economy; Self sufficiency, etc. under SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Economics criticism 

Economics ethics 

Environmental economics 

RT:  Alternative economics, etc. 

Externalities 

Global economics

RT:  Global economy, Globalism, Globalization 

Green business 

Home industry 

RT:  Cottage industry, Craft movement 

Human scale 

Import replacement 

Income distribution

RT:  Wealth distribution 

Land economics 

Land tenure 

RT:  Wealth distribution 

Local banking

RT:  Local currency, Local economy 

SA:  Local banks, Local bank 

Local currency

SA:  Alternative currency, Alternative money, Community currency, Private currency, etc. 

Local economics 

RT:  Regional economies, etc., Local banking, Local currency, etc. 

SA:  Local economy, Local economic solutions 

Microenterprise 

SA:  Micro enterprise, Microenterprises, Small business, Small scale enterprise 

Political economy 

Private currency

RT:  Local currency, etc. 

Regional economics 

RT:  Decentralized economics, Local economics, Rural development 

SA:  Regional economies, Regional development 

Regional development 

RT:  Rural development 

SA:  Regional economics, etc. 

Rural development 

RT:  Regional development, Regional economics, etc. 

SHARE 

Small business 

RT:  Small scale agriculture under SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

SA:  Microenterprise, Small scale enterprise 

Small scale enterprise 

RT:  Small scale agriculture under SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 

SA:  Microenterprise, Small business 

Socially responsible investing 

SA:  SRI, Socially responsible investment, Socially responsible investments, Socially responsible business, Social investment 

 SRI 

SA:  Socially responsible investing, etc. 

Steady state economy 

Subsistence economy

RT:  Economic self sufficiency; Self sufficiency, etc. under SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 

Sustainable development 

Sustainable economics 

Urban development 

RT:  Urban renewal, etc.; Community development, Community revitalization 

Urban renewal 

RT:  Urban development, etc. 

SA:  Urban revitalization 

Wealth distribution

RT:  Income distribution, Land tenure 

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PEACE AND NONVIOLENT ACTION

Conflict resolution

RT:  Peace 

Conscientious objectors

RT:  Peace 

SA:  Conscientious resistance 

Disarmament 

RT:  Peace 

Environmental activism 

Global justice 

RT:  Peace 

Green movement 

SA:  Green party, Green politics 

Nonviolence 

RT:  Peace 

SA:  Non violence 

Nonviolent resistance 

BT:  Nonviolence 

RT:  Peace 

Pacifism 

SA:  Peace 

Peace 

RT:  Conflict resolution, Conscientious objectors, Conscientious resistance, Disarmament, Global justice, Nonviolence, Nonviolent resistance, Pacifism 

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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & HOMESTEADING

Agrarianism 

RT:  Village movement 

Agricultural cooperatives 

Agricultural land trusts 

BT:  Land trusts, etc. under LAND 

Alternative agriculture 

RT:  Small farms, Small scale agriculture 

SA:  Alternative farming, Sustainable agriculture 

NT:  Biodynamic agriculture, Community supported agriculture, Organic agriculture, Organic farming, Permaculture 

Alternative farming

SA:  Alternative agriculture, etc. 

Alternative pest control 

RT:  Pest management, Pesticides 

Animal husbandry 

Aquaculture 

Biodynamic agriculture 

BT:  Alternative agriculture, etc. 

CSA 

SA:  Community supported agriculture 

Community supported agriculture 

BT:  Alternative agriculture etc. 

SA:  CSA 

Compost 

SA:  Composting 

Composting 

SA:  Compost 

Ecovillages 

BT:  Villages 

Farm preservation 

RT:  Farmland preservation 

Farmland preservation

RT:  Farm preservation 

Flower gardening 

BT:  Gardening 

Food self sufficiency 

BT:  Self sufficiency 

Fruit cultivation

RT:  Tree crops 

SA:  Fruit culture 

Fruit culture 

RT:  Tree crops 

SA:  Fruit cultivation 

Gardening 

NT:  Flower gardening, Herb gardening, Organic gardening, Vegetable gardening 

Herb gardening 

BT:  Gardening 

Homesteading 

RT:  Rural life, Rural living, Self sufficiency 

Human scale 

Local culture 

Organic agriculture

BT:  Alternative agriculture etc. 

SA:  Organic farming 

Organic farming 

BT:  Alternative agriculture etc. 

SA:  Organic agriculture 

Organic gardening 

BT:  Gardening 

Permaculture 

BT:  Alternative agriculture etc. 

Pest management 

RT:  Alternative pest control, Pesticides 

Pesticides 

RT:  Alternative pest control, Pest management 

Rural development 

Rural life 

RT:  Homesteading, Village life 

SA:  Rural living 

Rural living 

RT:  Homesteading, Village life 

SA:  Rural life 

Self sufficiency 

RT:  Homesteading; Economic self sufficiency, etc. under LOCAL ECONOMICS 

NT:  Food self sufficiency 

Small farms 

RT:  Alternative agriculture etc., Homesteading 

SA:  Small scale agriculture 

Small scale agriculture 

RT:  Alternative agriculture etc., Homesteading 

SA:  Small farms 

Soil conservation 

RT:  Soil erosion 

Soil erosion 

RT:  Soil conservation 

Solar greenhouse 

SA:  Solar greenhouses 

Solar greenhouses

SA:  Solar greenhouse 

Sustainable agriculture 

SA:  Alternative agriculture, etc. 

Sustainable forestry 

Tree crops 

SA:  Fruit cultivation, Fruit culture 

Vegetable gardening 

BT:  Gardening 

Village life 

RT:  Rural life, Rural living 

Village movement

RT:  Agrarianism 

Villages 

NT:  Ecovillages 

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WEALTH DISTRIBUTION

Economic justice 

Global justice 

Income distribution 

Land tenure 

Poverty 

Social justice 

Wealth distribution 

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WORK AND RIGHT LIVELIHOOD

Alternative production 

RT:  Worker management 

Consumerism 

SA:  Consumption 

Cooperation 

Cooperatives

SA:  Cooperative 

Employee participation 

RT:  Worker management 

Human scale 

Life quality 

Lifestyle 

Microenterprise 

SA:  Microenterprises, Micro enterprise 

Mondragon 

Participatory management 

RT:  Worker management 

Right livelihood 

Transforming work 

SA:  Workplace reform 

Voluntary simplicity 

Work 

Worker cooperatives 

Worker management

RT:  Alternative production, Employee participation, Participatory management, Worker participation, Workplace democracy 

Worker participation 

RT:  Worker management 

Workplace democracy 

RT:  Worker management, Workplace reform 

SA:  Transforming work 

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