Heather Menzies
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 Reclaiming the Commons for the Common GoodA Memoir & Manifesto |
Commoning was a way of life for most of our ancestors. In Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good, author Heather Menzies journeys to her roots in the Scottish Highlands, where her family … | Heather Menzies | 240 | 2014 | View |
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From Introduction |
This chapter examines the author’s search for their roots in Scotland and how that search helped her connect with the First Nations struggle in North America. | Heather Menzies | 7 | 2014 | $0.70 Add |
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From At an Impasse |
This chapter covers the author’s struggle of feeling lost and directionless, trying to find meaning and focus in searching for answers. It also talks about her decision to search for her … | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From Crossing a Threshold |
The author’s trip to Scotland, to her family’s ancestral roots in Tulliro. | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From To the Shieling |
The author researches her heritage, leading to understanding as she treads the paths of her ancestors. | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From A Field in Good Heart |
Tending to the garden provides insight and new connections for the author. | Heather Menzies | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons |
Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From Coming Home to the Sacred |
Looking at the introduction of Christianity to the Picts in Scotland, comparing it to the ethos of Native American religions. | Heather Menzies | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From The Tragedy of the Commons Revisted |
Exploring the dissolution of communal farms in Scotland and the pitfalls of rigid British feudal farmlands. | Heather Menzies | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From Feudal Land Charters and Private Property |
The institution of feudal land, the concept of private property, and the disappearance of common land. | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From The Real Tragedy of the Loss of the Commons |
The cost of the Scottish Clearances through forced emmigration and the abolition of Scottish commons. | Heather Menzies | 7 | 2014 | $0.70 Add |
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From From Premodern Past to Digital Present |
The disappearance of commons across the globe pushes the author to act on her expriences in Scotland, throwing her support behind the Idle No More movement. | Heather Menzies | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
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From Reclaiming the Commons on Gabriola Isand |
The Gabriola commons is a community and community centre that exists only through the collective actions of the people. A loss of capacity building and a lot of healing will be required if such a … | Heather Menzies | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From Capacity Building #1Healing and Connecting with Our Selves |
"The more I’m securely connected to myself. The more I can risk connecting with others, getting involved in the Gabriola Commons, committing to endless meetings of the Covenant Team. … | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From Capacity Building #2Healing, Habitats, and Reconnecting with Nature |
At its simplist, a commons is a habitat of interrelationships bound by mutuality: mutual obligation and mutual sef-interest and also, hopefully, affinity. | Heather Menzies | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From Capacity Building #3Ecoliteracy and Knowing through Implicated Participaton |
The essential thing in people, especially kids, becoming ecoliterate is creating opportunities for ongoing participation in particular local habitats. | Heather Menzies | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
