Development

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Building Community Twelve Principles for a Healthy Future New Society Publishers	Strong local communities are the foundation of a healthy, participatory, and resilient society. Rather than looking to national governments, corporations, or new technologies to solve …	James S. Gruber	354	2020	View
Clean Money Revolution Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism New Society Publishers	By 2050, $40 trillion will change hands in North America alone. From Boomers to Millennials, the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history is underway and the ramifications will remake …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	274	2017	View
Dry Run Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis New Society Publishers	In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for …	Jerry Yudelson	312	2010	View
NEW! Earth for All A Survival Guide for Humanity New Society Publishers	Five decades ago, The Limits to Growth shocked the world by showing that population and industrial growth were pushing humanity towards a cliff. Today the world recognizes that we are now at the …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	218	2022	View
Fostering Sustainable Behavior An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing (Third Edition) New Society Publishers	We are consuming resources and polluting our environment at a rate that is outstripping our planet’s ability to support us. To create a sustainable future, we must not only change our own …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	184	2011	View
Grocery Story The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Store Giants New Society Publishers	Food has become ground-zero in our efforts to increase awareness of how our choices impact the world. Yet while we have begun to transform our communities and dinner plates, the most …	John Steinman	306	2019	View
In The Business of Change How Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual New Society Publishers	Our communities are facing the fallout from the demise of vital industry, bankrupt economies, bad policy or policing, and political mismanagement. People are looking for answers, and the …	Elisa Birnbaum	195	2018	View
Payback Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth House of Anansi Press	Legendary poet, novelist, and essayist Margaret Atwood gives us a surprising look at the topic of debt — a timely subject during our current period of economic upheaval, caused by the …	Margaret Atwood	242	2007	View
Peak Everything Waking Up to the Century of Declines New Society Publishers	A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, this book describes how to make the transition from The Age of Excess to the Era of …	Richard Heinberg	240	2010	View
Resilience Imperative Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy New Society Publishers	We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	400	2012	View
The New Carbon Architecture Buiding to Cool the Climate New Society Publishers	"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when …	Bruce King	186	2017	View
Toward Sustainable Communities Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition New Society Publishers	The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, …	Marc Roseland	257	2012	View
Transforming or Reforming Capitalism Towards a Theory of Community Economic Development Fernwood Publishing	Growing worldwide interest in community economic development has led to a blossoming of “how to” manuals,as well as analyses of co-operatives, development corporations, gender, …	John Loxley	168	2007	View
From Ancient Balances From: Payback View House of Anansi Press	Payback is not a book about practical debt management or high finance, although it does touch upon these subjects. Rather, it is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central …	Margaret Atwood	43	2007	$5.16 Add
From Beyond Zero: The Time Value of Carbon From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	This chapter highlights the role of buildings and building materials in meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.	Erin McDade	9	2017	$0.90 Add
From Foreward, Prefaces and Introduction From: Clean Money Revolution View New Society Publishers	The world of money, finance, and investment is ripe for major reform and reinvention. We’re seeing more and more clean food, clean energy, and clean buildings. Now clean money is also on …	Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge	22	2017	$2.20 Add