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Epilogue

Epilogue

Where Do We Go from Here?

From: Grocery Story

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 The author asserts that capitalist economies do not serve the food needs of entire nations, and that the co-operative model is the means through which public spaces like the food supply can … 3 $0.30 Add
Escape from Overshoot

Escape from Overshoot

Economics for a Planet in Peril

 Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth has stressed the planet beyond carrying capacity. This richly illustrated … 322 View
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Federating the Change Agents: Securing the Gains

Federating the Change Agents: Securing the Gains

From: Resilience Imperative

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 We must secure the innovations that are getting results by scaling up and broadening their applications. Many of the cases we have set out show how particular innovations have been scaled up and … ; 33 $3.30 Add
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Food Co-ops and the Local Economy

Food Co-ops and the Local Economy

From: Grocery Story

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 This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" … 18 $1.80 Add
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Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food

Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food

From: Grocery Story

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 This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market … 17 $1.70 Add
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Foreward, Prefaces and Introduction

Foreward, Prefaces and Introduction

From: Clean Money Revolution

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 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 … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Foreword by Christiana Figueres

Foreword by Christiana Figueres

From: Earth for All

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 The first foreword is from Christiana Figueres, the former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), one of the architects of the Paris Agreement, … ; ; ; ; ; 2 $0.20 Add
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Foreword by Elizabeth Wathuti

Foreword by Elizabeth Wathuti

From: Earth for All

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 The second Foreword is from Elizabeth Wathuti, climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative. ; ; ; ; ; 2 $0.20 Add
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Forward

Forward

From: Peak Everything

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 Back in 2005, Richard Heinberg and I both published books on peak oil and its implications for everyday life in technologically “advanced” societies. We saw the general situation very … 3 $0.30 Add
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Forward and Preface

Forward and Preface

From: Dry Run

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 For this book, I’ve chosen to focus on my first love in the professional world, water, a subject to which I devoted a considerable part of my early professional career. With the arrival of … 7 $0.70 Add
Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing (Third Edition)

 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 … 184 View
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Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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 Behavior change is the cornerstone of sustainability. Whether you are working on protecting wetlands, enhancing water or energy efficiency, altering modal transportation choices, or any of the … 13 $0.13 Add
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From Crisis to Opportunity

From Crisis to Opportunity

From: In The Business of Change

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 What often emerges out of these crisis situations — and their driven response — is opportunity unparalleled. After all, what greater inspiration for social, environmental and business … 16 $1.60 Add
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From Cultural Captivity to Focused Intention

From Cultural Captivity to Focused Intention

From: Resilience Imperative

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 We are so interconnected that if Western shoppers stopped going to Walmart to get more on the cheap, the Chinese economy might falter, putting at risk the financing of American debt and throwing … ; 33 $3.30 Add
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Graywater

Graywater

From: Dry Run

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 Unlike rainwater, which is highly variable both year to year and seasonally, graywater tends to be reliably present in most commercial environments, so why use potable water for flushing toilets, … 11 $1.10 Add
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Green Growth--A Dangerous Distraction?

Green Growth–A Dangerous Distraction?

From: Escape from Overshoot

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 In this chapter the author examines the concept of "sustainable growth" and whether it is a viable solution to overshoot. 28 $2.80 Add