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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Grocery StoryThe Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Store Giants |
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 |
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From ![]() Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the MovementFrom: Grocery Story |
The Kootenay Co-op expansion to a new location is described through member loans and– a first in food co-op history– as a developer of Nelson Commons, residential units above the … | John Steinman | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() How to Think About the FutureFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author explores ways of thinking about the future, and how they have changed over time. | Peter Victor A. | 10 | 2023 | $1.00 Add |
![]() In The Business of ChangeHow Social Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Business as Usual |
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 |
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From ![]() InterludeFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes alternative, viable, models for grocery stores and the "food shed" of local retailers and growers in Nelson, BC, and Viroqua, Wisconsin. The grocery store chains … | John Steinman | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Introduction |
John Loxley | 6 | 2007 | $0.60 Add | |
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From ![]() IntroductionPeak Everything From: Peak Everything |
This book is not an introduction to the subject of Peak Oil. Instead it addresses the social and historical context in which Peak Oil is occurring, and explores how we can reorganize our thinking … | Richard Heinberg | 29 | 2010 | $2.90 Add |
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From ![]() Introduction |
Social entrepreneurs, innovative men and women who focus their creative energy and business-minded skillset and savvy toward social change. Finding new and empowering ways to tackle social … | Elisa Birnbaum | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Building Community |
James S. Gruber | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add | |
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From ![]() Local FoodmakersThe People Behind the Products From: Grocery Story |
Examples of local foodmakers and the pitfalls they experience in supplying grocery chains are described. The role of food co-ops as small business incubators and the fair dealiing policies co-ops … | John Steinman | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Modeling an Escape from OvershootFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author explores frameworks for escaping overshoot. | Peter Victor A. | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() Nashville CallingFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
I was unwilling to enter the business world if it meant giving up a life of meaning, or abandoning my incredible friends who had dedicated themselves to protecting people and planet. I needed an … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 25 | 2017 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() New WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter, we’ll learn more about two sources of "new water" from technologies not typically in widespread use today throughout the US, desalination of seawater and expanded … | Jerry Yudelson | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Overshoot–A Look at the EvidenceFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author explains the concept of "overshoot", and provides evidence for it. | Peter Victor A. | 36 | 2023 | $3.60 Add |
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From ![]() Ownership Transfer: Accelerating TransitionFrom: Resilience Imperative |
The importance of closing the equity gap and the crucial role of low-cost finance have been central to the cooperative innovations we have featured in this book. In micro-ways they roll back the … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 40 | 2012 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() Part 1: Sustainable Communities, Sustainable PlanetThe Context for Sustainable Communities |
This chapter explores the context for sustainable communities. Acting locally is more significant when we think globally, so that is where we begin our discussion of "sustainable … | Marc Roseland | 15 | 2012 | $1.50 Add |













