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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
An Economy of Well-Being Common-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness New Society Publishers	In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about …	Mark Anielski	242	2018	View
Damming the Peace The hidden costs of the Site C Dam James Lorimer and Company	Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley has been touted by BC Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province’s …	Wendy Holm	272	2018	View
The Memory We Could Be Overcoming Fear to Create Our Ecological Future New Society Publishers	Heal the great separation between humans and nature, and help create a future worth remembering. The Memory We Could Be moves beyond the sterile, technical language around climate change and …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	338	2018	View
From Foreward From: The Memory We Could Be Preview New Society Publishers	Looking ahead, one thing is clear: the path we are on is coming to an end. Projections of the coming decades — whether they focus on food supplies, conflicts or weather patterns — …	Raoul Martinez	2	2018	$0.20 Add
From Introduction A New Economic Paradigm Based on Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being Preview New Society Publishers	This book is meant to engender hope that a dark age ahead can be avoided and the current system of economic malaise transcended with a more compelling economic future based on the goal of …	Mark Anielski	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Preface Framing the Shot From: Damming the Peace Preview James Lorimer and Company	B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of …	Alex Harris	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Resilience: The 21st Century Imperative From: Resilience Imperative Preview New Society Publishers	Humans face profound challenges over the next century – climate change, peak oil, a growth-addicted global financial system, gross inequity. Simply tweaking the way we do things will not be …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	41	2012	$4.10 Add
From Introduction From: Damming the Peace Preview James Lorimer and Company	In the Introduction, author Wendy Holm describes the Site C dam project in B.C. and summarizes the impacts and effects of the project which are analyzed and critiqued in other chapters of the …	Wendy Holm	5	2018	$0.50 Add
From Part 1: Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Planet Toward Sustainable Communties From: Toward Sustainable Communities Preview New Society Publishers	This chapter examines sustainability at the community level. It begins with a look at communities in developed and developing parts of the world, proceeds to investigate some of the reasons why …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Reclaiming Economics for Happiness From: An Economy of Well-Being Preview New Society Publishers	* Reclaiming the Language of Economics * Happiness: Well-Being of Spirit * A New Index of Well-Being * Measuring Well-Being Objectively * Alberta’s Economic Growth, Disease and Income …	Mark Anielski	30	2018	$3.00 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds Like Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovich From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot Preview New Society Publishers	Polarization is dangerous because it interrupts lines of communicationand leads to gridlock. It stops us from tackling urgent problems because without consensus we cannot take effective action. …	James Hoggan	10	2016	$1.00 Add
From The Might of Memory From: The Memory We Could Be Preview New Society Publishers	The fight to tackle climate change is a fight to determine the fatality of the future. A fight over the vindication of life. It will require much of us: to unlearn our despair and learn our …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From A Roadmap to Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being Preview New Society Publishers	* Can Well-Being Be Measured? * The Science of Well-Being: What We Measure Affects What We Do * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and an Indigenous Model of Well-Being * The Util: Measuring Real …	Mark Anielski	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From Energy Alternatives to the Site C Dam in a Climate-Challenged World From: Damming the Peace Preview James Lorimer and Company	Sustainable energy expert Guy Dauncey looks at alternatives to the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley for meeting the electricity needs of British Columbia, and …	Guy Dauncey	28	2018	$2.80 Add
From Part 1: Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Planet Making Community Policy From: Toward Sustainable Communities Preview New Society Publishers	For communities to move effectively toward sustainability, citizens and their governments should understand the range of policy instruments available to them and the wider context of how …	Marc Roseland	12	2012	$1.20 Add
From Seperation From: The Memory We Could Be Preview New Society Publishers	No matter where we may be, we are inseparable from nature. We live in nature, we live with nature, we rely on nature, and we are part of nature. Yet our language hides this. When we use words …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	13	2018	$1.30 Add

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