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Interlude

Interlude

From: 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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Jews and Christians

Jews and Christians

From: Antisemitism

In this chapter, Slayton examines the historical relationship between Jews and Christians from the first century through the early twenty-first century, centring on how the deicide myth and … 10 $1.00 Add
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Jews and Muslims

Jews and Muslims

From: Antisemitism

In this chapter, Slayton traces the intertwined history of Judaism and Islam, from their shared reverence for Abraham and Jerusalem to the near-complete disappearance of Jewish communities from … 19 $1.90 Add
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Keeping on Track: Performance Indicators for a Better Society

Keeping on Track: Performance Indicators for a Better Society

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 6 explores the indicators of a better society, discussing topics including gross domestic product (GDP), economic growth, child literacy and health, and protections. It includes an … 25 $2.50 Add
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Learning with Communities of Color

Learning with Communities of Color

From: Coming Back to Life

We decided to offer workshops that would be only for young activists of color and that would train them to become facilitators of the Work That Reconnects in their own communities. At the date of … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Licence To Be Radical

Licence To Be Radical

From: BlackBerry Town

Examines the process Mike Lazaridis went through while choosing which university he would attend. Explains the history of the University of Waterloo, its technological facilities at the time and … 17 $1.70 Add
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Lighten Up

Lighten Up

From: Curing Affluenza

Chapter 3 explores productivity between the public and private sectors, discussing topics including wasted resources, ‘economic activity’, cycles of production, the ‘Washington … 41 $4.10 Add
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Local Foodmakers

Local Foodmakers

The 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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Meaningful Myth

Meaningful Myth

From: Myths We Live By

There are indications of an increasing recognition of our self-conscious involvement in myth in the sense of basic perspectives and priorities that shape life for us. But this living sense of … 10 $1.30 Add
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Meditations for the Great Turning

Meditations for the Great Turning

From: Coming Back to Life

To heal our society, our psyches must heal as well. Haunted by the desperate needs of our time and beset by more commitments than we can easily carry, we may wonder how to find the time and … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Message from the Dalai Lama

Message from the Dalai Lama

From: Coming Back to Life

We live at a time when human actions have developed a creative and destructive power that has become global in scope. And yet we fail to cultivate a corresponding sense of responsibility. Most of … 2 $0.20 Add
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Modeling an Escape from Overshoot

Modeling an Escape from Overshoot

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the author explores frameworks for escaping overshoot. 32 $3.20 Add
Myths We Live By

Myths We Live By

Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a … 195 View
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On Creation

On Creation

From: Laughing with the Trickster

In this chapter, Highway compares three creation traditions—Christian, Greek, and North American Indigenous—through a Cree framework of truth, fiction, and the liminal space between. 20 $2.00 Add
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On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

(post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics

From: Peak Everything

Will industrial production survive in the post-hydrocarbon era? The answer will of course depend on how much energy humans will have at their disposal. The total amount, as well as the per capita … 16 $1.60 Add
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Overshoot--A Look at the Evidence

Overshoot–A Look at the Evidence

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the author explains the concept of "overshoot", and provides evidence for it. 36 $3.60 Add