Spirituality

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Good Dose of Materialism Helps a Bad Case of Affluenza From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 2 examines our current culture of convenience, discussing topics including consuming and producing, credit cards and credit card debt, consumerism (the love of buying things) verses …	Richard Denniss	27	2018	$2.70 Add
BlackBerry Town How high tech success has played out for Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo James Lorimer and Company	The smartphone was an incredibly successful Canadian invention created by a team of engineers and marketers led by Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. But there was a third key player involved — …	Chuck Howitt	264	2019	View
From Boomtown From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Howitt describes Research in Motion’s continued success, specifically from the point of view of several of the company’s key employees.	Chuck Howitt	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From Change Your Shape, Not Your Size From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 5 examines how we choose aspects of society to change, discussing topics including the driving sectors of the economy, neoliberalism, individuality and individualism, collective …	Richard Denniss	30	2018	$3.00 Add
From Co-ops as Food Desert Remediation From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes the way chain stores are reluctant to establish or to continue serving low-income neighbourhoods, forcing residents to live in "food deserts", a mile for more …	John Steinman	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Conclusion From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Howitt concludes his analysis of the Kitchener-Waterloo tech sector and how, despite its collapse, Research in Motion led the way to continued success.	Chuck Howitt	5	2019	$0.50 Add
From Consumer Food Co-ops Today From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	The many facets and community-building features of consumer food co-ops today, from continuing and children’s education to community giving and non-profit arms are described. Also described …	John Steinman	28	2019	$2.80 Add
Curing Affluenza How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World Between The Lines	Affluenza has not just changed the world, it has also changed the way we see the world. Short of money? Borrow some. Caught in the rain? Buy an umbrella. Thirsty? Buy a bottle of water and throw …	Richard Denniss	288	2018	View
From Current Trends to an Uncertain Future From: Escape from Overshoot View New Society Publishers	In this chapter the author discusses economic, technological, energy and demographic trends in the world today, and what they may mean for the future.		50	2023	$5.00 Add
From Diagnosing the Disease From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 1 focuses on defining or diagnosing ‘affluenza’, discussing topics including environmental destruction, global inequality, culture of wasteful materialism, technological …	Richard Denniss	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From Engineers for Hire From: BlackBerry Town View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the early staff additions at Research in Motion, most notably the addition of Jim Balsillie. Reviews the development of RIM during the late 1980s and early 1990s.	Chuck Howitt	9	2019	$0.90 Add
From Enter the Co-op From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	In this chapter the author describes the history of co-ops from 1761 in Scotland to the revival of community-owned grocery stores in the 1980s. The structure and types of co-ops, their …	John Steinman	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Epilogue Where Do We Go from Here? From: Grocery Story View New Society Publishers	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 …	John Steinman	3	2019	$0.30 Add
Escape from Overshoot Economics for a Planet in Peril New Society Publishers	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	2023	View
From Evaluating New Ideas for Your New Society From: Curing Affluenza View Between The Lines	Chapter 8 examines how to enact social change, discussing topics including community influence, policies and lobbying, democracy, laws and budgets, examples of tackling affluenza through a …	Richard Denniss	40	2018	$4.00 Add
From NEW! Everything Is Connected From: The Web of Meaning View New Society Publishers	This chapter contrasts the European tradition of a self-contained individual and consciousness with the Buddhist (and other) traditions of the boundaries separating the self from others as all …	Jeremy Lent	30	2021	$3.00 Add