Spirituality
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Riding the RocketFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt details Research in Motion’s rise to prominence and what that meant for Canadian business, particularly in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. | Chuck Howitt | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
From Your Country Needs You (to work less, if you want toFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 4 focuses on employment and unemployment, discussing topics including dignified work, job creation and loss, the coal industry, and labour markets. It includes an excerpt from Jim Stanford. | Richard Denniss | 31 | 2018 | $3.10 Add |
From BoomtownFrom: BlackBerry Town |
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 SizeFrom: Curing Affluenza |
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 Enter the Co-opFrom: Grocery Story |
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 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 … | Richard Heinberg | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
From Keeping on Track: Performance Indicators for a Better SocietyFrom: 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 … | Richard Denniss | 25 | 2018 | $2.50 Add |
From Silicon Valley NorthFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt examines the growth of Kitchener-Waterloo’s growing reputation as a tech leader from the perspective of several staff and executives of other tech companies in the area. | Chuck Howitt | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
From The Basic Miracle: Our True Nature and PowerFrom: Coming Back to Life |
Perhaps we made our biggest error in thinking of the world as made of “stuff ” to begin with. Fortunately — and paradoxically — our very search for mastery and knowledge … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 27 | 2014 | $2.70 Add |
From The Food Co-op WavesFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes Black American and working-class consumer co-ops founded in the 1930s Great Depression, many of which, resembling conventional grocery stores, are still in operation while … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
From Consumer Food Co-ops TodayFrom: Grocery Story |
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 |
From There Are Many AlternativesFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 7 explores the alternatives to the present culture of affluenza, discussing topics including Iceland’s response to the 2008 final crisis and its banks, challenging cultural … | Richard Denniss | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
From What is the Work that Reconnects?From: Coming Back to Life |
As we stand now at the brink of destroying our planet as a home for conscious life, contemporary science and ancient spiritual traditions bring us insights into the basic miracle of our … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
From Co-ops as Food Desert RemediationFrom: Grocery Story |
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 Evaluating New Ideas for Your New SocietyFrom: Curing Affluenza |
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 The ImportsFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Covers RIM’s recruitment of new employees as the company continues its incredible growth. Specifically examines the case of Dietmar Wennemer and Mark Pecen. | Chuck Howitt | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |