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From  Food Co-ops and the Local EconomyFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes the benefits of food co-ops to the local economy via the retention of profits, local supply chains, and the value of using the language of "economic development" … | John Steinman | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our FoodFrom: Grocery Story |
This chapter describes food prices and the effect on the people who grow our food. How is the price of food determined and how does it impact every other link in the food chain? How does market … | John Steinman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From  From Cultural Captivity to Focused IntentionFrom: Resilience Imperative |
We are so interconnected that if Western shoppers stopped going to Walmart to get more on the cheap, the Chinese economy might falter, putting at risk the financing of American debt and throwing … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 33 | 2012 | $3.30 Add |
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From  NEW! From Fixed Self to Infinite LThe Fractal Nature of Identity From: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter asserts that once the reality of a connected universe is embraced, new forms of identity naturally emerge. Rejecting dualism and reductionism, paradigm shifts, pantheism, Buddhism, … | Jeremy Lent | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Going MobileFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt details the creation and rollout of the Inter@ctive Pager 900. Examines the leadup to Research in Motion’s first smartphone. | Chuck Howitt | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Green Growth–A Dangerous Distraction?From: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author examines the concept of "sustainable growth" and whether it is a viable solution to overshoot. | Peter Victor A. | 28 | 2023 | $2.80 Add |
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From Grocery StoresThe Food System’s Control Center From: Grocery Story |
The anti-competetive business as usual practiced by Canada’s grocery giants and the testing of the boundaries of the law is described. Lost in this regime is flavour, genetic diversity, and … | John Steinman | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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  HappinessFrom: Techno-Fix |
Happiness provides extensive evidence that material affluence, consumerism and economic growth brought about by advances in science and technology have failed to improve psychological well-being … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 37 | 2011 | $3.70 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 |
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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  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 |
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From Licence To Be RadicalFrom: 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 … | Chuck Howitt | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From Lighten UpFrom: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 3 explores productivity between the public and private sectors, discussing topics including wasted resources, ‘economic activity’, cycles of production, the ‘Washington … | Richard Denniss | 41 | 2018 | $4.10 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 |
