Spirituality
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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  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  So What’s Stopping You?From: Curing Affluenza |
Chapter 9 concludes with a call to action, discussing topics including democratic reform and citizen influence, Neoliberalism, communal goals and future cultural changes. | Richard Denniss | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Everything Is ConnectedFrom: The Web of Meaning |
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 |
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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 |
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From  Warning SignsFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt asseses Research in Motion as its success is threatened by rival companies – most notably Apple’s iPhone. | Chuck Howitt | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 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  The End of One Era, The Beginning of AnotherBoomers' Last Chance? From: Peak Everything |
In this chapter I hope to explore some of the circumstances that have made us Boomers what and who we are, and to argue that, having failed to live up to some of our expressed ideals and now … | Richard Heinberg | 14 | 2010 | $1.40 Add |
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From The FallFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Examines BlackBerry’s precipitous fall, which evenutally resulted in Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie’s exit from the company. | Chuck Howitt | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From Threats to Food Co-opsFrom: Grocery Story |
The co-opting by grocery chains of co-op values as marketing strategies is described, as well as the challenges of the "cornucopia effect", caused by a dizzying variety of choice. The … | John Steinman | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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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 Silver LiningFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt outlines the years following BlackBerry’s collapse, noting how many of the talented and educated tech workers BlackBerry was forced to lay off stayed in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, … | Chuck Howitt | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From EpilogueWhere Do We Go from Here? From: Grocery Story |
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 |
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From Swinging for the FencesFrom: BlackBerry Town |
Howitt touches on the Unviersity of Waterloo and how it has developed into one of the most respected technology and business schools in Canada, in large part thanks to BlackBerry’s … | Chuck Howitt | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
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From ConclusionFrom: BlackBerry Town |
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 |
