Social Cohesion
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From  Probing the Depths of Conflict |
We can get to the core of a conflict by “peeling the layers of the onion” through asking high-yield, open-ended questions. The facts are a natural starting point, but until we … | Gary Harper | 9 | 2004 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Seeing With New EyesFrom: Coming Back to Life |
We move into the next stage of the Spiral as we realize from personal experience that it is from our connectivity that our pain for the world arises. The very distress that, when we hid it, … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 34 | 2014 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsLike Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovich |
Polarization is dangerous because it interrupts lines of communicationand leads to gridlock. It stops us from tackling urgent problems because without consensus we cannot take effective action. … | James Hoggan | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsThe Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner |
When we look at the miserable state of public discourse today and how we are polluting the public square, it’s plain to see that many people believe the problem derives from evil on … | James Hoggan | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsMistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) with Carol Tavris |
The brain is designed with blind spots, optical and psychological, and one of its cleverest tricks is to confer on us the comforting delusion that we, personally, do not have any. In a sense, … | James Hoggan | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From Spinning the Straw of Defensiveness |
Defensiveness can be defined as “a behavioral response to a perceived threat or attack, often to one’s self-esteem or well-being.” It involves a negotiation of reputation and … | Gary Harper | 10 | 2004 | $1.00 Add |
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From Standing Up for Ourselves |
Assertiveness means expressing our feelings, opinions, and wishes directly and respectfully. It allows us to tell our story in a way that doesn’t cast the other person as the villain. … | Gary Harper | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Students Reaching Their PotentialFrom: Freedom To Learn |
I want my students to take as much responsibility for their own learning as I take for teaching. From the first day, I am developing all students as effective learners. No benefit can come from … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From Teaching Is A Group ActivitiyFrom: Freedom To Learn |
Teaching is inherently a group activity and that makes all the difference. Humans (students in this case) respond differently in groups than in individual situations. Some important variables of … | Art Willans; Cari Williams | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From  TechniquesFrom: Common Threads |
As you begin to work with natural fibers you will realize how much of the knowledge is transferable from one fiber to another. As you pick up a new plant, first try what you already know. … | Sharon Kallis | 51 | 2014 | $5.10 Add |
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From  Textiles Go SouthSECTION FOUR- Tenacity and modernity From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter explores the decline of the textile industry. By the mid-20th century the textile mills that attracted workers from Québec to the New England, and that once led the … | David Vermette | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Assumption Iceberg |
In conflict, we judge our own actions by our motives. We judge others’ actions by the impact they have on us. Think of the events as the tip of an iceberg, visible to both people. Thoughts … | Gary Harper | 9 | 2004 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Bogeyman is ComingCeuta and Melilla From: Walls |
This chapter discusses the wall that stands between Spain and Morocco and the plight of those migrants that try to cross into Spain, and into Europe. | Marcello Di Cintio | 21 | 2013 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and BeingFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Dynamics of RacismFrom: Uprooting Racism |
One of the purposes of racism and religious-based oppression is to keep people of color, Muslims, Jews, and others at the center of attention while keeping white people in general, and white male … | Paul Kivel | 39 | 2017 | $3.90 Add |
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From The Eclipsed History of the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
One of the most insidious things about enclosures is how they eradicate the culture of commons and our memory of them. The old ways of doing things; the social practices that once bound a people … | David Bollier | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
