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Change for Good Experience
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Change for Good Experience

Chapter 8

From: Change for Good

Chapter 8 discuss why Change for Good depends on involving people with lived experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of all social change programs. The chapter explores topics … 14 $1.40 Add
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Change for Good. Good for Change.
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Change for Good. Good for Change.

Chapter 10

From: Change for Good

Chapter 10 features a discussion about why four globally significant turning points — the Great Recession, the Trump presidency, Black Lives Matter, and COVID-19 — have led to a … 21 $2.10 Add
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Change for Good History
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Change for Good History

Chapter 2

From: Change for Good

Chapter 2 explores the motivations businesses have in social policy and philanthropy. The chapter explores topics including Quaker capitalism, the Trump presidency, the origins of the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Change for Good Investing
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Change for Good Investing

Chapter 7

From: Change for Good

Chapter 7 examines how small businesses and large corporations can use their capital differently to solve social problems by shifting from philanthropic contributions to social investments that … 17 $1.70 Add
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Change for Good Jobs
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Change for Good Jobs

Chapter 9

From: Change for Good

Chapter 9 Klein explores the need for more diversity in business and why hiring people in need is one of the most important things corporations can do to Change for Good. The chapter discusses … 20 $2.00 Add
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Change for Good Responsibility
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Change for Good Responsibility

Chapter 6

From: Change for Good

Chapter 6 explores why taking more responsibility for the social welfare of your employees and your communities is foundational to the Change for Good approach. The chapter discusses topics … 23 $2.30 Add
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Change for Good Risk
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Change for Good Risk

Chapter 4

From: Change for Good

Chapter 4 explores how businesses can move past the risks they associate with doing too little or too much to help solve social problems and suggests ways that can help corporations find their … 25 $2.50 Add
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Change for Good Today
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Change for Good Today

Chapter 1

From: Change for Good

Chapter 1 focuses on why businesses today need to deliver value to consumers at the same time as helping to solve social problems. Based on Klein’s own experience helping businesses improve … 21 $2.10 Add
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Chapter 1

How Things Work and Why Stories Matter

From: Legacy

In this chapter, the author discusses the history of trauma experienced by indigenous communities as a result of colonialism. This chapter also includes a general overview of indigenous … 30 $3.00 Add
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1

That's $600 a litre in space paint

From: Canadarm and Collaboration

This chapter explores the history of Canada’s role in space exploration. Topics include Alouette I and II – the first Canadian Satellites, the Canadarm, and the role played by former … 26 $2.60 Add
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Silphium

Silphium

From: Lost Feast

This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1

Intersection

From: Saved by Science

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Chapter 1

Homeland

From: Fight or Submit

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Chapter 1: Arrival
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Chapter 1: Arrival

PART I: RED HORIZONS

From: Dinner on Mars

In Chapter 1 the authors imagine what a Martian city would look like in the year 2080. Discussing the chosen location of the city, water access, resources and extraction, food, and how it would … ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Chapter 10

Killing the Wittigo

From: Legacy

In the final chapter, the author discusses a variety of initiatives across Canada that Indigenous communities are undertaking to facilitate healing. 57 $5.70 Add
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The Scrambled Paradise

The Scrambled Paradise

From: Lost Feast

In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully … 24 $2.40 Add