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From ![]() Connections Between Nature and HealingFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading explores the ways … | Stephanie Westlund | 25 | 2014 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Connections between Positive Psychology and the Happiness Movement |
The Positive Psychology Movement – Happiness Determinants – Workplace Happiness | Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Conscious Closing: Optimizing the LearningFrom: Catch the Fire |
Readings in section 2 of this title provides a guide for structuring community programs for success and how to integrate the arts into these programs. This reading provides examples of effective … | Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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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 |
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From ![]() Convivial Banking Innovations: Seeds for TransitionFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Before the rapid globalization spurred by deregulation, community residents and local businesses in the commercial strips of towns and cities had a long-term relationship with the local … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 30 | 2012 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() Cooling and Warming from Volcanic Eruptions |
This chapter is about why we have volcanic eruptions, how they differ in style and in size and why that’s important, and how they affect the Earth’s climate both on a short time … | Steven Earle | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Corporate "Citizenship" Reimagined |
In this chapter, the author explores the recent rise of Certified B Corporations, which are governed by a set of criteria that includes waste management practices, energy consumption, … | Sami Grover | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Corporate TransformationFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores ways in which the underlying corporate structure upon which our economy is built will need to reorganize and refocus towards long term sustainability. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It |
This chapter draws upon the results of Life Cycle Assessment studies to summarize what we know about whole building embodied carbon, and to highlight best opportunities for innovation and … | Barbara Rodriquez Droguett; Catherine De Wolf; Kathrina Simonen | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
![]() Cracking the Boy CodeHow to Understand and Talk with Boys |
All too quickly, talkative, affectionate young boys seem to slip away. Adolescents may be transformed overnight into reclusive, seemingly impenetrable young people who open up only to their … | Adam Cox | 163 | 2018 | View |
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From ![]() Creative Facilitation ChecklistFrom: Catch the Fire |
Readings in section 4 of this titles provide additional tips on facilitation in community activities, with a particular emphasis on engaging with diverse and multigenerational groups. | Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor | 2 | 2014 | $0.20 Add |
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From ![]() Critical Science and Social ResponsibilityFrom: Techno-Fix |
Critical Science and Social Responsibility outlines ways to increase the awareness of scientists and engineers regarding their social responsibilities as well as ways to transform current science … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 31 | 2011 | $3.10 Add |
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From ![]() Croplands, Forests, and Oceans: How Much Biocapacity Do We Have?From: Ecological Footprint |
This is the other side of the coin: what nature is able to deliver. It explains why regeneration is the mother of all material constraints. | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Crossing a Threshold |
The author’s trip to Scotland, to her family’s ancestral roots in Tulliro. | Heather Menzies | 4 | 2014 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() CSAFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
The Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model is transformative. It changes the way farmers farm, the way markets function, and the way consumers relate to the production chain. The CSA model … | Gary S. Kleppel | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing ClimateFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
The final chapter of the book looks beyond the farm and assesses ways for the entire food production system – from farm to table – to become more resilient. Everything from … | Laura Lengnick | 34 | 2015 | $3.40 Add |


















