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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 OceansHow 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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Cultivating Integrated ValuesFrom: The Web of Meaning |
This chapter contrasts an inborn moral sense with beliefs in humanity’s intrinsic malevolence. The way values have evolved towards empathy, altruistic behaviours, cooperation, and fairness … | Jeremy Lent | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Cultivating the Entrepreneurial MindsetFrom: The Farmer's Office |
The Entrepreneurial Mindset – Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable – Money Shame – Mental Models – Time Management – Being the Employer of Choice – … | Julia Shanks | 31 | 2024 | $3.10 Add |
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From ![]() Culturally Relevant CurriculumFrom: Engage, Connect, Protect |
This chapter reminds readers of the importance of culturally relevant curriculum materials and provides a full lesson plan example. | Angelou Ezeilo | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Current Trends to an Uncertain FutureFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author discusses economic, technological, energy and demographic trends in the world today, and what they may mean for the future. | Peter Victor A. | 50 | 2023 | $5.00 Add |






















