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From  NEW! Chapter 5Speaking Your Peace From: Beyond Contempt Collection: Online Conflict & Debate: Bridging the Divide |
In this chapter, the author provides methods for people to assert their political views effectively, and to realize that being peaceful doesn’t mean being passive. | Erica Etelson | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Chapter 6Deconstructing the Somebody Mystique From: Somebodies and Nobodies |
Dispelling the somebody mystique will require the creation of a new understanding of somebodies. Just as we are weaned from our parents, so must we demystify our idols if we are to realize … | Robert W. Fuller | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Community Engagement |
A lesson they’ve learned is the importance of creating opportunities for empowerment and sustenance for the people they’re trying to help. Giving away free items without being mindful … | Elisa Birnbaum | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock |
In this chapter, the authors turn to concrete, and suggest that the natural resources used to make it – lime, sand, and gravel – are in short supply. Moreover, the production of … | Fernando Martirena; Paul Jaquin | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Defense |
Defense Reversal Fighting for Crumbs: Sexism Versus Racism I Got This Take What I Want and Leave the Rest I Love Your People That’s Not What I Meant! Helpful and Nice Aggression Please … | Ilsa Govan; Tilman Smith | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Duthchas and the Ethos of the Commons |
Explaining the ancient property laws of Scottish clans as they exised until the encroachment of kings. | Heather Menzies | 6 | 2014 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Enclosures of Knowledge and CultureFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Copyright and trademark law — with help from new types of “technological locks” that encrypt DVDs and ebooks — are privatizing more and more of our shared culture so that … | David Bollier | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Enter the Co-opFrom: Grocery Story |
In this chapter the author describes the history of co-ops from 1761 in Scotland to the revival of community-owned grocery stores in the 1980s. The structure and types of co-ops, their … | John Steinman | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Everyone WinsThe Circular Economy From: A Finer Future |
This chapter outlines short term economic solutions we can implement immediately while we work on longer term systemic change. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Expressing GratitudeFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
When we are grateful, we naturally become more hopeful. By recognizing and appreciating the gifts we have been given, gratitude breeds hope. Gratitude doesn’t deny the mess we are in, but … | Kate Davies | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Fighting Institutional RacismFrom: Uprooting Racism |
The following chapters examine ways racism plays out in some of our major institutions during this period of neoliberal capitalism. Each institution mentioned here reinforces others and … | Paul Kivel | 85 | 2017 | $8.50 Add |
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From  Footprint as CompassHow Much Biocapacity Do We Need for a Good Life? From: Ecological Footprint |
Ultimately, the issue is not how little we use, but how well we can live. Still there are the planetary constraints. This is the core tension defining sustainable development. This chapter makes … | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Fossil Fuels, Furious FlamesFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
Decades of carbon capitalism have woven fossil fuels into the fabric of our world. Cultures have been shaped by their influence. Cars have dominated our streets and cities as well as our minds, … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Freedom to Play (Elementary-Aged Kids)From: Childhood Unplugged |
In this chapter, Martinko explains her approach to reducing the screen time of elementary-aged children. Martinko discusses outdoor time, the importance of walking, the six categories of risky … | Katherine Johnson Martinko | 19 | 2023 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Fruits and NutsFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter features case studies of fruit and nut growers and describes the ways in which they adapt to climate change and promote sustainable growing practices. These include using overhead … | Laura Lengnick | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Generation RisingFrom: The Color of Food |
Portrait 1: Tierra Negra. Tahz Walker and Cristina Rivera-Chapman, Tierra Negra Farms Portrait 2: Breaking Down Borders. Kandace Vallejo, Ivon Diaz, Cristina Dominguez-Eshelman, Manny Garcia … | Natasha Bowens | 59 | 2015 | $5.90 Add |
