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From  Learning to Trust Again – Steve Critchley, Jim Maeland and Can PraxisFrom: 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 discusses Can … | Stephanie Westlund | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  LivestockFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter features case studies of livestock ranchers in different climates and highlights the effects they are feeling from climate change and the innovations they are using to adapt and … | Laura Lengnick | 40 | 2015 | $4.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in RojavaFrom: Civilizing the State |
Living Without Approval: Stateless Democracy in Rojava questions the role of the nation-state via a case study of the Rojava region in northeast Syria, where democratic confederalism is emerging … | John Restakis | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Nature -based Therapy for FamiliesFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
We invite you to challenge your own fears and uncertainties of breaking with conventional office-based practices and to discover the myriad opportunities for enhancing family well-being outside … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
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From  On Being a BiophilistAn Injection of Nature Relatedness |
We need deep exploration of the tiniest ecosystems in the gut. We need far more detail on the interactions between our nerve cells and the immune system. We are talking about connectivity to life … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 27 | 2017 | $2.70 Add |
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From  On Nature’s Limits and the Human ConditionParrots and Peoples From: Peak Everything |
People who live a civilized life are like birds in a cage. As long as we stay within well-defined social bounds (and assuming we are lucky enough to have been born in a wealthy parasitic society, … | Richard Heinberg | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksAtmospheric Change and Air Quality |
Although atmospheric change is a complex technical issue, only a few basic concepts are required to comprehend its implications and design community strategies to reduce its threat. This chapter … | Marc Roseland | 11 | 2012 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Power-overFrom: Are We Done Fighting? |
This chapter starts with a look at the assumed relationship between power and violence, and introduces and dissects a concept called power-over. Power-over is rooted in violence or punishment, … | Matthew Legge | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Principle F – Delegate and EmpowerFrom: Building Community |
Devolution and Empowerment – Research Corner – Case Study: Community-Led Sustainable Development in Northern Ghana – Case Study: Climate Change and the Minnehaha Creek … | James S. Gruber | 20 | 2020 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Provisioning Through CommonsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
This chapter is about the ten key patterns of production or provisioning in the Triad framework of the commons. They also explain the underlying goals of provisioning in a commons-oriented world … | David Bollier | 35 | 2019 | $3.50 Add |
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From  Redefining FashionFrom: Fixing Fashion |
The final chapter presents a wide array of view points on how to change the fashion industry for the better, drawing on quotes and interviews with people involved, such as educators, financial … | Michael Lavergne | 50 | 2015 | $5.00 Add |
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From  S2: The Structure Dimension of QuestionsFrom: The Mediator's Toolkit |
The S2: Structure Questions incorporate the ways in which a question can be structured: either as a closed question or as an open question. Ask a closed question if you are looking for a Yes or a … | Gerry O'Sullivan | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Section V: Sustaining Yourself While Maintaining Your CommitmentFrom: Inside Out |
Section V contains the chapter 21. Radical Self-Care. Topics discussed include burnout and fatigue, othering and the “us versus them” mentality, the preservation of institutional and … | Caprice D. Hollins | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Step 3: Developing Strategies – ForgettingPrompts: Rembering to Act |
Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
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From  NEW! Swimming Upstream |
This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence … | Sami Grover | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Technological Optimism and Belief in ProgressFrom: Techno-Fix |
Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress postulates that belief in progress exhibits characteristics similar to those of religious faith and that most techno-optimism is based on ignorance, … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 33 | 2011 | $3.30 Add |
