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The Perils of Anger Mountain

From: The Joy of Conflict Resolution

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We react instinctively to a perceived attack with a fight, flight, or freeze response. A fight response places us squarely on the drama triangle of confrontation as either a hero or a villain. A … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Qualities and Behaviours of Resilient Systems

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter explores the qualities and behaviours of resilient systems, which come in different shapes, kinds, and sizes. The author explores qualities that cultivate resilience such as … 24 $2.40 Add
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The Social Aspects of Choice

Participation in Decision Making

From: The Power Manual

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The Social Aspects of Choice, focuses on how choice is informed by one’s environment and how one participates in collective choice. I highlight what I found most important about Carole … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Toolbox: Facilitating the Process

Facilitating the Process

From: Mediator's Handbook

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Facilitating the process. Impartial facilitation. Structuring the session. Structuring the discussion. When you can be directive. When to consult. Keeping on track. Crafting questions -> … ; ; 26 $2.60 Add
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The Tragedy of the Commons Revisted

From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good

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Exploring the dissolution of communal farms in Scotland and the pitfalls of rigid British feudal farmlands. 8 $0.80 Add
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To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Towards Financial Sustainability

From: In The Business of Change

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If you took a survey of social entrepreneurs, particularly those in the startup phase, and asked them about their top challenges, you’d no doubt hear one constant refrain: funding. That is … 16 $1.60 Add
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Unleashing Philanthropy

From: Clean Money Revolution

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Giving away money is an under-realized subset of clean money. The world needs to unleash the charitable sector in solving big problems. Foundations are monumentally important in this. They hold … ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Weapons of Mass Instruction

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

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The trapped flea strategy; ugliness; the horse-in-box effect; the artificial extension of childhood; misdirection; the cauldron of broken time: these and more are some deadly Weapons of Mass … 46 $4.60 Add
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What is the Work that Reconnects?

From: Coming Back to Life

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As we stand now at the brink of destroying our planet as a home for conscious life, contemporary science and ancient spiritual traditions bring us insights into the basic miracle of our … ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Winners and Losers

Strategies for Countries to Consider

From: Ecological Footprint

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If we take resource security seriously, how does it shift development strategies? How will our ability to succeed shift in a world of climate change and resource constraints? ; 17 $1.70 Add
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"Each Year I Feel Better" – Christopher Brown and Growing Veterans

From: Field Excercises

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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 recalls the … 13 $1.30 Add
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7. The Energy Turnaround

“Electrifying Everything”

From: Earth for All

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Chapter 7 focuses on energy consumption and a clean energy future, discussing clean power technologies, fairness of pushing expensive clean energy, fossil fuel industry’s power, the … ; ; ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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A Plague of Humans

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

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In this chapter Earle turns to the role of humanity in changing our planet’s climate. Important forces include agriculture, fossil fuel consumption, and total population. 14 $1.40 Add
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Action Plan: Community Engagement

From: The Happiness Policy Handbook

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Engaging Through Social Media – Convening a Happiness Council – Global Councils – Local Councils – Community Forums – Online Portals – Town Hall Meetings … ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Afterword

From: Uprooting Racism

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I write about neoliberalism, the current stage of global capitalism. This is a system of power, wealth, and control by ruling elites currently centered in the US and Europe; neoliberals use … 3 $0.30 Add