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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Resilient Agriculture Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate	Climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to the productivity and profitability of agriculture in North America. More variable weather, drought and flooding create the most obvious …	Laura Lengnick	370	2015	View
NEW! Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate	Real world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of food. CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTS an unprecedented challenge to food and farming in the U.S. and beyond. …	Laura Lengnick	368	2022	View
Secret Life of Your Microbiome Why Nature and Biodiversity are Essential to Health and Happiness	The Secret Life of Your Microbiome presents a revolutionary new paradigm, backed by vast science; we’re deeply connected to the biodiversity of nature through our microbiomes — the …	Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott	387	2017	View
Somebodies and Nobodies Overcoming the Abuse of Rank	In the ongoing attempts to overcome racism and sexism in North America today, we are overlooking another kind of discrimination that is no less damaging and equally unjustifiable. It is a form of …	Robert W. Fuller	208	2004	View
Techno-Fix Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment	Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	464	2011	View
The Big Book of Nature Activities A Year-Round Guide to Outdoor Learning	The average child can identify over 300 corporate logos, but only 10 native plants or animals—a telling indictment of our modern disconnection from nature. Soaring levels of obesity, high …	Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg	387	2016	View
The Biology of Wonder Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science	In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being …	Andreas Weber	336	2016	View
The Color of Food Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming	Imagine the typical American farmer. Many people visualize sun-roughened skin, faded overalls, and calloused hands-hands that are usually white. While there’s no doubt the growing trend of …	Natasha Bowens	242	2015	View
The Happiness Policy Handbook How to Make Happiness and Well-Being the Purpose of Your Government	Thomas Jefferson said that “the purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness.” Yet only now, 270 years later, is the happiness of citizens …	Jean Crowder; Laura Musikanski; Rhonda Phillips	226	2019	View
The Joy of Conflict Resolution Transforming Victims, Villains and Heroes in the Workplace and at Home	The rapid rate of change in the workplace and among families often leads to conflict and confrontation which can undermine productivity and poison relationships. The Joy of Conflict Resolution …	Gary Harper	209	2004	View
The Mediator’s Toolkit Formulating and Asking Questions for Successful Outcomes	Learn how to formulate and ask penetrating, paradigm-shifting questions for successful outcomes in any conflict. Knowing how to formulate and ask incisive questions to get to the core of a …	Gerry O'Sullivan	258	2018	View
The Memory We Could Be Overcoming Fear to Create Our Ecological Future	Heal the great separation between humans and nature, and help create a future worth remembering. The Memory We Could Be moves beyond the sterile, technical language around climate change and …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	338	2018	View
The New Carbon Architecture Buiding to Cool the Climate	"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when …	Bruce King	186	2017	View
The Power Manual How to Master Complex Power Dynamics	Liberate yourself by understanding and mastering power dynamics All social relations are laden with power. Getting out from under dominant power relations and mastering power dynamics is perhaps …	Cyndi Suarez	195	2018	View
NEW! The Story of Upfront Carbon How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis	When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes Think that buying an electric car or switching to a heat pump is going to save the planet? Think again. We must …	Lloyd Alter	194	2024	View
NEW! The Web of Meaning Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe	This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, …	Jeremy Lent	530	2021	View