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Peace by the River – Christian McEachern and the Canadian Veteran Adventure Foundation

Peace by the River – Christian McEachern and the Canadian Veteran Adventure Foundation

From: 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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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Peace Education

Peace Education

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter introduces the role of peace education, the various contexts in which it can occur, the techniques that make it effective, and the challenges that arise. There is a long case study … 12 $1.20 Add
Peak Everything

Peak Everything

Waking Up to the Century of Declines

A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, this book describes how to make the transition from The Age of Excess to the Era of … 240 View
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Peer Governance Through Commoning

Peer Governance Through Commoning

From: Free, Fair and Alive

This chapter considers the second aspect of the Triad framework, Peer Governance through Commoning. They name and describe ten dynamics of Peer Governance usually present in effective commons, … ; 44 $4.40 Add
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Perchance to Scale

Perchance to Scale

From: In The Business of Change

Though many social entrepreneurs are proponents of scale, the goal is a more difficult one for them to achieve than for traditional enterprises. For one thing, balancing the objectives of profit … 16 $1.60 Add
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Perserving for the Long Haul

Perserving for the Long Haul

From: Intrinsic Hope

Perseverance helps to nurture intrinsic hope because it gives us the determination to endure whatever happens. Perseverance persists — day after day, month after month, and year after year. … 15 $1.50 Add
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Personal Well-Being

Personal Well-Being

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* Well-Being is a Choice * Money, Your Life and Happiness 8 $0.80 Add
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Pinkwashing

Pinkwashing

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

A closer look at pink-ribbon products and what the leading cosmetics companies don’t tell you about breast cancer prevention. 15 $1.50 Add
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Placemaking for Community

Placemaking for Community

From: Common Threads

A “working landscape” in the city can be planned for use by the people who live there. Newly articulated land use options coupled with accessing the green waste from both invasive … 32 $3.20 Add
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Planning an Escape from Overshoot

Planning an Escape from Overshoot

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the author details practical ways to escape from overshoot. 22 $2.20 Add
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Planning Your New Venture
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Planning Your New Venture

From: The Farmer's Office

This chapter covers how to begin planning your farming venture. 5 $0.50 Add
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Plastic: So Great, So Awful - Some New Directions

Plastic: So Great, So Awful – Some New Directions

From: The New Carbon Architecture

In this chapter the authors explore some of contradictions in plastic, and explain and evaluate the potential paths and barriers to how plastic might actually redeem itself and prove that it has … ; ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Post Growth Possibilities

Post Growth Possibilities

From: Escape from Overshoot

In this chapter the auhor describes the concept of a "post growth era" as a potential solution to overshoot. 36 $3.60 Add
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Power in Nature

Power in Nature

From Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception

From: Power

In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Anthropocene

Power in the Anthropocene

The Wonderful World of Fossil Fuels

From: Power

This chapter details forms of fossil fuel power such as coal, oil, and gas. Heinberg suggests that through the development and exercise of these fossil fuel powers, we have changed not only the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Holocene

Power in the Holocene

The Rise of Social Inequality

From: Power

In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state … 67 $6.70 Add