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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Share Our Stories: Storytelling and Witnessing From: Catch the Fire View	Readings in section 3 of this titles provide examples of guided activities to engage with participants of all ages. This reading explores different storytelling excercises that can be used in a …	Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From NEW! She Rises From: The Story is in Our Bones View	This chapter explores the disproportionate impact of ecological crises on women and gender-diverse people, especially those who are Indigenous, Black, Brown, Asian, or from other marginalized …	Osprey Orielle Lake	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From Short-term Solar Variations From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate View	This chapter details the role of solar variation, especially in the form of sun spots, in determining the climate of the Earth.	Steven Earle	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall? From: The New Carbon Architecture View	In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than …	Ann Edminster	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From Skin Deeper From: Not Just a Pretty Face View	How safe are your products? The Environmental Working Group builds the first-ever database of toxic ingredients in personal care products.	Stacy Malkan	17	2007	$1.70 Add
From Sliding Plates and Colliding Continents From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate View	In this chapter, Earle explores the role of plate techtonics in the Earth’s climate. Key factors include albedo, continent drift, volcanism, and the formation of mountain ranges.	Steven Earle	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds: Like Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovich From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View	Polarization is dangerous because it interrupts lines of communicationand leads to gridlock. It stops us from tackling urgent problems because without consensus we cannot take effective action. …	James Hoggan	10	2016	$1.00 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds: The Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View	When we look at the miserable state of public discourse today and how we are polluting the public square, it’s plain to see that many people believe the problem derives from evil on …	James Hoggan	9	2016	$0.90 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds: Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) with Carol Tavris From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View	The brain is designed with blind spots, optical and psychological, and one of its cleverest tricks is to confer on us the comforting delusion that we, personally, do not have any. In a sense, …	James Hoggan	12	2016	$1.20 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds: Morality Binds and Blinds with Jonathan Haidt From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View	Ingrained, tribal behaviors can bind and blind us, and shut down open-minded thinking. Looking at the dynamic of polarization from the point of view of tribes and teams is enlightening and useful …	James Hoggan	9	2016	$0.90 Add
From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open Minds: Why We Want to be Misled with Dan Kahan From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View	Group values impact risk perceptions and how our interpretation of scientific evidence is shaped by our cultural affiliations. Cultural cognition describes the tendency of individuals to conform …	James Hoggan	8	2016	$0.80 Add
From Social Co-ops and Social Care From: Humanizing the Economy View	On Civil Society and the Social Economy On Reciprocity Social Co-operatives The Case for Co-op Approach to Social Care Beyond Defensiveness Creating a Social Marker	John Restakis	32	2010	$3.20 Add
From Social Networks The Politics of Planning: Conference Organizing as an Act of Resistance From: Educating for Action View	This chapter is not about how to build stuffy, compulsory, talkat-you-from-a-podium conferences. Rather, this guide walks you through the process of organizing liberatory gatherings that …	Jenny Grubbs; Michael Loadenthal	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From Social Networks Social Media and Online Organizing From: Educating for Action View	This chapter provides guidelines for using social media for social change. The first section provides a brief overview of how social media impacts the contemporary world. The second section …	Jeanette Russell	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From Socialization: Child’s Play From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View	In this chapter, I will start a discussion on how, in the name of discipline, safety, and humaneness, i-tech has found yet another niche. How, for better or for worse, i-tech is now the principal …	Mari K Swingle	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From Some Personal Acts of Reconnection From: Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good View	Reclaiming the commons begins by claiming your place within it–and in the process, awakening to a different understanding of yourself, even a different understanding of what’s real …	Heather Menzies	8	2014	$0.80 Add