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From  Sliding Plates and Colliding Continents |
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 |
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From  Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsLike Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovich |
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 |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsThe Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner |
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 |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsMistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) with Carol Tavris |
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 |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsMorality Binds and Blinds with Jonathan Haidt |
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 |
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From Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsWhy We Want to be Misled with Dan Kahan |
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 |
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From  Social Co-ops and Social CareFrom: Humanizing the Economy |
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 |
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From  Social NetworksThe Politics of Planning: Conference Organizing as an Act of Resistance From: Educating for Action |
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 |
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From Social NetworksSocial Media and Online Organizing From: Educating for Action |
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 |
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From  SocializationChild's Play From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
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 |
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From  Some Personal Acts of Reconnection |
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 |
 Somebodies and NobodiesOvercoming 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 |
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From  NEW! Songlines Through the Landscape |
In this chapter, Lake discusses the Songlines tradition of the Indigenous Peoples of Australia, describing how the practice enables knowledge of nature, spirituality, culture to be passed down … | Osprey Orielle Lake | 9 | 2024 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Spinning the Straw of Defensiveness |
Defensiveness can be defined as “a behavioral response to a perceived threat or attack, often to one’s self-esteem or well-being.” It involves a negotiation of reputation and … | Gary Harper | 10 | 2004 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Spring: The Greening Season |
Spring usually begins as a tug-of-war with winter. Just when we think warmer weather is here to stay, we are hit with another blast of cold and snow. However, the change of season is always … | Drew Monkman; Jacob Rodenburg | 62 | 2016 | $6.20 Add |
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From  NEW! Stabilizing Your Business ModelFrom: The Farmer's Office |
Managing the Hole – Should You Stop or Preserve? – Key Takeaways | Julia Shanks | 12 | 2024 | $1.20 Add |
