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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Surviving the Dysbiosphere From: Secret Life of Your Microbiome View	The international statistics on mental health in developed nations are troubling to say the least. In the United States 25 percent of the adult population reports having a mental illness in a …	Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott	35	2017	$3.50 Add
From Sustain This The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship From: In The Business of Change View	Whether working on a single issue at a time or adopting a larger, far-reaching lens of advocacy, policy and systems change, these entrepreneurs are establishing ventures with a comprehensive …	Elisa Birnbaum	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From Sustainability or Collapse? From: Techno-Fix View	Sustainability or Collapse? argues that there are at least three critical technological challenges that must be met in order to produce long-term sustainability: avoiding serious environmental …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	34	2011	$3.40 Add
From Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms? From: Emergent Agriculture View	Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an …	Gary S. Kleppel	3	2014	$0.30 Add
From Sustaining Agriculture in a Changing Climate From: Resilient Agriculture View	This chapter provides a brief history of agricultural practices and outlines the different crops and livestock that are cultivated in different environments. The chapter goes on to discuss how …	Laura Lengnick	40	2015	$4.00 Add
From NEW! Swimming Upstream From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View	This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence …	Sami Grover	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From Take Commoning to Scale From: Free, Fair and Alive View	The final chapter addresses how commons can be scaled up, and why it is important to believe that commons have a significant contribution to make toward global change. The authors introduce the …	David Bollier	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From Taking Action From: Intrinsic Hope View	If we can accept that the global eco-social crisis is human caused, we have the possibility of taking effective action. Taking action is one of the best ways to nurture intrinsic hope. …	Kate Davies	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Tangible Results – Penny Dex, Doug Fir Veterans and Boots to Roots From: Field Excercises View	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 the …	Stephanie Westlund	16	2014	$1.60 Add
From Teaching Is A Group Activitiy From: Freedom To Learn View	Teaching is inherently a group activity and that makes all the difference. Humans (students in this case) respond differently in groups than in individual situations. Some important variables of …	Art Willans; Cari Williams	21	2018	$2.10 Add
From Techniques From: Common Threads View	As you begin to work with natural fibers you will realize how much of the knowledge is transferable from one fiber to another. As you pick up a new plant, first try what you already know. …	Sharon Kallis	51	2014	$5.10 Add
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
From Technological Integration Versus Technological Interference From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View	At the onset of the i-tech phenomenon, most of us first noted surface changes. For example, what we perceived as an emergent shallowness of information, a subtle lack of depth and length of …	Mari K Swingle	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress From: Techno-Fix View	Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress postulates that belief in progress exhibits characteristics similar to those of religious faith and that most techno-optimism is based on ignorance, …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	33	2011	$3.30 Add
From Technology and Localization: Trends at Play From: The New Carbon Architecture View	This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building.	Bruce King	9	2017	$0.90 Add
From Technology, Exploitation and Fairness From: Techno-Fix View	Technology, Exploitation and Fairness advances the thesis that many technologies are regrettably used for control and exploitation of both humans and the environment, leading inevitably to …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	27	2011	$2.70 Add