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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Waking Up to Climate Change PART 1 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View	The author talks about climate change, her own experiences and activities in the world of climate action and lessons she’s learned, resilience thinking, and hope. She also introduces the …	Laura Lengnick	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From Walkabout London From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View	Nick Schulman, a neighbor of mine, cut junior high to play pool, and dropped out of high school to play poker. He became a millionaire at the age of 21 this year, on the World Poker Tour. His new …	John Taylor Gatto	34	2010	$3.40 Add
From NEW! Wants and Needs From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View	In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action.	Sami Grover	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Water Use in Commercial and Institutional Buildings From: Dry Run View	Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) …	Jerry Yudelson	26	2010	$2.60 Add
From Water Use in the Home From: Dry Run View	Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet …	Jerry Yudelson	17	2010	$1.70 Add
From Wealth versus Commonwealth From: Resilience Imperative View	For the last 200 years, the ideology of unregulated markets, free-flow-ing capital, and minimalist government has waxed and waned. The unbridled markets of the 1920s gave way to state investment …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	36	2012	$3.60 Add
From Weapons of Mass Instruction From: Weapons of Mass Instruction View	The trapped flea strategy; ugliness; the horse-in-box effect; the artificial extension of childhood; misdirection; the cauldron of broken time: these and more are some deadly Weapons of Mass …	John Taylor Gatto	46	2010	$4.60 Add
From NEW! Weaving a New Story of Meaning From: The Web of Meaning View	The chapter concludes that an ecological civilization will emerge only when the symbiotic linkages between people become a more powerful force than the competitive impulses engendered by the …	Jeremy Lent	34	2021	$3.40 Add
From Weaving Community Milestones From: Common Threads View	So how can this interest in getting together for a common purpose fit within a concept of celebrating life’s milestones? How do we support each other in those moments when we need our …	Sharon Kallis	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From Welcome to Turm-Oil Inc. From: The Joy of Conflict Resolution View	As a company, Turm-Oil Inc. is facing the typical challenges of the new millennium: downsizing, greater reliance on technology, increased competition, and demanding customers. Such changes lead …	Gary Harper	11	2004	$1.10 Add
From Well-Being for First Nations From: An Economy of Well-Being View	* Measuring What Matters to Community Well-Being * Why a Community Asset Assessment? * Natural Capital Assessment * The Well-Being Community Planning Process * Benefits of a Well-Being-Based …	Mark Anielski	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Well-Being Impact Investing From: An Economy of Well-Being View	* Virtuous Financial Leadership * Lintel Capital LLC: Investment for Good * Well-Being Impact Investment Funds * And the Times, They are a-Changin’	Mark Anielski	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View	The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we …	Sami Grover	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From NEW! What Caused the PETM Runaway Climate? From: Runaway Climate View	What Caused the PETM Runaway Climate:  Volcanism, low13C carbon, methane hydrate, orbital cycles, massive feedbacks	Steven Earle	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From What Color is White From: Uprooting Racism View	White people have been led to believe racism is a question of particular acts of discrimination or violence. Calling someone a name, denying someone a job, excluding someone from a neighborhood …	Paul Kivel	97	2017	$9.70 Add
From What Controls the Earth’s Climate? From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate View	This chapter presents an overview of the forces that determine the Earth’s climate, the feedback loops that amplify them, and how slow geological processes can have huge implications.	Steven Earle	17	2021	$1.70 Add