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Weaving Community Milestones

Weaving Community Milestones

From: Common Threads

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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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Welcome to Turm-Oil Inc.

Welcome to Turm-Oil Inc.

From: The Joy of Conflict Resolution

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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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Well-Being for First Nations

Well-Being for First Nations

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* 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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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Well-Being Impact Investing

Well-Being Impact Investing

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* Virtuous Financial Leadership * Lintel Capital LLC: Investment for Good * Well-Being Impact Investment Funds * And the Times, They are a-Changin’ 9 $0.90 Add
We're all Climate Hypocrites Now
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We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now

How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement

Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s … 192 View
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We're all Climate Hypocrites Now
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We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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What Caused the PETM Runaway Climate?
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What Caused the PETM Runaway Climate?

From: Runaway Climate

What Caused the PETM Runaway Climate:  Volcanism, low13C carbon, methane hydrate, orbital cycles, massive feedbacks 16 $1.60 Add
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What Color is White

What Color is White

From: Uprooting Racism

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 … 97 $9.70 Add
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What Controls the Earth's Climate?

What Controls the Earth’s Climate?

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

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. 17 $1.70 Add
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What Difference Does It Make?
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What Difference Does It Make?

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place … 19 $1.90 Add
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What Do We Need to Do?
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What Do We Need to Do?

From: Runaway Climate

What Do We Need to Do? Personal actions, public health, role of government, fossil fuel subsidies, zero carbon commitments, carbon pricing 17 $1.70 Add
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What Happiness Policy Is and Why It Matters

What Happiness Policy Is and Why It Matters

From: The Happiness Policy Handbook

Happiness Policy Makes Economic Sense – Easterlin Paradox – Income Inequality – Mental Health Care – Purchasing Habits ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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What is Education?

What is Education?

From: Weapons of Mass Instruction

According to Kant, four questions live at the heart of all educational quests: What can I know? What may I hope? What ought I to do? What is man? School policy in America is made by people who … 12 $1.20 Add
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What is Good Communication

What is Good Communication

From: Cracking the Boy Code

• Social communication is the greatest communication challenge for boys • Vocabulary, phrasing, and tone set the stage for great conversations. • Get inside a boy’s mental … 14 $1.40 Add
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What is Similar Now and What Is Different?
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What is Similar Now and What Is Different?

From: Runaway Climate

What Is Similar Now and What is Different? Ice, humans, ocean carbon sink, methane clathrates, forests, wetlands 12 $1.20 Add
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What is Still Worth Doing?
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What is Still Worth Doing?

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

In this chapter, Boyd explores if we have personal obligations to make environmentally considerate choices during the late stages of the climate crisis. Boyd discusses which individual … 74 $7.40 Add