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Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature New Our World » Conscious Business June 10, 2013 0 By Kenny Ausubel Few would deny that we are entering a period of great change. Our environment is collapsing. Social disruption abounds. All around, it seems, we are experiencing breakdown. But out of this chaos comes the opportunity for breakthrough-the opportunity to reimagine our future. In Dreaming the Future, Kenny Ausubel leads us into that possible new world and introduces... Read more Read reviews Write review	38	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years Our World » Ecology & Sustainability December 13, 2012 0 By Jorgen Randers Forty years ago, The Limits to Growth study addressed the grand question of how humans would adapt to the physical limitations of planet Earth. It predicted that during the first half of the 21st century the ongoing growth in the human ecological footprint would stop-either through catastrophic "overshoot and collapse"-or through well-managed "peak and decline."So, where are we now?... Read more Read reviews Write review	99	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Hot Our World » Ecology & Sustainability November 27, 2012 0 By Donella H. Meadows Jorgen Randers Dennis L. Meadows In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot,' or resource use beyond the carrying capacity of the planet. Now, preeminent environmental scientists Donnella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows have teamed up again to update and expand their... Read more Read reviews Write review	132	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Thinking in Systems: A Primer Hot Our World » Conscious Business November 18, 2012 0 By Donella H. Meadows In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth--the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet-- Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Meadows' newly released manuscript, Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering... Read more Read reviews Write review	132	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food Hot Our World » Ecology & Sustainability July 14, 2012 0 By Janisse Ray There is no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions-sun and water, warmth and soil-to be set free. Everyday, millions upon millions of seeds lift their two green wings.At no time in our history have Americans been more obsessed with food. Options- including those for local, sustainable, and organic food-seem limitless. And yet, our... Read more Read reviews Write review	193	Editor rating 5.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The New Feminist Agenda: Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work, and Family Hot Our World » Activism & Social Justice May 28, 2012 0 By Madeleine M. Kunin Feminists opened up thousands of doors in the 1960s and 1970s, but decades later, are U.S. women where they thought they'd be? The answer, it turns out, is a resounding no. Surely there have been gains. Women now comprise nearly 60 percent of college undergraduates and half of all medical and law students. They have entered the workforce in... Read more Read reviews Write review	145	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions Hot Our World » Ecology & Sustainability May 28, 2012 0 By Gene Logsdon As author Gene Logsdon puts it, "We are all tree huggers." But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm's fairy-tale version of the dark, menacing forest, most people still hold a deep cultural love of woodland settings, and feel... Read more Read reviews Write review	114	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times Hot Our World » Ecology & Sustainability December 15, 2011 0 By Rob Hopkins In 2008, the best-selling The Transition Handbook suggested a model for a community-led response to peak oil and climate change. Since then, the Transition idea has gone viral across the globe, from Italian villages and Brazilian favelas to universities and London neighborhoods. In contrast to the ever-worsening stream of information about climate change, the economy, and resource depletion, Transition... Read more Read reviews Write review	164	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
An Unreasonable Woman Hot Our World » Activism & Social Justice July 21, 2011 0 By Diane Wilson A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, And the Fight for Seadrift, Texas When Diane Wilson, fourth-generation shrimp-boat captain and mother of five, learns that she lives in the most polluted county in the United States, she decides to fight back. She launches a campaign against a multibillion-dollar corporation that has been covering up spills, silencing... Read more Read reviews Write review	202	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth Hot Our World » Activism & Social Justice May 05, 2011 1 By Diane Wilson Diane Wilson is an activist, shrimper, and all around hell-raiser whose first book, An Unreasonable Woman, told of her battle to save her bay in Seadrift, Texas. Back then, she was an accidental activist who worked with whistleblowers, organized protests, and eventually sunk her own boat to stop the plastic-manufacturing giant Formosa from releasing dangerous chemicals into water she... Read more Read reviews Write review	467	Editor rating 5.0 User rating 5.0 (1)
The People V. Bush: One Lawyer’s Campaign to Bring the President to Justice and the National Grassroots Movement She Encounters Along the Way Hot Our World » Activism & Social Justice April 10, 2011 0 By Vincent Bugliosi When journalist-turned-lawyer Charlotte Dennett became outraged that Bush White House officials were acting above the law, she did something that surprised even herself. She ran for a state attorney general seat on a platform to prosecute George W. Bush for murder. She lost the race, but found a movement—one that continues its quest to hold leaders accountable to U.S.... Read more Read reviews Write review	172	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times Hot Health » Food & Nutrition March 08, 2011 0 By Carol Deppe In an age of erratic weather and instability, people's interest in growing their own food is skyrocketing. The Resilient Gardener presents gardening techniques that stand up to challenges ranging from health problems, financial problems, and special dietary needs to serious disasters and climate change.Scientist and expert gardener Carol Deppe draws from emerging science in many fields to develop the... Read more Read reviews Write review	345	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Gort Cloud: The Invisible Force Powering Today's Most Visible Green Brands Hot Our World » Conscious Business May 05, 2009 0 By Richard Seireeni "Green" has gone mainstream, and for many companies caring for the environment is not just a philosophy, it’s a marketing strategy. So how does a company that’s genuinely committed to green principles differentiate itself from its greenwashing competitors? Brand expert Richard Seireeni interviewed more than 30 "eco-capitalists" from a broad range of industries—home improvement, transportation, household products,... Read more Read reviews Write review	447	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques Hot Our World » Ecology & Sustainability March 15, 2009 0 By Eliot Coleman Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that’s taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine. Now,... Read more Read reviews Write review	484	Editor rating 0.0 User rating 0.0 (0)