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Mission Driven— Business as a Vehicle for Change ... a must read for anyone interested in delving into the realm of social enterprise, or starting their own venture to create good. — Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder and former CEO , Seventh Generation ... the authors take readers from A to Z, reviewing key concepts and principles of successfully launching sustainable ventures. A great addition to any library! — Jed Emerson, Founding Director, Rob...

The business of biomimicry-companies the way nature intended.

From roof to table -- urban food has reached new heights.

The definitive winter harvest guide for maritime Pacific Northwest gardeners, now in its 5th edition

The power of local currencies

Energy bills have skyrocketed in North America, and traditional energy sources can be as damaging to the environment as they are to your pocketbook. The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy will show you how to slash your home energy costs while dramatically reducing your carbon footprint. Completely revised and updated, this new edition describes the most practical and affordable methods for making significant improvements in home energy eff...

Simply Imperfect is an inspiring breath of fresh air and freedom in our consumerist society--a book that awakens us to the beauty of life's imperfections. -- Duane Elgin, author of Voluntary Simplicity and The Living Universe Wabi-sabi is about appreciating the simple and letting go of the superficial — the perfect antidote for a society in recovery from a decades-long consumerist binge. Far more than home décor, wabi-sabi is a state of mind: ...

For any group or organization to function effectively, it must be able to make decisions well. Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making is the first book to offer groups (and group facilitators) a clear and efficient path to generating widespread agreement while fostering full participation and true collaboration. Poised to become the new standard for group facilitation, Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making combines: deep insight into complex group dy...

THE guide to safe cleaning products from the country's leading brand of natural household products.

The essential guide to understanding and confronting institutionalized racism - now completely revised and updated.

RECIPES AND STORIES TO NOURISH AND INSPIRE We need to view food as something important again, worth taking the time to seek out and to cook. I'm eager to try the recipes in Farmstead Chef — they promise a taste at once refreshing and deeply hopeful. — Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth and The End of Nature Rediscover homegrown and homemade cooking, preserving the harvest, stocking the pantry and building local community around your kitchen table...

Mission impossible? One woman's quest to reduce her toxic body burden.

Save the Earth without costing the earth "I support & endorse this wonderful book, 100%." – Ed Begley, Jr. Actor / Environmentalist Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without – it turns out that Grandma knew best after all. But somewhere along the way we forgot what Grandma taught us and succumbed to the belief that we can get everything for next to nothing, have it shipped halfway around the world and then, more often than not, just th...

A guide to BIG ideas -- to reawakening the radical imagination for social transformation.

The girls' guide to giving the cosmetics industry a makeover.

Planning cities as if food matters

A green-energy development narrative, this book is also part autobiography. Filled with colourful characters, this book features the enthusiasm of maverick devotees to the renewable energy boom of the '80s and '90s and their interplay with DC-based development institutions, as well as their perspective on global solutions to 'energy poverty'.

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LOCAL, DIVERSE AND RESILIENT – THE NEW CULTURE OF FOOD ...the inside story on the most hopeful development in American culture in recent years. Bill McKibben, author Deep Economy This book describes the future perfectly. Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm WRITTEN FROM THE vantage point of a farmer-ecologist, The Emergent Agriculture is a fascinating conversation about the future of food. Arguing that industrial food production is incompatible with th...