#Book a Day introduces Share or Die - Messages from the Front Lines of the New "Lost Generation"
Congratulations to yesterday’s Book a Day for the Month of May contest winner Martine P.
Today’s is the first day …
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Dancing with the Tiger
Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step
Making social and ecological change happen is not easy. At both the planetary and organizational levels, it is a dance that is fraught with danger for both the change agents themselves and their organizations. It is like dancing with a tiger.
For …
Depletion & Abundance
Life on the New Home Front
Climate change, peak oil and economic instability aren't just future social problems -- they jeopardize our homes and families right now. Our once-abundant food supply is being threatened by toxic chemical agriculture, rising food prices and crop …
related subjects: Sustainable Living , Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil
Design for Water
Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment and Alternate Water Reuse
In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil as the entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing …
related subjects: Green Building
Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis
Who Gets it, Who Profits, and How to Stop it
Type 2 diabetes is a social pandemic caused by toxic environments - high in stress and sugar, low in opportunities to exercise or feel good about yourself - and a lack of power. Millions are suffering and being blamed for it; communities devastated; …
related subjects: Health & Wellness
Doing Democracy
The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements
Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership
Dry Run
Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis
In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for industrial, urban and environmental reasons stirring up …
related subjects: Urban Issues , Environment & Economy
Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
A highly praised bestseller for over a decade, Dumbing Us Down is a radical treatise on public education that concludes that compulsory government schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in a machine. This Special …
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