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The Wealth of Nature
Economics as If Survival Mattered
The Wealth of Nature proposes a new model of economics based on the integral value of ecology. Building on the foundations of E.F. Schumacher's revolutionary “economics as if people mattered”, this book examines the true cost of confusing money …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher’s Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of …
related subjects: Education & Parenting
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of familiar schooling which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a by-product of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier …
related subjects: Education & Parenting
Wearing Smaller Shoes
Living Light on the Big Blue Marble
You've been wondering how to reduce your footprint, but are intimidated by the idea that nothing less than installing solar panels and going off the grid will work. Nonsense - no need to be scared off by all that "green" noise. You have two goals: …
related subjects: Energy , Sustainable Living
Webs of Power
Notes from the Global Uprising
In Webs of Power, Starhawk provides an overview ofthe complex political and economic powers opposed bythe anti-globalization movement, explores the debatebetween violent and nonviolent tactics, defines aneconomy of true abundance and shows how we …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , New Catalyst Books
Whitewash
The Disturbing Truth about Cow's Milk and Your Health
North Americans are some of the least healthy people on Earth. Despite advanced medical care and one of the highest standards of living in the world, one in three Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and 50% of US children are …
related subjects: Health & Wellness
Widening Circles
A Memoir
In this absorbing, and sometimes thrilling memoir, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist /teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind and spirit in the key social movements of our era. Macy's autobiography …
related subjects: Sustainable Living , New Catalyst Books
Wild Foresting
Practicing Nature's Wisdom
There is an emerging revolution in wild forest relationships. Wild foresting has evolved from ecoforestry, going far beyond merely having a minimum impact on the world, to sustaining and promoting forest health, and biological and cultural …
related subjects: Sustainable Living , Environment & Economy
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