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Guest Post - Lyle Estill - Mother Earth News Fair

by: EJ on 03/23/2012
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This guest post from Lyle Estill, author of Industrial Evolution: Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future, was posted on Mother Earth News Fair March 19th and is reprinted here with permission.

Tonight my son Arlo and I finished his “solar powered dehydrator.” He cleaned up the shop and got the unit ready for display, while I walked up to the …

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Planting Seeds for a New Society

by: EJ on 01/03/2012
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In the late summer and fall of 2010, Janaia Donaldson and Robyn Mallgren of Peak Moment TV undertook a Pacific Northwest Tour with a grueling filming schedule that yielded hours of material including interviews with giants such as Derrick Jensen, Michael Ruppert, David Korten and our own Judith Plant. 

On a sunny afternoon at the New Society …

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In Memoriam: Richard Douthwaite

by: EJ on 11/17/2011
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Richard Douthwaite (1942-2011) died on November 14th, 2011 after a long illness. Richard was the co-founder of Feasta, an Irish economic think tank focused on the economics of sustainability. He was also a council member of Comhar, the Irish government's national sustainability council. He acted as economic adviser to the Global Commons Institute

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Remembering Peter Berg

by: Heather on 08/30/2011
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New Society Publisher's roots are deep in the soil of bioregionalism - a movement based on recognizing, nurturing, sustaining and celebrating our local connections and sense of place. Peter Berg was a champion of this movement from its earliest beginnings, and he dedicated much of his life to realizing its goals. We were tremendously saddened to …

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Listen Up!

by: Heather on 06/01/2011
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Selected New Society Publishers' titles are now available as audiobooks through Post Hypnotic Press.

Visit their site and have a listen to sample audio clips from great books like  Peak Everything, Weapons of Mass Instruction, Thriving Beyond Sustainability, and Fermenting Revolution. You can purchase audiobooks directly from Post Hypnotic, or head …

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