The Raw Milk Revolution, by David E. Gumpert, would more accurately be entitled “Milk Wars.” Any attempt to sell raw milk creates a froth of such proportions that we must conclude that it is symptomatic of something bigger.
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Genius of Common Sense + Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad
How do you change the world? Where do you start, locally or globally? For inspiration and a way out of the paralysis that stymies so many of us, two remarkable women – Jane Jacobs and Frances Moore Lappé – offer some practical ideas.
Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe And Our Last Chance to Save Humanity
It’s odd. At 68, James Hansen, arguably the planet’s most renowned climatologist and one of the earliest prophets of human-induced global climate change, has finally published his first book. “Odd” is a fitting description for the book as well.
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
At last, here is a book about our common future that we don’t have to be afraid to read. Written by “transition movement” founder Rob Hopkins, The Transition Handbook offers an inspiring and practical blueprint for community-based action in response to the challenges of climate change and peak oil.
Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
It’s no secret that Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have designed their environmental policy to fit a full-speed-ahead exploitation of Alberta’s tar sands. It’s important, therefore, to have an understanding of the industry’s environmental impact. Andrew Nikiforuk’s award-winning Tar Sands offers precisely that.
Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How The Toxic Chemistry Of Everyday Life Affects Our Health
Slow Death by Rubber Duck has one non-chemical ingredient that catapulted it to the top of the charts. As the story goes, the duo behind the Chicken Soup for the Soul empire couldn’t find a publisher when they assembled their first book. But despite Chicken Soup’s winning formula – 112 million books sold in 15 years […]
The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century + The Christian Future and the Fate of the Earth
In June 2009, Thomas Berry, the historian, priest, author and self-described “geologian,” passed away at his home in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was 94. Uniting recent scientific discoveries concerning the provenance and progression of the universe with religious insights into the nature of creation, Berry’s writing blended empirical and spiritual elements […]
Generation A + The Year of the Flood
Information is important, but stories are essential. While scientists can tell us about the extinction of species and the loss of Arctic sea ice, we need stories to help us make sense of these events. But we are buried in unfinished stories. After decades of expert analysis, we remain unable […]
Building Resilience, Part 2 (Issue 36.2)
Andrew McMurry, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo writes in “the Rhetoric of Resilience” that “In a world that runs on persuasion, the green movement would be wise to re-examine its use of language”. (1m05s – 21m06s dur: 20m05s) And in his second “What’s […]
Building Resilience, Part 1 (Issue 36.2)
Executive Editor Nicola Ross in conversation with the father of resilience in ecological thinking, Buzz Holling. In part two: Andrew McMurry, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo weighs in on The Rhetoric of Resilience (“In a world that runs on persuasion, the green movement would […]
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