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Common Ground in a Liquid City

Essays in Defense of an Urban Future

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If we want to preserve what's still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it. And, says veteran environmental activist Matt Hern, cities are the best chance we have left for a truly ecological future . . . but what does it take to make a truly sustainable city?Common Ground in a Liquid City is a fun and engaging look at the future of urban life. Hern takes us on a journey ... Read more

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If we want to preserve what's still left of the natural world, we need to stop using so much of it. And, says veteran environmental activist Matt Hern, cities are the best chance we have left for a truly ecological future . . . but what does it take to make a truly sustainable city?Common Ground in a Liquid City is a fun and engaging look at the future of urban life. Hern takes us on a journey
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Trust Kids!

Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy

by carla bergman, Dani Burlison ...

A guide for parents and guardians: Moving beyond the intellectual tendency to either ignore children or see them merely as students, Trust Kids! gives parents and families a guide on how we can cultivate authentic relationships in households by teaching and learning the importance of autonomy in all aspects of developing lives.Confronting our own households: Presents a radical and thought ... Read more

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A guide for parents and guardians: Moving beyond the intellectual tendency to either ignore children or see them merely as students, Trust Kids! gives parents and families a guide on how we can cultivate authentic relationships in households by teaching and learning the importance of autonomy in all aspects of developing lives.Confronting our own households: Presents a radical and thought
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Stay Solid!

A Radical Handbook for Youth

by Noam Chomsky, Dan Savage, Grace Llewellyn, Astra Taylor ...

It ain't easy being a kid these days. For the first time in generations, today's teens have worse prospects ahead of them than their parents did, and the pressure to toe the line and be a success is heavier than ever . . . and so is the temptation to just give up. But there are things in the world worth fighting for!This scrapbook-style collection of essays, excerpts, explanations, and images ... Read more

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It ain't easy being a kid these days. For the first time in generations, today's teens have worse prospects ahead of them than their parents did, and the pressure to toe the line and be a success is heavier than ever . . . and so is the temptation to just give up. But there are things in the world worth fighting for!This scrapbook-style collection of essays, excerpts, explanations, and images
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What a City Is For

Remaking the Politics of Displacement

by Matt Hern ...

An investigation into gentrification and displacement, focusing on the case of Portland, Oregon's systematic dispersal of black residents from its Albina neighborhood.Portland, Oregon, is one of the most beautiful, livable cities in the United States. It has walkable neighborhoods, bike lanes, low-density housing, public transportation, and significant green space—not to mention craft-beer bars ... Read more

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An investigation into gentrification and displacement, focusing on the case of Portland, Oregon's systematic dispersal of black residents from its Albina neighborhood.Portland, Oregon, is one of the most beautiful, livable cities in the United States. It has walkable neighborhoods, bike lanes, low-density housing, public transportation, and significant green space—not to mention craft-beer bars
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Outside the Outside

The New Politics of Suburbs

by Matt Hern ...

**"Matt Hern's brilliant and captivating Outside the Outside presents an urgently needed, theoretically sophisticated street-level perspective on some of the most pertinent ongoing critical debates about life and politics in our decentered suburban world."—Roger Keil, author of Suburban PlanetModern "sub-urbs" as a place of vibrancy, conflict and resistance**Matt Hern argues that the changing ... Read more

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**"Matt Hern's brilliant and captivating Outside the Outside presents an urgently needed, theoretically sophisticated street-level perspective on some of the most pertinent ongoing critical debates about life and politics in our decentered suburban world."—Roger Keil, author of Suburban PlanetModern "sub-urbs" as a place of vibrancy, conflict and resistance**Matt Hern argues that the changing
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On This Patch of Grass

City Parks on Occupied Land

by Matt Hern, Selena Couture, Daisy Couture, Sadie Couture ...

Exclusive online content, photos, and more, available here Parks are importantly fertile places to talk about land. Whether its big national parks, provincial campgrounds, isolated conservation areas, destination parks, or humble urban patches of grass, we tend to speak of parks as unqualified goods. People think of parks as public or common land, and it is a common belief that parks are the best ... Read more

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Exclusive online content, photos, and more, available here Parks are importantly fertile places to talk about land. Whether its big national parks, provincial campgrounds, isolated conservation areas, destination parks, or humble urban patches of grass, we tend to speak of parks as unqualified goods. People think of parks as public or common land, and it is a common belief that parks are the best
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Big Moves

Global Agendas, Local Aspirations, and Urban Mobility in Canada

by Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, Jeffrey Kenworthy ...

Series Book 13 - McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance
All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, and Jeffrey Kenworthy reveal that despite the peculiarities and singular traits that each city embodies, a common logic has guided the development of transportation infrastructure across the country.Big Moves analyzes how Canada's three ... Read more

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All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, and Jeffrey Kenworthy reveal that despite the peculiarities and singular traits that each city embodies, a common logic has guided the development of transportation infrastructure across the country.Big Moves analyzes how Canada's three
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Trust Kids! weaves together essays, interviews, poems, and artwork from scholars, activists, and artists about our relationships with children in all areas of our lives.The contributors of Trust Kids! write from different backgrounds, genders, ages, and sexualities and combine past lineages with more recent child-rearing ideas to offer a fresh, inspiring perspective. Many works on parenting and ... Read more

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Trust Kids! weaves together essays, interviews, poems, and artwork from scholars, activists, and artists about our relationships with children in all areas of our lives.The contributors of Trust Kids! write from different backgrounds, genders, ages, and sexualities and combine past lineages with more recent child-rearing ideas to offer a fresh, inspiring perspective. Many works on parenting and
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One and Only

The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One

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**“A swift and absorbing read…may change your mind and the national conversation.” —Psychology TodayA funny, tough-minded case for being and having an only child, debunking the myths about only children and taking glory in the pleasures of singletons.**Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at ... Read more

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**“A swift and absorbing read…may change your mind and the national conversation.” —Psychology TodayA funny, tough-minded case for being and having an only child, debunking the myths about only children and taking glory in the pleasures of singletons.**Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at
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Teaching Critical Thinking

Practical Wisdom

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In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes controversial topics that teachers and students have urged her to address since the publication of the ... Read more

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In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks explores the confounding and sometimes controversial topics that teachers and students have urged her to address since the publication of the
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The Four Pivots

Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves

by Shawn A. Ginwright PhD ...

**“Reading this courageous book feels like the beginning of a social and personal awakening...I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Atlas of the HeartFor readers of Emergent Strategy and Dare to Lead, an activist's roadmap to long-term social justice impact through four simple shifts.**We need a fundamental shift in our values--a pivot in how we think, act, work, and connect ... Read more

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**“Reading this courageous book feels like the beginning of a social and personal awakening...I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Atlas of the HeartFor readers of Emergent Strategy and Dare to Lead, an activist's roadmap to long-term social justice impact through four simple shifts.**We need a fundamental shift in our values--a pivot in how we think, act, work, and connect
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Happiness

A Very Short Introduction

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Happiness is an everyday term in our lives, and most of us strive to be happy. But defining happiness can be difficult. In this Very Short Introduction, Dan Haybron considers the true nature of happiness. By examining what it is, assessing its importance in our lives, and how we can (and should) pursue it, he considers the current thinking on happiness, from psychology to philosophy. Illustrating ... Read more

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