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Counterpoints eBook Series

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  • For the Love of Nature

    Ecowriting the World

    Series Book 547 - Counterpoints
    For the Love of Nature: Ecowriting the World brings together a series of essays that address the power and magic of writing about the natural world. The array of authors and locations, from Melbourne to Los Angeles to Rome, share their expertise in literacy and their passion for nature. They offer ideas and examples of ecowriting through various media and genres including videos, journals, letters ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

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    Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture

    by Jenny Odell ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”—Esquire“One of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago Public Library, Electric Lit</... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Penn Statements, Vol. 40

    Student Compositions from the Program in Writing and Rhetoric

    Edited by Alex Sibo, Tyler Arsuaga ...
    Penn Statements is a reader of student essays and compositions from courses offered through Penn State's Program in Writing and Rhetoric. All essays are submitted by students and are used as examples of student writers engaging with rhetorical principles. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Geek Heresy

    Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology

    After a decade designing technologies meant to address education, health, and global poverty, award-winning computer scientist Kentaro Toyama came to a difficult conclusion: Even in an age of amazing technology, social progress depends on human changes that gadgets can't deliver.Computers in Bangalore are locked away in dusty cabinets because teachers don't know what to do with them. Mobile phone ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Re:imagining Change

    Re:Imagining Change provides resources, theory, hands-on tools and illuminating case studies for the next generation of innovative change-makers. This unique book explores how culture, media, memes and narrative intertwine with social change strategies, and offers practical methods to amplify progressive causes in the popular culture. This new, expanded second edition includes even more examples ... Read more

    $7.39 USD

  • Hope Circuits

    Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing

    How do we model abundance and generosity – in teaching, in learning, in leading organizations, particularly non-profits – when dealing with fiscal austerity and other forms of scarcity thinking? Hope Circuits explores this question, presenting sophisticated ideas that support democratizing higher education for everybody.Written in a conversational style that draws upon Jessica Riddell’s experience ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Regenerative Development and Design

    A Framework for Evolving Sustainability

    The evolution of sustainability, with a practical framework for integrationRegenerative Development and Design takes sustainability to the next level, and provides a framework for incorporating regenerative design principles into your current process. The Regenesis Group is a coalition of experienced design, land-use, planning, business, and development professionals who represent the forefront of ... Read more

    $67.00 USD

  • Eye of the Storm

    by Terry LePage ...
    When Things Fall Apart, You Don't Have ToCalm is contagious. And courage is contagious. The tools in this book can help you to find calm, purpose, and even joy in hard times. Climate chaos is accelerating, democracy is in peril, species and ecosystems are disappearing, and economic inequality is soaring. These are interconnected parts of a complex and devastating predicament. But you need not ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Getting to the Heart of Science Communication

    A Guide to Effective Engagement

    by Faith Kearns ...
    At a community fire day in a northern California town several years ago, author Faith Kearns gave a talk on building fire-safe houses able to withstand increasingly common wildfires. Much to her surprise, Kearns was confronted by an audience member whose house had recently burned. What she thought was straightforward, helpful scientific information had instead retraumatized audience members, ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Meaningful Stuff

    Design That Lasts

    Series series Design Thinking, Design Theory
    An argument for a design philosophy of better, not more.Never have we wanted, owned, and wasted so much stuff. Our consumptive path through modern life leaves a wake of social and ecological destruction--sneakers worn only once, bicycles barely even ridden, and forgotten smartphones languishing in drawers. By what perverse alchemy do our newest, coolest things so readily transform into meaningless ... Read more

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  • Presencing

    7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society, and Business

    We are collectively creating results nobody wants, and most change efforts address the symptoms rather than the source.Presencing offers a different approach—one that bridges inner development with outer systems change through 7 concrete practices built for this moment.From Otto Scharmer, MIT senior lecturer and creator of Theory U, and Katrin Kaufer, MIT researcher, cofounder of the Presencing ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • The New Designer

    Rejecting Myths, Embracing Change

    by Manuel Lima ...
    How to develop an ethical design practice and build a better world.The choices made by designers have a significant effect on the world. Yet so much of the discourse on design focuses on aesthetics rather than ethics. In The New Designer, acclaimed author Manuel Lima aims to change this by challenging common myths and preconceptions about what comprises good design. He argues that designers must ... Read more

    $17.99 USD