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Blood of the Land

Blood of the Land

The Government and Corporate War Against First Nations

This classic and accessible history of the American Indian Movement details an important part of Native peoples' continuing struggles against corporate and governmental development interests. Blood of the Land is a powerful reminder that we can only …

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Gardening for the Faint of Heart

Gardening for the Faint of Heart

This humorous yet practicalgardening guide will help youget "down to earth". Packedwith whimsical illustrationsand overflowing with usefulsuggestions, Gardening for theFaint of Heart is ideal for thenovice gardener. Learn abouteverything from …

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My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization

My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization

When it came out in 1994, My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization quickly became a classic of the ecopsychology movement. It is a book about roots which reach back millennia to a time when humans lived in and honored the …

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Human Scale

Human Scale

Size matters. And "progress", as it translates into sprawl, congestion, resource depletion, overpopulation, the decline of communities and the rise of corporate rule, is quite literally killing us. In his landmark work Human Scale, Kirkpatrick Sale …

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The Power of One

The Power of One

Authentic Leadership in Turbulent Times

The Power of One will change your life! It effectively breaks through the feelings of despair, frustration and alienation we all share about the state of the world and demonstrates how just you alone can transform your neighborhood, workplace or …

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Better NOT Bigger

Better NOT Bigger

How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve your Community

Contrary to accepted wisdom, rapid urban growth can leave communities permanently scarred, deeply in debt, with unaffordable housing, a lost sense of community, and sacrificed environmental quality.

In Better NOT Bigger, Fodor explodes the …

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Widening Circles

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 …

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Thinking Like a Mountain

Thinking Like a Mountain

Towards a Council of All Beings

This book of readings, meditations, rituals and workshop notes prepared on three continents helps us remember that environmental defense is nothing less than "Self" defense. Including magnificent illustrations of Australia's rainforests, Thinking …

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