Getting the WORD OUT!

We are excited to announce WORD OUT! – the official blog of New Society Publishers. WORD OUT! is the place to find news about our upcoming and current titles, guest posts from many of our great authors, links to stories on sustainability and other relevant issues, and hopefully, discussion with our readers. We plan to update this blog several times a week, so you can either subscribe to our RSS Feed or bookmark the blog home page and check back often. Join us there!

Fall Harvest

We have a bumper crop of new books, all just off press and available now. From green building and renewable energy to activism and sustainable living, check out our latest offerings below.

Postcards from a Sustainable World

Nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, author Stephen Morris gathers the voices of some of the environmental movement's most influential thinkers in The New Village Green. This hopeful and inspiring collection features thought-provoking writings from a wildly varied group of people united by their commitment to community, to sustainability and to the planet.

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• Chapter 3: The Limits to Growth

Do-it-yourself Social Change

Wouldn't it be great if transformative ideas grew like weeds? They can. Anthony Weston's How to Reimagine the World is a "pocket guide for practical visionaries" and a must-read for anyone who likes to see the glass as half-full instead of half-empty.

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• Chapters 9 and 10: Inside Tracks and Leverage Points

From Architecture to Zen

Have you ever wondered about how to make sense of the bewildering array of terms and ideas involved in the green building movement? Jerry Yudelson's Green Building A to Z takes the mystery out of eco-efficiency, green technology, LEED certification, Life Cycle Cost Assessment and much, much more.

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Calling Corporations to Account

From "Just Don't Do It!" to exposing "Victoria's Dirty Little Secret", NGO's have proved that David really can slay Goliath, or at least make him behave more ethically and responsibly. Michael Conroy's Branded! proves that corporate responsibility doesn't have to be an oxymoron.

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• Chapter 5: Tapping the Ethic of "Fairness": Certifying Global Commodity Trade

Coming to Your Neighborhood

The 11th Hour and An Inconvenient Truth have convinced the mainstream of the seriousness of climate change. John Banta examines strategies to protect our houses from the elements in Extreme Weather Hits Home. Don't be fooled into thinking that floods and hurricanes cause all the damage – culprits such as mold and humidity are costing billions of dollars as well!

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• Chapter 2: How Homes are Damaged by Climate Change

Save Money – Save the Planet!

Did you know that every kilowatt-hour of electricity you avoid using saves over one and a half pounds of carbon dioxide that would otherwise be pumped into the atmosphere? Jennifer Thorne Amann and Alex Wilson show you how to save energy (and money) in every room of your home in the Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings. This critically acclaimed 9th edition combines the most up-to-date research with handy tips, checklist and resources.

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Good Growth is Smart Growth

What if the population of your city was going to double in the next 50 years and yet you had no additional land? Would it become an urban cesspool or a model of Sustainability By Design? UBC's Design Centre for Sustainability maps a green future for Greater Vancouver and in the process provides an invaluable case study for metropolitan areas everywhere.

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The Renewable Energy Bible

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A Classroom without Walls

Too many schools have failed to shift environmental education out of the classroom and into the real world. In As If the Earth Matters Thom Henley and Kenny Peavey show parents and teachers how to empower and inspire children to take an active role in conservation by immersing them in the beauty of the natural world.

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Greening the Corporate Bottom Line

The Business Case for Sustainability is the perfect companion to Bob Willard's The Sustainability Advantage and The Next Sustainability Wave. This new DVD highlights the advantages for business of committing to sustainability strategies, and shows how "going green" can enhance profits rather than increasing costs.

New Catalyst Books

Check out the following titles which have just been released in New Catalyst Books' "Sustainability Classics" series!

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

This classic of the ecopsychology movement by Chellis Glendinning is a book which documents the entanglement of the ecological crisis with modern addictions, helping us make sense of the senseless abuses in the world today and mapping pathways towards healing.

Human Scale

Kirkpatrick Sale's landmark work details the crises facing modern society and suggests ways that we can build institutions, workplaces and communities that are sustainable, ecologically balanced, and responsive to the needs of the individual.

The Power of One

This revolutionary book by Sharif Abdullah shows how to create a society based on love, compassion, and authenticity by subverting the dominant paradigm of power and leadership.

Better NOT Bigger

Eben Fodor's essential community resource is packed with insights, ideas, and tools to empower citizens to switch off their local "growth machine" by debunking the pro-growth rhetoric.

Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns

Written by David Engwicht, one of the fathers of traffic calming and street reclaiming, this powerful community tool shows citizens how to take control of their neighborhoods, towns and cities.