Rainwater Harvesting for Chickens
Today's blog comes from Acquisitions Editor Rob West. He created a rainwater collection system for his brood of …
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Renewal
How Nature Awakens Our Creativity, Compassion, and Joy
Foreword by Marc Bekoff
Why spend countless hours indoors in front of screens when being in nature feels so good? In learning why and how to nurture our emotional connection with nature, we can also regenerate the ecosystems on which we depend for …
related subjects: Conservation & Ecology
Nature-Based Therapy
A Practitioner’s Guide to Working Outdoors with Children, Youth, and Families
The number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned interventions from skilled helpers. Unplugging from technology …
related subjects: Health and Wellness
I'm Right and You're an Idiot - 2nd Edition
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a toxic smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda, and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting …
related subjects: Cultural Critique
The Mediator's Toolkit
Formulating and Asking Questions for Successful Outcomes
Learn how to formulate and ask penetrating, paradigm-shifting questions for successful outcomes in any conflict.
Knowing how to formulate and ask incisive questions to get to the core of a conflict, challenge entrenched thinking, and shift …
related subjects: Progressive Leadership
Essential Rainwater Harvesting
A Guide to Home-Scale System Design
Design a rainwater harvesting system for any home in any climate.
Water is a crucial resource increasingly under stress. Yet rainfall, even in arid climates, can make up a sizable portion of any home, acreage, or farm’s water requirements if …
related subjects: Sustainable Building & Design
Essential Composting Toilets
A Guide to Options, Design, Installation, and Use
From wastestream to mainstream, a practical guide to composting toilet systems.
Composting toilets are a key feature for local resilience, money saving, water conservation, resource recovery, septic system replacement, and an improved bathroom …
related subjects: Sustainable Building & Design
The Aging of Aquarius
Igniting Passion and Purpose as an Elder
Live your passion and purpose and change the world as an empowered elder.
Your career has wound down, the kids have moved, and your schedule is clear...for the next 30 years.
In your youth, you cared about people and planet earth, and you had grand …
related subjects: Social Responsibility
Intrinsic Hope
Living Courageously in Troubled Times
Climate disruption. Growing social inequality. Pollution. We are living in an era of unprecedented crises, resulting in widespread feelings of fear, despair, and grief. Now, more than ever, maintaining hope for the future is a monumental task.
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related subjects: Health and Wellness
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