Keyword: social responsibility

Culture Gap
Towards a New World in the Yalakom Valley
by Judith Plant

The time is the early 1980s. Judith Plant and her new partner, Kip, are ready for a change. Inspired by the charismatic Fred Brown, their communications professor at Simon Fraser University, they join a commune in a remote valley near the Yalakom …
related subjects: Conscious Community

The Better World Shopping Guide: 6th Edition
Every Dollar Makes a Difference
by Ellis Jones

While we strive to make our vote count every four years, few of us realize that our most immediate power to shape the world is squandered on a daily basis. Every dollar we spend has the potential to create social and environmental change. In fact, …
related subjects: Social Responsibility

Uprooting Racism - 4th Edition
How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
by Paul Kivel

In 2016, the president-elect of the United States openly called for segregation and deportation based on race and religion. Meanwhile, inequalities in education, housing, health care and the job market continue to prevail, while increased insecurity …
related subjects: Social Responsibility

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Gatto

After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U.S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning "disabilities" are skyrocketing, and children and youth are increasingly disaffected. Thirty years of teaching in the public …
related subjects: Education & Parenting

The Clean Money Revolution
Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism
by Joel Solomon
with Tyee Bridge

By 2050, $40 trillion will change hands in North America alone.
From Boomers to Millennials, the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history is underway and the ramifications will remake the world.
The dirty money of "business as usual" is on …
related subjects: New Economies

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Edition
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Gatto

After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U.S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning "disabilities" are skyrocketing, and children and youth are increasingly disaffected. Thirty years of teaching in the public …
related subjects: Education & Parenting

i-Minds
How Cell Phones, Computers, Gaming, and Social Media are Changing our Brains, our Behavior, and the Evolution of our Species
by Mari K. Swingle

Many of us would no more go out without our cell phone than we would leave the house without clothes. We live our lives on social media, and PDAs, tablets, computers and other devices are completely integrated into our global culture. From …
related subjects: Cultural Critique

I'm Right and You're an Idiot
The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
by James Hoggan

The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and …
related subjects: Cultural Critique