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<title><![CDATA[Geography Of Nowhere]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780671888251</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon architecture and parking lots.  In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed lifestyle. It is also a wake-up call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work, to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection. Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life, we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good. "The future will require us to build better places," Kunstler says, "or the future will belong to other people in other societies."]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Geography Of Nowhere]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Howard Kunstler]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Free Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780671888251]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Geography of Nowhere traces America's evolution from a nation of Main Streets and coherent communities to a land where every place is like no place in particular, where the cities are dead zones and the countryside is a wasteland of cartoon architecture and parking lots.  In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed lifestyle. It is also a wake-up call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work, to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection. Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life, we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good. "The future will require us to build better places," Kunstler says, "or the future will belong to other people in other societies."]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1994-07-26T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Culture of Fear]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780465003365</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the age of 9/11, the Iraq War, financial collapse, and Amber Alerts, our society is defined by fear. So it’s not surprising that three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. But are we living in exceptionally dangerous times? In The Culture of Fear, sociologist Barry Glassner demonstrates that it is our perception of danger that has increased, not the actual level of risk. Glassner exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our fears, including advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases and politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime, drug use, and terrorism. In this new edition of a classic book?more relevant now than when it was first published?Glassner exposes the price we pay for social panic.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Culture of Fear]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Glassner]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Basic Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780465003365]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In the age of 9/11, the Iraq War, financial collapse, and Amber Alerts, our society is defined by fear. So it’s not surprising that three out of four Americans say they feel more fearful today then they did twenty years ago. But are we living in exceptionally dangerous times? In The Culture of Fear, sociologist Barry Glassner demonstrates that it is our perception of danger that has increased, not the actual level of risk. Glassner exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our fears, including advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases and politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime, drug use, and terrorism. In this new edition of a classic book?more relevant now than when it was first published?Glassner exposes the price we pay for social panic.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Twilight of American Culture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393321692</link>
<description><![CDATA[A prophetic examination of Western decline, The Twilight of American Culture provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society to date. Whether examining the corruption at the heart of modern politics, the "Rambification" of popular entertainment, or the collapse of our school systems, Morris Berman suspects that there is little we can do as a society to arrest the onset of corporate Mass Mind culture. Citing writers as diverse as de Toqueville and DeLillo, he cogently argues that cultural preservation is a matter of individual conscience, and discusses how classical learning might triumph over political correctness with the rise of a "a new monastic individual" a person who, much like the medieval monk, is willing to retreat from conventional society in order to preserve its literary and historical treasures. "Brilliantly observant, deeply thoughtful ....lucidly argued." Christian Science Monitor]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Twilight of American Culture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morris Berman]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[W. W. Norton & Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780393321692]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A prophetic examination of Western decline, The Twilight of American Culture provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society to date. Whether examining the corruption at the heart of modern politics, the "Rambification" of popular entertainment, or the collapse of our school systems, Morris Berman suspects that there is little we can do as a society to arrest the onset of corporate Mass Mind culture. Citing writers as diverse as de Toqueville and DeLillo, he cogently argues that cultural preservation is a matter of individual conscience, and discusses how classical learning might triumph over political correctness with the rise of a "a new monastic individual" a person who, much like the medieval monk, is willing to retreat from conventional society in order to preserve its literary and historical treasures. "Brilliantly observant, deeply thoughtful ....lucidly argued." Christian Science Monitor]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Losing Ground]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780262540841</link>
<description><![CDATA[A recent history replete with compromise and capitulation has pushed aonce promising and effective political movement to the brink of irrelevance.Sostates Mark Dowie in this provocative critique of the mainstream Americanenvironmental movement. Dowie, the prolific award-winning journalist who broke thestories on the Dalkon Shield and on the Ford Pinto, delivers an insightful, informative, and often damning account of the movement many historians and socialcommentators at one time expected to be this century's most significant. He unveilsthe inside stories behind American environmentalism's undeniable triumphs and itsquite unnecessary failures.Dowie weaves a spellbinding tale, from the movement'sconservationist origins as a handful of rich white men's hunting and fishing clubs, through its evolution in the 1960s and 1970s into a powerful political force thatforged landmark environmental legislation, enforced with aggressive litigation, tothe strategy of "third wave" political accommodation during the Reagan and Bushyears that led to the evisceration of many earlier triumphs, up to today, where thefirst stirrings of a rejuvenated, angry, multicultural, and decidedly impolitemovement for environmental justice provides new hope for the future.Dowie takes afresh look at the formation of the American environmental imagination and examinesits historical imperatives: the inspirations of Thoreau, the initiatives of JohnMuir and Bob Marshall, the enormous impact of Rachel Carson, the new ground brokenby Earth Day in 1970, and the societal antagonists created in response that climaxedwith the election of Ronald Reagan. He details the subsequent move toward polite, ineffectual activism by the mainstream environmental groups, characterized bysuccessful fundraising efforts and wide public acceptance, and also by new allianceswith corporate philanthropists and government bureaucrats, increased degradation ofenvironmental quality, and alienation of grassroots support. Dowie concludes with aninspirational description of a noncompromising "fourth wave" of Americanenvironmentalism, which he predicts will crest early in the next century.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Losing Ground]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Dowie]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[MIT Press (MA)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780262540841]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A recent history replete with compromise and capitulation has pushed aonce promising and effective political movement to the brink of irrelevance.Sostates Mark Dowie in this provocative critique of the mainstream Americanenvironmental movement. Dowie, the prolific award-winning journalist who broke thestories on the Dalkon Shield and on the Ford Pinto, delivers an insightful, informative, and often damning account of the movement many historians and socialcommentators at one time expected to be this century's most significant. He unveilsthe inside stories behind American environmentalism's undeniable triumphs and itsquite unnecessary failures.Dowie weaves a spellbinding tale, from the movement'sconservationist origins as a handful of rich white men's hunting and fishing clubs, through its evolution in the 1960s and 1970s into a powerful political force thatforged landmark environmental legislation, enforced with aggressive litigation, tothe strategy of "third wave" political accommodation during the Reagan and Bushyears that led to the evisceration of many earlier triumphs, up to today, where thefirst stirrings of a rejuvenated, angry, multicultural, and decidedly impolitemovement for environmental justice provides new hope for the future.Dowie takes afresh look at the formation of the American environmental imagination and examinesits historical imperatives: the inspirations of Thoreau, the initiatives of JohnMuir and Bob Marshall, the enormous impact of Rachel Carson, the new ground brokenby Earth Day in 1970, and the societal antagonists created in response that climaxedwith the election of Ronald Reagan. He details the subsequent move toward polite, ineffectual activism by the mainstream environmental groups, characterized bysuccessful fundraising efforts and wide public acceptance, and also by new allianceswith corporate philanthropists and government bureaucrats, increased degradation ofenvironmental quality, and alienation of grassroots support. Dowie concludes with aninspirational description of a noncompromising "fourth wave" of Americanenvironmentalism, which he predicts will crest early in the next century.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1996-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Changing Course]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780262691536</link>
<description><![CDATA[Changing Course is a practical introduction to new and necessary methodsof running businesses so that the realities of business and the marketplace supportthe realities of the environment and the needs of human development.Gathering theexpertise of more than 50 leaders of multinational corporations and backed by anarray of case studies showing existing best practices, Changing Course provides anextensive analysis of how the business community can adapt and contribute to thecrucial goal of sustainable development - which combines the objectives ofenvironmental protection and economic growth. All of its recommendations are linkedby the belief that only by allowing market forces to operate freely and integratingthe "polluter pays" principle into environmental and economic policy can sustainabledevelopment be achieved.Changing Course focuses first on the often adversarialrelationship between business and government in chapters that discuss full-costpricing and market signals, energy, capital markets, trade, and managing change. Itshows how environmental costs, which are often invisible, can best be factored intoproduction, investment, and trade. And it calls for a rational long-term energystrategy that balances the energy needs for economic development with a policy shifttoward the payment of pollution costs and energy efficiency - changes that demandnew thinking and increased flexibility by policy makers in both the public and theprivate sectors.Changing Course then explores business to business relationships, beginning with the sensitive topic of corporate reporting in environmental areas anddiscussion of how an environmentally conscious firm is managed. Chapters look atoptimal products and processes, product stewardship in retail and trading companies, at new practices for such renewable resource industries as forestry and agriculture, and at the need for new long-term partnerships to boost economic development andenvironmental standards in the developing world.Changing Course concludes with adetailed look at the implications of sustainable development for business in thedeveloping world, where, as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pointed out, poverty itself is a great polluter.Stephan Schmidheiny is a Swiss industrialist, Chairman of the Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the PrincipalAdvisor for Business and Industry to the United Nations Conference on Environmentand Development (ECO'92).]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Changing Course]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephan Schmidheiny; Lloyd Timberlake]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Mit Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780262691536]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Changing Course is a practical introduction to new and necessary methodsof running businesses so that the realities of business and the marketplace supportthe realities of the environment and the needs of human development.Gathering theexpertise of more than 50 leaders of multinational corporations and backed by anarray of case studies showing existing best practices, Changing Course provides anextensive analysis of how the business community can adapt and contribute to thecrucial goal of sustainable development - which combines the objectives ofenvironmental protection and economic growth. All of its recommendations are linkedby the belief that only by allowing market forces to operate freely and integratingthe "polluter pays" principle into environmental and economic policy can sustainabledevelopment be achieved.Changing Course focuses first on the often adversarialrelationship between business and government in chapters that discuss full-costpricing and market signals, energy, capital markets, trade, and managing change. Itshows how environmental costs, which are often invisible, can best be factored intoproduction, investment, and trade. And it calls for a rational long-term energystrategy that balances the energy needs for economic development with a policy shifttoward the payment of pollution costs and energy efficiency - changes that demandnew thinking and increased flexibility by policy makers in both the public and theprivate sectors.Changing Course then explores business to business relationships, beginning with the sensitive topic of corporate reporting in environmental areas anddiscussion of how an environmentally conscious firm is managed. Chapters look atoptimal products and processes, product stewardship in retail and trading companies, at new practices for such renewable resource industries as forestry and agriculture, and at the need for new long-term partnerships to boost economic development andenvironmental standards in the developing world.Changing Course concludes with adetailed look at the implications of sustainable development for business in thedeveloping world, where, as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pointed out, poverty itself is a great polluter.Stephan Schmidheiny is a Swiss industrialist, Chairman of the Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the PrincipalAdvisor for Business and Industry to the United Nations Conference on Environmentand Development (ECO'92).]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1992-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The War Against the Greens]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781555663285</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Shadowy backlash against environmentalists has begun to emerge in America, the most visible element of which calls itself the "Wise Use" movement. Among its stated goals are the unregulated use of timber, oil, gas, minerals, and range land, and the abolition of all environmental laws and agencies. In this first in depth investigation of the "Wise Use" backlash, author David Helvarg visits rallies, conferences, and confrontations that are the fronts in its war against the greens. Helvarg shows the dimensions of this struggle as it is being waged in the courts; in the media, through popular mouthpieces like Rush Limbaugh and sympathetic coverage in influential newspapers such as the New York Times; in the heretical claims of the movement's "counterscience"; and in the growing number of physical confrontations and threats used against environmental activists. Helvarg also documents the failure of the FBI to prevent such violence.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The War Against the Greens]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Helvarg; David Halvarg]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Johnson Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781555663285]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A Shadowy backlash against environmentalists has begun to emerge in America, the most visible element of which calls itself the "Wise Use" movement. Among its stated goals are the unregulated use of timber, oil, gas, minerals, and range land, and the abolition of all environmental laws and agencies. In this first in depth investigation of the "Wise Use" backlash, author David Helvarg visits rallies, conferences, and confrontations that are the fronts in its war against the greens. Helvarg shows the dimensions of this struggle as it is being waged in the courts; in the media, through popular mouthpieces like Rush Limbaugh and sympathetic coverage in influential newspapers such as the New York Times; in the heretical claims of the movement's "counterscience"; and in the growing number of physical confrontations and threats used against environmental activists. Helvarg also documents the failure of the FBI to prevent such violence.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2004-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780965916202</link>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781567511628</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Private Planet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781897766620</link>
<description><![CDATA[Climate scientist and green activist David Cromwell examines how and why the forces of globalization are opposing ecological sustainability, human rights, and social justice, and draws on examples from around the world to show what we can do to reverse the process. He makes the point that centralized state and corporate power is vulnerable to significant grassroots awareness and activism.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Private Planet]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Cromwell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Jon Carpenter Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781897766620]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Climate scientist and green activist David Cromwell examines how and why the forces of globalization are opposing ecological sustainability, human rights, and social justice, and draws on examples from around the world to show what we can do to reverse the process. He makes the point that centralized state and corporate power is vulnerable to significant grassroots awareness and activism.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2002-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Plot to Save the Planet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307406224</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look at the “conspiracy” to make green technology the Silicon Valley of the twenty-first century. How is this new frontier being shaped? Brian Dumaine is your guide in this intriguing look into the very near future. You’ll read about:• The savvy investors: Why Warren Buffett is investing heavily in wind power, and why John Doerr, the venture capitalist and early backer of Google, is saying that “green tech is bigger than the Internet and could be the biggest economic opportunity of the twenty-first century.” • The cars of the future: The competitively priced plug-in hybrids that will get 60 miles to the gallon, and the battle being waged by fifteen start-ups competing to capture the electric car market.• The fuels without fossils: New sources of energy from plants that could capture a big chunk of the $300 billion U.S. wholesale gasoline market.• The corporate mavericks: Companies such as Duke Energy and GE, who are creating the low-carbon business models of the future, as well as cleaner ways to provide our power needs.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Plot to Save the Planet]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Dumaine]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Crown Business]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307406224]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Plot to Save the Planet is an illuminating and inspiring look at the “conspiracy” to make green technology the Silicon Valley of the twenty-first century. How is this new frontier being shaped? Brian Dumaine is your guide in this intriguing look into the very near future. You’ll read about:• The savvy investors: Why Warren Buffett is investing heavily in wind power, and why John Doerr, the venture capitalist and early backer of Google, is saying that “green tech is bigger than the Internet and could be the biggest economic opportunity of the twenty-first century.” • The cars of the future: The competitively priced plug-in hybrids that will get 60 miles to the gallon, and the battle being waged by fifteen start-ups competing to capture the electric car market.• The fuels without fossils: New sources of energy from plants that could capture a big chunk of the $300 billion U.S. wholesale gasoline market.• The corporate mavericks: Companies such as Duke Energy and GE, who are creating the low-carbon business models of the future, as well as cleaner ways to provide our power needs.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2009-04-14T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth for Sale]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780896085572</link>
<description><![CDATA[Since the early 1990s, activists, corporations, and government officials have battled for the heart and soul of the environmental movement. In Earth for Sale, Brian Tokar examines the economic issues, political divisions, and world views that have shaped this conflict, and their implications for a renewed ecological movement for the 21st century.Tokar demonstrates how national environmental groups -- from the Sierra Club to the National Wildlife Federation -- have time and time again compromised environmental integrity to become inside players in the corrupt backrooms of Washington politics. From direct corporate contributions to environmental groups, to recent debates over government regulation and the role of the "free market", Earth for Sale probes the simmering struggles behind the headlines.Tokar uncovers the Clinton administration's insidious cooptation of public support for environmental protection, as it has quietly undermined the safeguards Americans often take for granted. He goes on to take a first-hand look at the growing challenges to corporate-dominated environmentalism posed by environmental justice advocates, grassroots wilderness activists, and emerging ecological movements in the Third World.Earth for Sale reaches beyond the temporary remedies of survival-under-crisis to showcase a new ecological vision of community and cooperation. This important and revealing book is required reading for those interested in ending environmental devastation and corporate co-optation, and in creating a greener future.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Earth for Sale]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Tokar]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[South End Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780896085572]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Since the early 1990s, activists, corporations, and government officials have battled for the heart and soul of the environmental movement. In Earth for Sale, Brian Tokar examines the economic issues, political divisions, and world views that have shaped this conflict, and their implications for a renewed ecological movement for the 21st century.Tokar demonstrates how national environmental groups -- from the Sierra Club to the National Wildlife Federation -- have time and time again compromised environmental integrity to become inside players in the corrupt backrooms of Washington politics. From direct corporate contributions to environmental groups, to recent debates over government regulation and the role of the "free market", Earth for Sale probes the simmering struggles behind the headlines.Tokar uncovers the Clinton administration's insidious cooptation of public support for environmental protection, as it has quietly undermined the safeguards Americans often take for granted. He goes on to take a first-hand look at the growing challenges to corporate-dominated environmentalism posed by environmental justice advocates, grassroots wilderness activists, and emerging ecological movements in the Third World.Earth for Sale reaches beyond the temporary remedies of survival-under-crisis to showcase a new ecological vision of community and cooperation. This important and revealing book is required reading for those interested in ending environmental devastation and corporate co-optation, and in creating a greener future.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1999-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Backlash]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780415128285</link>
<description><![CDATA[The tide is turning against environmentalism as the political right, industry and governments fight back. Green Backlash is a controversial expose of the anti-environmental movement. Tracing the rise of the backlash from the Wise Use movement in the USA, the author reveals its rapid spread worldwide: the anti-roads movement in the UK, forestry debates in Canada and Australia, marine resource issues in Europe, South-East Asia, and controversies such as the Brent Spar. The backlash is set to get worse as the resource wars intensify. This book offers a greater understanding of the challenges and threats facing global environmentalism, concluding that the environmental movement now has a chance to re-evaluate and change for the better to beat the backlash - a chance that must not be missed.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Green Backlash]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Rowell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Routledge]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780415128285]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The tide is turning against environmentalism as the political right, industry and governments fight back. Green Backlash is a controversial expose of the anti-environmental movement. Tracing the rise of the backlash from the Wise Use movement in the USA, the author reveals its rapid spread worldwide: the anti-roads movement in the UK, forestry debates in Canada and Australia, marine resource issues in Europe, South-East Asia, and controversies such as the Brent Spar. The backlash is set to get worse as the resource wars intensify. This book offers a greater understanding of the challenges and threats facing global environmentalism, concluding that the environmental movement now has a chance to re-evaluate and change for the better to beat the backlash - a chance that must not be missed.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1996-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781878825056</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Branded]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780738208626</link>
<description><![CDATA[Generation Y has grown up in an age of the brand, bombarded by name products. In Branded, Alissa Quart illuminates the unsettling new reality of marketing to teenagers, as well as the quieter but no less worrisome forms of teen branding: the teen consultants who work for corporations in exchange for product; the girls obsessed with cosmetic surgery who will do anything to look like women on TV; and those teens simply obsessed with admission into a name-brand college. We also meet the pockets of kids attempting to turn the tables on the cocksure corporations that so cynically strive to manipulate them. Chilling, thought-provoking, even darkly amusing, Branded brings one of the most disturbing and least talked about results of contemporary business and culture to the fore-and ensures that we will never look at today's youth the same way again.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Branded]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alissa Quart]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Basic Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780738208626]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Generation Y has grown up in an age of the brand, bombarded by name products. In Branded, Alissa Quart illuminates the unsettling new reality of marketing to teenagers, as well as the quieter but no less worrisome forms of teen branding: the teen consultants who work for corporations in exchange for product; the girls obsessed with cosmetic surgery who will do anything to look like women on TV; and those teens simply obsessed with admission into a name-brand college. We also meet the pockets of kids attempting to turn the tables on the cocksure corporations that so cynically strive to manipulate them. Chilling, thought-provoking, even darkly amusing, Branded brings one of the most disturbing and least talked about results of contemporary business and culture to the fore-and ensures that we will never look at today's youth the same way again.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2003-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainable Planet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780807004555</link>
<description><![CDATA[Can we find ways of living that are sustainable and deeply satisfying, that ensure economic and political democracy, and are passionate about beauty, elegant design, and the wildness of nature? The contributors to Sustainable Planet say we can, and offer 16 remarkable visions of how to get from here to there, including:* Specific proposals from citizen and labor coalitions that articulate a positive alternative to the free-trade model of globalization * The emergence of local food systems that allow us to eat fresher, better tasting food while protecting family farms and conserving the environment* New thinking about industrial design and engineering that is leading to production systems which generate no waste * How we might create a fashion industry that weds aesthetic pleasure with social justice* Five economic policy recommendations that could move us toward a sustainable economy* What you can do to create a real sense of community where you live* A road map for building the political will to change the system before it's too late.This anthology grew out of the work of the Center for a New American Dream (CNAD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Planet]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juliet Schor]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Beacon Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780807004555]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Can we find ways of living that are sustainable and deeply satisfying, that ensure economic and political democracy, and are passionate about beauty, elegant design, and the wildness of nature? The contributors to Sustainable Planet say we can, and offer 16 remarkable visions of how to get from here to there, including:* Specific proposals from citizen and labor coalitions that articulate a positive alternative to the free-trade model of globalization * The emergence of local food systems that allow us to eat fresher, better tasting food while protecting family farms and conserving the environment* New thinking about industrial design and engineering that is leading to production systems which generate no waste * How we might create a fashion industry that weds aesthetic pleasure with social justice* Five economic policy recommendations that could move us toward a sustainable economy* What you can do to create a real sense of community where you live* A road map for building the political will to change the system before it's too late.This anthology grew out of the work of the Center for a New American Dream (CNAD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Americans change the way they consume to improve quality of life, protect the environment, and promote social justice.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-01-20T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Another World is Possible]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781842773291</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many believe that there are no alternatives to globalization as we know it--with its world of giant corporations in the driving seat, dominating a "free" market in reality shaped in accordance with their dictates, and elevating economics over all other human considerations and values. But there are alternatives. And the global justice movement is giving voice to them. In this remarkable collection, the compilers have brought together some of the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at the World Social Forum which gathers each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Another World is Possible]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[William F. Fisher; Thomas Ponniah]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Zed Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781842773291]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Many believe that there are no alternatives to globalization as we know it--with its world of giant corporations in the driving seat, dominating a "free" market in reality shaped in accordance with their dictates, and elevating economics over all other human considerations and values. But there are alternatives. And the global justice movement is giving voice to them. In this remarkable collection, the compilers have brought together some of the most important themes and voices which these rapidly growing, diverse citizens' movements have expressed at the World Social Forum which gathers each year in Porto Alegre, Brazil.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The New Economy of Nature]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559631549</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a tangible threat to our own lives and our hopes for our children. "The New Economy of Nature" brings together Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, with Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, to offer an engaging and informative look at a new "new economy" -- a system recognizing the economic value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them.Through engaging stories from around the world, the authors introduce readers to a diverse group of people who are pioneering new approaches to conservation. We meet Adam Davis, an American business executive who dreams of establishing a market for buying and selling "ecosystem service units; " John Wamsley, a former math professor in Australia who has found a way to play the stock market and protect native species at the same time; and Dan Janzen, a biologist working in Costa Rica who devised a controversial plan to sell a conservation area's natural waste-disposal services to a local orange juice producer. Readers also visit the Catskill Mountains, where the City of New York purchased undeveloped land instead of building an expensive new water treatment facility; and King County, Washington, where county executive Ron Sims has dedicated himself to finding ways of "making the market move" to protect the county's remaining open space.Daily and Ellison describe the dynamic interplay of science, economics, business, and politics that isinvolved in establishing these new approaches and examine what will be needed to create successful models and lasting institutions for conservation. "The New Economy of Nature" presents a fundamentally new way of thinking about the environment and about the economy, and with its fascinating portraits of charismatic pioneers, it is as entertaining as it is informative.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The New Economy of Nature]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gretchen C. Daily; Katherine Ellison]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Shearwater Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559631549]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay, and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just that question, as the increasing scarcity of natural resources becomes a tangible threat to our own lives and our hopes for our children. "The New Economy of Nature" brings together Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, with Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, to offer an engaging and informative look at a new "new economy" -- a system recognizing the economic value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them.Through engaging stories from around the world, the authors introduce readers to a diverse group of people who are pioneering new approaches to conservation. We meet Adam Davis, an American business executive who dreams of establishing a market for buying and selling "ecosystem service units; " John Wamsley, a former math professor in Australia who has found a way to play the stock market and protect native species at the same time; and Dan Janzen, a biologist working in Costa Rica who devised a controversial plan to sell a conservation area's natural waste-disposal services to a local orange juice producer. Readers also visit the Catskill Mountains, where the City of New York purchased undeveloped land instead of building an expensive new water treatment facility; and King County, Washington, where county executive Ron Sims has dedicated himself to finding ways of "making the market move" to protect the county's remaining open space.Daily and Ellison describe the dynamic interplay of science, economics, business, and politics that isinvolved in establishing these new approaches and examine what will be needed to create successful models and lasting institutions for conservation. "The New Economy of Nature" presents a fundamentally new way of thinking about the environment and about the economy, and with its fascinating portraits of charismatic pioneers, it is as entertaining as it is informative.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Field Guide to the Global Economy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781565849563</link>
<description><![CDATA[- If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would rank as China's fifth-largest export market- Air pollution from Mexican manufacturing nearly doubled during Nafta's first four years- Since 1968, worldwide employment at the top ten U.S. manufacturing firms dropped 28%, while sales climbed 133%- In 2003, the wealth of the world's 587 billionaires ($1.9 trillion) is greater than the combined incomes of the poorest half of humanity]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Field Guide to the Global Economy]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Anderson; John Cavanagh; Thea Lee]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Press, The]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781565849563]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[- If Wal-Mart were an independent nation, it would rank as China's fifth-largest export market- Air pollution from Mexican manufacturing nearly doubled during Nafta's first four years- Since 1968, worldwide employment at the top ten U.S. manufacturing firms dropped 28%, while sales climbed 133%- In 2003, the wealth of the world's 587 billionaires ($1.9 trillion) is greater than the combined incomes of the poorest half of humanity]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Valuing Ecosystem Services]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780309093187</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Valuing Ecosystem Services]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[National Research Council of the Nationa]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[National Academy Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780309093187]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Better Environmental Decisions]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559636148</link>
<description><![CDATA[This book responds to the need for improved environmental decision making by bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to the subject. Each chapter describes an important aspect of environmental decision making; identifies key issues, problems, and barriers; and recommends ways to improve both the process and the final result.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Better Environmental Decisions]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Sexton; Alfred A. Marcus; K.  William Easter; Timothy D. Burkhardt]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559636148]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This book responds to the need for improved environmental decision making by bringing together leading scholars and practitioners to provide a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to the subject. Each chapter describes an important aspect of environmental decision making; identifies key issues, problems, and barriers; and recommends ways to improve both the process and the final result.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1998-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing Conservation Projects]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780521473286</link>
<description><![CDATA[What are the challenges involved in protecting biodiversity in tropical terrestrial and coastal ecosystems? What practical lessons can be learned from conservation projects? And what are the procedures and attitudes of governments, NGOs, donor agencies, development banks, and consulting firms? These key questions are all answered, drawing on the author's extensive experience of conservation projects in Malaysia, Nigeria, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Costa Rica, and elsewhere. Project descriptions are used to illustrate the growth of two important themes in conservation: increasing the awareness of the economic value of biodiversity among decision makers; and enabling and encouraging local people to participate in designing and implementing projects.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Designing Conservation Projects]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julian Oliver Caldecott; Daniel H. Janzen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Cambridge University Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780521473286]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[What are the challenges involved in protecting biodiversity in tropical terrestrial and coastal ecosystems? What practical lessons can be learned from conservation projects? And what are the procedures and attitudes of governments, NGOs, donor agencies, development banks, and consulting firms? These key questions are all answered, drawing on the author's extensive experience of conservation projects in Malaysia, Nigeria, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Costa Rica, and elsewhere. Project descriptions are used to illustrate the growth of two important themes in conservation: increasing the awareness of the economic value of biodiversity among decision makers; and enabling and encouraging local people to participate in designing and implementing projects.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1996-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Measures of Success]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559636124</link>
<description><![CDATA["Measures of Success" is a practical, hands-on guide to community-oriented conservation and development projects that presents a simple yet comprehensive approach to improving the focus, effectiveness, and efficiency of projects. The only work of its kind currently available, the book is an invaluable resource.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Measures of Success]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Balla; Nick Salafsky; Richard A. Margoluis]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559636124]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Measures of Success" is a practical, hands-on guide to community-oriented conservation and development projects that presents a simple yet comprehensive approach to improving the focus, effectiveness, and efficiency of projects. The only work of its kind currently available, the book is an invaluable resource.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1998-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780816072019</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sustainability describes the innovations that will likely play a role in the near future for creating a critical mass in the environment's favor. Opening with a chapter describing the ecosystem of humans, animals, plants, and other life, this new full-color guide provides an overview of ecology and the philosophy of living for the environment rather than taking from it. It goes on to explore some places in the world that have started making changes in order to live in a sustainable way as well as some new materials that conserve natural resources.  Chapters include:  -Ecosystem Health  -Green Biotechnology  -Sustainable Agriculture and Biopesticides  -White Biotechnology  -Marine Biotechnology  -Alternative Materials and Products  -Sustainable Communities.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne E. Maczulak]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Facts on File]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780816072019]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Sustainability describes the innovations that will likely play a role in the near future for creating a critical mass in the environment's favor. Opening with a chapter describing the ecosystem of humans, animals, plants, and other life, this new full-color guide provides an overview of ecology and the philosophy of living for the environment rather than taking from it. It goes on to explore some places in the world that have started making changes in order to live in a sustainable way as well as some new materials that conserve natural resources.  Chapters include:  -Ecosystem Health  -Green Biotechnology  -Sustainable Agriculture and Biopesticides  -White Biotechnology  -Marine Biotechnology  -Alternative Materials and Products  -Sustainable Communities.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Scale]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781897408063</link>
<description><![CDATA[In his landmark work, Sale details the crises facing modern society and offers real solutions, laying out ways to take control of every facet of peoples lives by building institutions, workplaces, and communities that are sustainable, ecologically balanced, and responsive to the needs of the individual.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Human Scale]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirkpatrick Sale]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Catalyst Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781897408063]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In his landmark work, Sale details the crises facing modern society and offers real solutions, laying out ways to take control of every facet of peoples lives by building institutions, workplaces, and communities that are sustainable, ecologically balanced, and responsive to the needs of the individual.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ecology of Place]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559634786</link>
<description><![CDATA[Current patterns of land use and development are at once socially, economically, and environmentally destructive. Sprawling low-density development literally devours natural landscapes while breeding a pervasive sense of social isolation and exacerbating a vast array of economic problems. As more and more counties begin to look more and more the same, hope for a different future may seem to be fading. But alternatives do exist."The Ecology of Place," Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning describe a world in which land is consumed sparingly, cities and towns are vibrant and green, local economies thrive, and citizens work together to create places of eduring value. They present a holistic and compelling approach to repairing and enhancing communities, introducing a vision of "sustainable places" that extends beyond traditional architecture and urban design to consider not just the physical layout of a development but the broad set of ways in which communities are organized and operate. Chapters examine: the history and context of current land use problems, along with the concept of "sustainable places" the ecology of place and ecological policies and actions local and regional economic development links between land-use and community planning and civic involvement specific recommendations to help move toward sustainability The authors address a variety of policy and development issues that affect a community -- from its economic base to its transit options to the ways in which its streets and public spaces are managed -- and examine the wide range of programs, policies, and creative ideas that can be used to turn the vision of sustainable places into reality."The Ecology of Place" is atimely resource for planners, economic development specialists, students, and citizen activists working toward establishing healthier and more sustainable patterns of growth and development.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Ecology of Place]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timothy Beatley; Kristy Manning]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559634786]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Current patterns of land use and development are at once socially, economically, and environmentally destructive. Sprawling low-density development literally devours natural landscapes while breeding a pervasive sense of social isolation and exacerbating a vast array of economic problems. As more and more counties begin to look more and more the same, hope for a different future may seem to be fading. But alternatives do exist."The Ecology of Place," Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning describe a world in which land is consumed sparingly, cities and towns are vibrant and green, local economies thrive, and citizens work together to create places of eduring value. They present a holistic and compelling approach to repairing and enhancing communities, introducing a vision of "sustainable places" that extends beyond traditional architecture and urban design to consider not just the physical layout of a development but the broad set of ways in which communities are organized and operate. Chapters examine: the history and context of current land use problems, along with the concept of "sustainable places" the ecology of place and ecological policies and actions local and regional economic development links between land-use and community planning and civic involvement specific recommendations to help move toward sustainability The authors address a variety of policy and development issues that affect a community -- from its economic base to its transit options to the ways in which its streets and public spaces are managed -- and examine the wide range of programs, policies, and creative ideas that can be used to turn the vision of sustainable places into reality."The Ecology of Place" is atimely resource for planners, economic development specialists, students, and citizen activists working toward establishing healthier and more sustainable patterns of growth and development.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1997-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[How Green Is Your City?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865715950</link>
<description><![CDATA[In our carbon-challenged, post-Katrina world, how do America's largest cities stack up in terms of sustainability? Which cities are more self-sufficient and better-prepared for our uncertain future, and which cities are operating business-as-usual? How Green is Your City? examines the outcome of a sustainability study of the 50 largest U.S. cities. How Green is Your City? employed 15 categories by which to measure each city's performance and ranked them overall according to category and cumulative results. Among those standards: Public transit use Walkability and bikability Air and tap water quality Planning/land use City innovation Affordability Energy/climate change policy Renewable energy Local food/agriculture Green economy Sustainability management Leading the pack is Portland, Oregon, with its high quality of life and commitment to green building, local food, alternative fuels and renewable energy, while Columbus, Ohio, with its dependence on the automobile, coal-generated power and poor public transit ridership, ranks at the bottom. How Green is Your City? offers an in-depth analysis of each city's management policies, strengths and challenges, as well as the emerging job and tax base expansion opportunities with the growth of clean technologies. How Green is Your City? will appeal to city planners, economic development professionals, legislators, green businesses, as well as anyone interested in their quality of life and making their city a more sustainable place. About the Author Warren Karlenzig is President of Common Current (www.commoncurrent.com), a sustainability consultancy in San Anselmo, CA. He was Chief Strategy Officer and Research Director for SustainLane. He has worked as a strategic consultant with federal agencies, major cities and the world's largest corporations for 20 years. Formerly, he was Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge Management magazine, and Lead Strategist for Dimension Data/ Proxicom. His areas of expertise include planning complex information and data systems, and communications. In sustainability, Warren has been a leading consultant with clients including the U.S. Department of State, White House Office of Science and Technology, the US EPA Futures Group, the State of California and the US Dept. of Energy, as well as the European Union and the nation of Korea. His previous book, A Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing was the first substantial work on the subject (Global Green USA, 1999) and he was involved with San Francisco's influential Sustainability Plan, formally adopted by the City's Board of Supervisors in 1997. He coordinated and co-authored the "Economy and Economic Development" section of the plan, which was directly cited in San Francisco's 1999 and 2003 green municipal building ordinances. Editorial Reviews How Green is Your City? is the first systematic report card measuring city quality of life combined with resource impacts....I believe the methodology will become international, and none too soon. --Paul Hawken, author of Ecology of Commerce and Blessed Unrest How Green is Your City? provides the first benchmark quantifying and qualifying management innovation and the performance of American cities as they seek to define what sustainability is" --Hunter Lovins, Founder, Natural Capitalism, Inc.; co-author of Natural Capitalism How Green is Your City? has the most rigorous methodology going to separate the bright greens from the pale greens, yellows and reds. Green cities are the future, read this book --Randy Hayes, Founder, Rainforest Action Network and Former Director of Sustainability, City of Oakland, CA Sustainability is more than an environmental issue. It's about our economic and personal security, as well as the health and well-being of our families and neighbors. How Green is Your City? is a powerful indicator of how prepared cities are to address both the challenges and opportunities ahead. It is destined to play a critical role in leading local governments to help their economies and communities survive and thrive in uncertain times. --Joel Makower, Founder, GreenBiz.com, and Co-founder and Principal, Clean Edge, Inc. Warren is the creator and lead author of the SustainLane US City Rankings. I've been in the sustainability business for 15 or 20 years now. And these types of rankings have been tried dozens and dozens of times and this in my opinion is the best one in terms of its rigor and how much care they've given to apples-to-apples comparisons. A lot of that comes from Warren's commitment. --Steve Nicholas, Seattle Sustainability Director How Green is Your City? is the first national ranking of 50 US cities evaluating how well cities are doing in implementing sustainable practices based on a comprehensive set of indicators, ranging from air quality to use of renewable energy. This is a must read for city officials and citizens who are interested in how cities are responding to the integrated global challenges of environmental and economic sustainability. --Prof. Susan M. Wachter, Co-director, Institute for Urban Research, and Director, Wharton GeoSpatial Initiative, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[How Green Is Your City?]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Warren Karlenzig; Frank Marquardt; Rachel Yaseen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Society Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780865715950]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In our carbon-challenged, post-Katrina world, how do America's largest cities stack up in terms of sustainability? Which cities are more self-sufficient and better-prepared for our uncertain future, and which cities are operating business-as-usual? How Green is Your City? examines the outcome of a sustainability study of the 50 largest U.S. cities. How Green is Your City? employed 15 categories by which to measure each city's performance and ranked them overall according to category and cumulative results. Among those standards: Public transit use Walkability and bikability Air and tap water quality Planning/land use City innovation Affordability Energy/climate change policy Renewable energy Local food/agriculture Green economy Sustainability management Leading the pack is Portland, Oregon, with its high quality of life and commitment to green building, local food, alternative fuels and renewable energy, while Columbus, Ohio, with its dependence on the automobile, coal-generated power and poor public transit ridership, ranks at the bottom. How Green is Your City? offers an in-depth analysis of each city's management policies, strengths and challenges, as well as the emerging job and tax base expansion opportunities with the growth of clean technologies. How Green is Your City? will appeal to city planners, economic development professionals, legislators, green businesses, as well as anyone interested in their quality of life and making their city a more sustainable place. About the Author Warren Karlenzig is President of Common Current (www.commoncurrent.com), a sustainability consultancy in San Anselmo, CA. He was Chief Strategy Officer and Research Director for SustainLane. He has worked as a strategic consultant with federal agencies, major cities and the world's largest corporations for 20 years. Formerly, he was Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge Management magazine, and Lead Strategist for Dimension Data/ Proxicom. His areas of expertise include planning complex information and data systems, and communications. In sustainability, Warren has been a leading consultant with clients including the U.S. Department of State, White House Office of Science and Technology, the US EPA Futures Group, the State of California and the US Dept. of Energy, as well as the European Union and the nation of Korea. His previous book, A Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing was the first substantial work on the subject (Global Green USA, 1999) and he was involved with San Francisco's influential Sustainability Plan, formally adopted by the City's Board of Supervisors in 1997. He coordinated and co-authored the "Economy and Economic Development" section of the plan, which was directly cited in San Francisco's 1999 and 2003 green municipal building ordinances. Editorial Reviews How Green is Your City? is the first systematic report card measuring city quality of life combined with resource impacts....I believe the methodology will become international, and none too soon. --Paul Hawken, author of Ecology of Commerce and Blessed Unrest How Green is Your City? provides the first benchmark quantifying and qualifying management innovation and the performance of American cities as they seek to define what sustainability is" --Hunter Lovins, Founder, Natural Capitalism, Inc.; co-author of Natural Capitalism How Green is Your City? has the most rigorous methodology going to separate the bright greens from the pale greens, yellows and reds. Green cities are the future, read this book --Randy Hayes, Founder, Rainforest Action Network and Former Director of Sustainability, City of Oakland, CA Sustainability is more than an environmental issue. It's about our economic and personal security, as well as the health and well-being of our families and neighbors. How Green is Your City? is a powerful indicator of how prepared cities are to address both the challenges and opportunities ahead. It is destined to play a critical role in leading local governments to help their economies and communities survive and thrive in uncertain times. --Joel Makower, Founder, GreenBiz.com, and Co-founder and Principal, Clean Edge, Inc. Warren is the creator and lead author of the SustainLane US City Rankings. I've been in the sustainability business for 15 or 20 years now. And these types of rankings have been tried dozens and dozens of times and this in my opinion is the best one in terms of its rigor and how much care they've given to apples-to-apples comparisons. A lot of that comes from Warren's commitment. --Steve Nicholas, Seattle Sustainability Director How Green is Your City? is the first national ranking of 50 US cities evaluating how well cities are doing in implementing sustainable practices based on a comprehensive set of indicators, ranging from air quality to use of renewable energy. This is a must read for city officials and citizens who are interested in how cities are responding to the integrated global challenges of environmental and economic sustainability. --Prof. Susan M. Wachter, Co-director, Institute for Urban Research, and Director, Wharton GeoSpatial Initiative, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Political Thought, Third Edition]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780415222044</link>
<description><![CDATA[Andrew Dobson's highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition. It has been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas that have grown in importance since the last edition was published. The third edition includes: * a comparison of ecologism with other principal modern ideologies, such as liberalism, conservatism, fascism, socialism, feminism and anarchism* an assessment of the relationship between green thinking and democracy, justice and citizenship* an exploration of 'sustainable development' addressing the fundamental question of 'what to sustain?'* real environmental problems and how green thinking relates to them.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Green Political Thought, Third Edition]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew P. Dobson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Routledge]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780415222044]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Andrew Dobson's highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition. It has been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas that have grown in importance since the last edition was published. The third edition includes: * a comparison of ecologism with other principal modern ideologies, such as liberalism, conservatism, fascism, socialism, feminism and anarchism* an assessment of the relationship between green thinking and democracy, justice and citizenship* an exploration of 'sustainable development' addressing the fundamental question of 'what to sustain?'* real environmental problems and how green thinking relates to them.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Redesigning the American Dream]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393730944</link>
<description><![CDATA[Americans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people. Many societies have struggled with the architectural and urban consequences of women's paid employment: Hayden traces three models of home in historical perspective the haven strategy in the United States, the industrial strategy in the former USSR, and the neighborhood strategy in European social democracies to document alternative ways to reconstruct neighborhoods.Updated and still utterly relevant today as the New Urbanist architects have taken up Hayden's critique of suburban space, this award-winning book is essential reading for architects, planners, public officials, and activists interested in women's social and economic equality.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Redesigning the American Dream]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dolores Hayden]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[W. W. Norton & Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780393730944]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Americans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people. Many societies have struggled with the architectural and urban consequences of women's paid employment: Hayden traces three models of home in historical perspective the haven strategy in the United States, the industrial strategy in the former USSR, and the neighborhood strategy in European social democracies to document alternative ways to reconstruct neighborhoods.Updated and still utterly relevant today as the New Urbanist architects have taken up Hayden's critique of suburban space, this award-winning book is essential reading for architects, planners, public officials, and activists interested in women's social and economic equality.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Class Matters]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805080551</link>
<description><![CDATA[The acclaimed New York Times series on social class in America--and its implications for the way we live our lives     We Americans have long thought of ourselves as unburdened by class distinctions. We have no hereditary aristocracy or landed gentry, and even the poorest among us feel that they can become rich through education, hard work, or sheer gumption. And yet social class remains a powerful force in American life.      In Class Matters, a team of New York Times reporters explores the ways in which class--defined as a combination of income, education, wealth, and occupation--influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of opportunity. We meet individuals in Kentucky and Chicago who have used education to lift themselves out of poverty and others in Virginia and Washington whose lack of education holds them back. We meet an upper-middle-class family in Georgia who moves to a different town every few years, and the newly rich in Nantucket whose mega-mansions have driven out the longstanding residents. And we see how class disparities manifest themselves at the doctor's office and at the marriage altar.      For anyone concerned about the future of the American dream, Class Matters is truly essential reading. "Class Matters is a beautifully reported, deeply disturbing, portrait of a society bent out of shape by harsh inequalities. Read it and see how you fit into the problem or--better yet--the solution!"--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Class Matters]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Keller]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Times Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805080551]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The acclaimed New York Times series on social class in America--and its implications for the way we live our lives     We Americans have long thought of ourselves as unburdened by class distinctions. We have no hereditary aristocracy or landed gentry, and even the poorest among us feel that they can become rich through education, hard work, or sheer gumption. And yet social class remains a powerful force in American life.      In Class Matters, a team of New York Times reporters explores the ways in which class--defined as a combination of income, education, wealth, and occupation--influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of opportunity. We meet individuals in Kentucky and Chicago who have used education to lift themselves out of poverty and others in Virginia and Washington whose lack of education holds them back. We meet an upper-middle-class family in Georgia who moves to a different town every few years, and the newly rich in Nantucket whose mega-mansions have driven out the longstanding residents. And we see how class disparities manifest themselves at the doctor's office and at the marriage altar.      For anyone concerned about the future of the American dream, Class Matters is truly essential reading. "Class Matters is a beautifully reported, deeply disturbing, portrait of a society bent out of shape by harsh inequalities. Read it and see how you fit into the problem or--better yet--the solution!"--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-08-25T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Community by Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780071345231</link>
<description><![CDATA[*A practical guide to implementing New Urbanism principles in suburbs and small communities*Case studies present clear solutions for typical suburban problems: the need for pedestrian access, the lack of parking, the presence of industrial-park eyesores, and the issue of how to create a "sense of place"*Illustrations take architects and planners step-by-step through the design and development process]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Community by Design]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kenneth B. Hall; Gerald A. Porterfield]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780071345231]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[*A practical guide to implementing New Urbanism principles in suburbs and small communities*Case studies present clear solutions for typical suburban problems: the need for pedestrian access, the lack of parking, the presence of industrial-park eyesores, and the issue of how to create a "sense of place"*Illustrations take architects and planners step-by-step through the design and development process]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Key to Sustainable Cities]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865714991</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most of the world’s population now live in cities, but despite wide agreement on the core values of sustainable societies, municipalities are so busy solving current problems, they don’t have the time or resources to plan effective action for sustainability.The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how today’s problems were yesterday’s solutions. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems.Gwendolyn Hallsmith has worked to build sustainable communities for over twenty years as a municipal manager, a regional planning director, and with the Institute for Sustainable Communities. She lives in Marshfield, Vermont.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Key to Sustainable Cities]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gwendolyn Hallsmith]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Society Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780865714991]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Most of the world’s population now live in cities, but despite wide agreement on the core values of sustainable societies, municipalities are so busy solving current problems, they don’t have the time or resources to plan effective action for sustainability.The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how today’s problems were yesterday’s solutions. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems.Gwendolyn Hallsmith has worked to build sustainable communities for over twenty years as a municipal manager, a regional planning director, and with the Institute for Sustainable Communities. She lives in Marshfield, Vermont.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Toolbox for Sustainable City Living]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780896087804</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The tools you need to create self-sufficient, ecologically sustainable cities “A surprisingly effective model for connecting people with dreams to the resources they need.” —Austin Chronicle With more than half the world’s population now residing—and struggling to survive—in cities, we can no longer afford to think of sustainability as something that applies only to forests and fields. We need sustainable living right where so many of us are: in urban neighborhoods. But how do we do it? That’s where Toolbox for Sustainable City Living comes in. In 2000 the dynamic Rhizome Collective transformed an abandoned warehouse in Austin, Texas, into a sustainability training center. Here, with their first book, Scott and Stacy, two of Rhizome’s founders, provide city dwellers—those who have never foraged or gardened along with those who dumpster-dive and belong to CSAs—with step-by- step instructions for producing our own food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming land, and generating energy.  With vibrant illustrations created by Juan Martinez of the Beehive Collective and descriptive text based on years of experimentation, Stacy and Scott explain how to build and grow with cheap, salvaged, and recycled materials. More than a how-to manual, Toolbox is packed with accessible and relevant tools to help move our communities from envisioning a sustainable future toward living it. Scott Kellogg a Stacy Pettigrew are co-founders of the Rhizome Collective, an educational and activist organization based in Austin, Texas, that recently received a $200,000 grant from the EPA to clean up a 10-acre brownfield that they are transforming into an ecological justice park. Toolbox developed out of R.U.S.T.—Radical Urban Sustainability Training—their intensive weekend seminar in urban ecological survival skills.   ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Toolbox for Sustainable City Living]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Kellogg; Stacy Pettigrew; Juan Martinez]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[South End Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780896087804]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ The tools you need to create self-sufficient, ecologically sustainable cities “A surprisingly effective model for connecting people with dreams to the resources they need.” —Austin Chronicle With more than half the world’s population now residing—and struggling to survive—in cities, we can no longer afford to think of sustainability as something that applies only to forests and fields. We need sustainable living right where so many of us are: in urban neighborhoods. But how do we do it? That’s where Toolbox for Sustainable City Living comes in. In 2000 the dynamic Rhizome Collective transformed an abandoned warehouse in Austin, Texas, into a sustainability training center. Here, with their first book, Scott and Stacy, two of Rhizome’s founders, provide city dwellers—those who have never foraged or gardened along with those who dumpster-dive and belong to CSAs—with step-by- step instructions for producing our own food, collecting water, managing waste, reclaiming land, and generating energy.  With vibrant illustrations created by Juan Martinez of the Beehive Collective and descriptive text based on years of experimentation, Stacy and Scott explain how to build and grow with cheap, salvaged, and recycled materials. More than a how-to manual, Toolbox is packed with accessible and relevant tools to help move our communities from envisioning a sustainable future toward living it. Scott Kellogg a Stacy Pettigrew are co-founders of the Rhizome Collective, an educational and activist organization based in Austin, Texas, that recently received a $200,000 grant from the EPA to clean up a 10-acre brownfield that they are transforming into an ecological justice park. Toolbox developed out of R.U.S.T.—Radical Urban Sustainability Training—their intensive weekend seminar in urban ecological survival skills.   ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781893340176</link>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780882851617</link>
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<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780882851617]]></dc:identifier>
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<title><![CDATA[Suburban Nation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865476066</link>
<description><![CDATA[A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design.There is a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and to replace the automobile-based settlement patterns of the past fifty years with a return to more traditional planning principles. This movement stems not only from the realization that sprawl is ecologically and economically unsustainable but also from a growing awareness of sprawl's many victims: children, utterly dependent on parental transportation if they wish to escape the cul-de-sac; the elderly, warehoused in institutions once they lose their driver's licenses; the middle class, stuck in traffic for two or more hours each day.Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of this movement, and in Suburban Nation they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. It is a lively, thorough, critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia-characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots-and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It is an indictment of the entire development community, including governments, for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is that rare book that also offers solutions.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Suburban Nation]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andres Duany; Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk; Jeff Speck]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[North Point Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780865476066]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design.There is a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and to replace the automobile-based settlement patterns of the past fifty years with a return to more traditional planning principles. This movement stems not only from the realization that sprawl is ecologically and economically unsustainable but also from a growing awareness of sprawl's many victims: children, utterly dependent on parental transportation if they wish to escape the cul-de-sac; the elderly, warehoused in institutions once they lose their driver's licenses; the middle class, stuck in traffic for two or more hours each day.Founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are at the forefront of this movement, and in Suburban Nation they assess sprawl's costs to society, be they ecological, economic, aesthetic, or social. It is a lively, thorough, critical lament, and an entertaining lesson on the distinctions between postwar suburbia-characterized by housing clusters, strip shopping centers, office parks, and parking lots-and the traditional neighborhoods that were built as a matter of course until mid-century. It is an indictment of the entire development community, including governments, for the fact that America no longer builds towns. Most important, though, it is that rare book that also offers solutions.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Living It Up]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743245067</link>
<description><![CDATA[Luxury isn't just for the rich, says James B. Twitchell. Today you don't need a six-figure income to wear pashmina, drink a limited-edition coffee at Starbucks, or drive a Mercedes home to collapse on the couch in front of a flat-screen plasma TV. In Living It Up, sharp-eyed consumer anthropologist Twitchell takes a witty and insightful look at luxury -- what it is, who defines it, and why we can't seem to get enough of it.  In recent years, says Twitchell, luxury spending has grown much faster than overall spending -- and it continues to grow despite the economic recession. Luxury has become such a powerful marketing force that it cuts across every layer of society, spawning a magazine devoted to spas, cashmere bedspreads on sale at Kmart, and a dazzling array of bottled waters.  Twitchell says that the democratization of luxury has had a unifying effect on culture. Luxury items tell a story that we want to identify with, and more people than ever aspire to the story of Ralph Lauren's Polo or Patek Philippe. Shopping itself is no longer a chore but a transcendent experience in which we shop not so much for goods as for an identity.  Sharply observed and wickedly funny, Living It Up is a revealing and entertaining examination of why we are all part of the cult of luxury.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Living It Up]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James B. Twitchell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon & Schuster]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743245067]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Luxury isn't just for the rich, says James B. Twitchell. Today you don't need a six-figure income to wear pashmina, drink a limited-edition coffee at Starbucks, or drive a Mercedes home to collapse on the couch in front of a flat-screen plasma TV. In Living It Up, sharp-eyed consumer anthropologist Twitchell takes a witty and insightful look at luxury -- what it is, who defines it, and why we can't seem to get enough of it.  In recent years, says Twitchell, luxury spending has grown much faster than overall spending -- and it continues to grow despite the economic recession. Luxury has become such a powerful marketing force that it cuts across every layer of society, spawning a magazine devoted to spas, cashmere bedspreads on sale at Kmart, and a dazzling array of bottled waters.  Twitchell says that the democratization of luxury has had a unifying effect on culture. Luxury items tell a story that we want to identify with, and more people than ever aspire to the story of Ralph Lauren's Polo or Patek Philippe. Shopping itself is no longer a chore but a transcendent experience in which we shop not so much for goods as for an identity.  Sharply observed and wickedly funny, Living It Up is a revealing and entertaining examination of why we are all part of the cult of luxury.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Overspent American]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060977580</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental "wish lists" of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in the world. Unlike many experts, Harvard economist Juliet B. Schor does not blame consumers' lack of self-discipline. Nor does she blame advertisers. Instead she analyzes the crisis of the American consumer in a culture where spending has become the ultimate social art.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Overspent American]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juliet B. Schor]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060977580]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental "wish lists" of things to buy or get, and why Americans save less than virtually anyone in the world. Unlike many experts, Harvard economist Juliet B. Schor does not blame consumers' lack of self-discipline. Nor does she blame advertisers. Instead she analyzes the crisis of the American consumer in a culture where spending has become the ultimate social art.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Overworked American]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780465054343</link>
<description><![CDATA[This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year?a dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low-paid workers. Why are we?unlike every other industrialized Western nation?repeatedly ”choosing” money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill?]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Overworked American]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juliet Schor]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Basic Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780465054343]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This pathbreaking book explains why, contrary to all expectations, Americans are working harder than ever. Juliet Schor presents the astonishing news that over the past twenty years our working hours have increased by the equivalent of one month per year?a dramatic spurt that has hit everybody: men and women, professionals as well as low-paid workers. Why are we?unlike every other industrialized Western nation?repeatedly ”choosing” money over time? And what can we do to get off the treadmill?]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1993-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Nickel and Dimed]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805088380</link>
<description><![CDATA[The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updatedAcclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America—the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate—has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Nickel and Dimed]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ehrenreich]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Holt Paperbacks]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805088380]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updatedAcclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America—the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate—has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2008-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[No Logo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312421434</link>
<description><![CDATA[With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition,  No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. First published before the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, this is an infuriating, inspiring, and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing, and the anti-corporate movement. As global corporations compete for the hearts and wallets of consumers who not only buy their products but willingly advertise them from head to toe—witness today’s schoolbooks, superstores, sporting arenas, and brand-name synergy—a new generation has begun to battle consumerism with its own best weapons. In this provocative, well-written study, a front-line report on that battle, we learn how the Nike swoosh has changed from an athletic status-symbol to a metaphor for sweatshop labor, how teenaged McDonald’s workers are risking their jobs to join the Teamsters, and how “culture jammers” utilize spray paint, computer-hacking acumen, and anti-propagandist wordplay to undercut the slogans and meanings of billboard ads (as in “Joe Chemo” for “Joe Camel”). No Logo will challenge and enlighten students of sociology, economics, popular culture, international affairs, and marketing.“This book is not another account of the power of the select group of corporate Goliaths that have gathered to form our de facto global government. Rather, it is an attempt to analyze and document the forces opposing corporate rule, and to lay out the particular set of cultural and economic conditions that made the emergence of that opposition inevitable.”—Naomi Klein, from her Introduction]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[No Logo]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Klein]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Picador]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312421434]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition,  No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. First published before the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, this is an infuriating, inspiring, and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing, and the anti-corporate movement. As global corporations compete for the hearts and wallets of consumers who not only buy their products but willingly advertise them from head to toe—witness today’s schoolbooks, superstores, sporting arenas, and brand-name synergy—a new generation has begun to battle consumerism with its own best weapons. In this provocative, well-written study, a front-line report on that battle, we learn how the Nike swoosh has changed from an athletic status-symbol to a metaphor for sweatshop labor, how teenaged McDonald’s workers are risking their jobs to join the Teamsters, and how “culture jammers” utilize spray paint, computer-hacking acumen, and anti-propagandist wordplay to undercut the slogans and meanings of billboard ads (as in “Joe Chemo” for “Joe Camel”). No Logo will challenge and enlighten students of sociology, economics, popular culture, international affairs, and marketing.“This book is not another account of the power of the select group of corporate Goliaths that have gathered to form our de facto global government. Rather, it is an attempt to analyze and document the forces opposing corporate rule, and to lay out the particular set of cultural and economic conditions that made the emergence of that opposition inevitable.”—Naomi Klein, from her Introduction]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Affluenza]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780984173808</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Affluenza]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Labounty]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Silverthought Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780984173808]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Affluenza]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781741146714</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone concerned about the level of their personal debt or frustrated by the rat race of aspiring to an affluent lifestyle will appreciate this critique of the effects of over-consumption. This analysis pulls no punches as it describes both the problem and what can be done to stop it. Analyzing the increasing rates of stress, depression, and obesity as possible effects of the consumption binge currently gripping the Western world, this report tracks how Australians overwork, the growing number of things thrown out, self-medicated drugs, and the real meaning of the word choice.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Affluenza]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clive Hamilton; Richard Denniss]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Allen & Unwin]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781741146714]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Anyone concerned about the level of their personal debt or frustrated by the rat race of aspiring to an affluent lifestyle will appreciate this critique of the effects of over-consumption. This analysis pulls no punches as it describes both the problem and what can be done to stop it. Analyzing the increasing rates of stress, depression, and obesity as possible effects of the consumption binge currently gripping the Western world, this report tracks how Australians overwork, the growing number of things thrown out, self-medicated drugs, and the real meaning of the word choice.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Affluenza]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781576753576</link>
<description><![CDATA[Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries watched by 10 million viewers, "Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done -- to our health, our families, our communities, and our environment -- by the obsessive quest for material gain. In cleverly titled chapters like "Swollen Expectations" and "A Rash of Bankruptcies," the authors examine the origins, evolution, and symptoms of the affluenza epidemic. Yet they also explore cures and suggest strategies for rebuilding families and communities and for restoring and respecting the earth. Demonstrating that now, more than ever, Americans need ways of fighting the affliction, this edition includes a new introduction and updated figures, adds information on the impacts of stress and overwork, and provides an in-depth look at various campaigns and movements offering solutions for today's problems. Engaging, fast-paced, and accessible, it reexamines a serious, far-reaching issue for a wide audience.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Affluenza]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John de Graaf; David Wann; Thomas H Naylor; David Horsey; Vicki Robin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berrett-Koehler Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781576753576]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Based on two highly acclaimed PBS documentaries watched by 10 million viewers, "Affluenza uses the whimsical metaphor of a disease to tackle a very serious subject: the damage done -- to our health, our families, our communities, and our environment -- by the obsessive quest for material gain. In cleverly titled chapters like "Swollen Expectations" and "A Rash of Bankruptcies," the authors examine the origins, evolution, and symptoms of the affluenza epidemic. Yet they also explore cures and suggest strategies for rebuilding families and communities and for restoring and respecting the earth. Demonstrating that now, more than ever, Americans need ways of fighting the affliction, this edition includes a new introduction and updated figures, adds information on the impacts of stress and overwork, and provides an in-depth look at various campaigns and movements offering solutions for today's problems. Engaging, fast-paced, and accessible, it reexamines a serious, far-reaching issue for a wide audience.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Stick Your Neck Out]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781576753040</link>
<description><![CDATA[Meeting challenges and resolving conflicts are things that can be done by anyone with the passion to do so, according to John Graham. And he should know. A veteran conflict mediator, Graham heads the Giraffe Heroes Project, whose extensive workshops have helped communities, cities, organizations, and individuals deal with challenge and change. Stick Your Neck Out is based on those experiences. The book details the skills, qualities, and strategies required to make a difference, with profiles of problem-solvers and activists from doctors to waitresses, who have all acted like giraffes and "stuck their necks out" to address issues like poverty, gang violence, and pollution. Graham's concepts and coaching tips, from communicating with sensitivity to more urgent actions like filing complaints and protesting, apply equally well to macro and micro issues, all the way down to interfamily squabbles and work conflicts. Graham's "giraffes" have tested his ideas in the real-life situations recounted here, and shown that they work.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Stick Your Neck Out]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Graham]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Berrett-Koehler Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781576753040]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Meeting challenges and resolving conflicts are things that can be done by anyone with the passion to do so, according to John Graham. And he should know. A veteran conflict mediator, Graham heads the Giraffe Heroes Project, whose extensive workshops have helped communities, cities, organizations, and individuals deal with challenge and change. Stick Your Neck Out is based on those experiences. The book details the skills, qualities, and strategies required to make a difference, with profiles of problem-solvers and activists from doctors to waitresses, who have all acted like giraffes and "stuck their necks out" to address issues like poverty, gang violence, and pollution. Graham's concepts and coaching tips, from communicating with sensitivity to more urgent actions like filing complaints and protesting, apply equally well to macro and micro issues, all the way down to interfamily squabbles and work conflicts. Graham's "giraffes" have tested his ideas in the real-life situations recounted here, and shown that they work.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Paper or Plastic]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781578051175</link>
<description><![CDATA[The deceptively simple supermarket choice echoed in the title symbolizes the dilemma of a society on a collision course with the planet's life-support systems. Do we clearcut forests, process pulp, and bleach it with chlorine to make paper bags? Or do we make a pact with demon hydrocarbon, refining ancient sunlight into handy plastics? About half the total volume of America's municipal solid waste is packaging--at least 300 pounds per person each year--and the "upstream" costs in energy and resources used to make packaging are even more alarming.In this fascinating look at the world of packaging, writer Daniel Imhoff and photographer/designer Roberto Carra give consumers, product designers, and policymakers the information we need to take steps toward a more sustainable future. They delve into the histories and life cycles of packaging materials and look at the countless ways that packaged goods shape our culture. Using case studies, they explore the positive trends that are changing packaging, including producer responsibility and "take-back" laws being enacted in Europe; the eco-design movement; plant-based plastics; labeling to disclose the ecological and social impacts of products; and producing and consuming locally and in bulk versus the wasteful global exchange of single-serving containers. Carra's remarkable color photographs illustrate both the important functions of packaging and its many unintended consequences around the globe. Despite recent advances, the packaging problem keeps growing, Imhoff warns. Real solutions must incorporate new (or rediscovered) ways of producing, distributing, packaging, consuming, reusing, and reprocessing products and materials. As consumers, there's much we can do, and "Paper or Plastic" offers a checklist for consumer action, along with resources for information on products, programs, and policy options. It's one book that is truly worth the recycled paper it's printed on.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Paper or Plastic]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Imhoff]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sierra Club Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781578051175]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The deceptively simple supermarket choice echoed in the title symbolizes the dilemma of a society on a collision course with the planet's life-support systems. Do we clearcut forests, process pulp, and bleach it with chlorine to make paper bags? Or do we make a pact with demon hydrocarbon, refining ancient sunlight into handy plastics? About half the total volume of America's municipal solid waste is packaging--at least 300 pounds per person each year--and the "upstream" costs in energy and resources used to make packaging are even more alarming.In this fascinating look at the world of packaging, writer Daniel Imhoff and photographer/designer Roberto Carra give consumers, product designers, and policymakers the information we need to take steps toward a more sustainable future. They delve into the histories and life cycles of packaging materials and look at the countless ways that packaged goods shape our culture. Using case studies, they explore the positive trends that are changing packaging, including producer responsibility and "take-back" laws being enacted in Europe; the eco-design movement; plant-based plastics; labeling to disclose the ecological and social impacts of products; and producing and consuming locally and in bulk versus the wasteful global exchange of single-serving containers. Carra's remarkable color photographs illustrate both the important functions of packaging and its many unintended consequences around the globe. Despite recent advances, the packaging problem keeps growing, Imhoff warns. Real solutions must incorporate new (or rediscovered) ways of producing, distributing, packaging, consuming, reusing, and reprocessing products and materials. As consumers, there's much we can do, and "Paper or Plastic" offers a checklist for consumer action, along with resources for information on products, programs, and policy options. It's one book that is truly worth the recycled paper it's printed on.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Fast Food Nation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060838584</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Fast Food Nation]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Schlosser]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Perennial]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060838584]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Working]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781565843424</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" ("Chicago Daily News")--"a magnificent book. . . . A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking" ("Boston Globe").]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Working]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Studs Terkel]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781565843424]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" ("Chicago Daily News")--"a magnificent book. . . . A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking" ("Boston Globe").]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1997-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Fat Land]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780618164721</link>
<description><![CDATA[What in American society has changed so dramatically that nearly 60 percent of us are now overweight, plunging the nation into what the surgeon general calls an "epidemic of obesity"? Greg Critser engages every aspect of American life - class, politics, culture, and economics - to show how we have made ourselves the second fattest people on the planet (after South Sea Islanders).Fat Land highlights the groundbreaking research that implicates cheap fats and sugars as the alarming new metabolic factor making our calories stick and shows how and why children are too often the chief metabolic victims of such foods. No one else writing on fat America takes as hard a line as Critser on the institutionalized lies we've been telling ourselves about how much we can eat and how little we can exercise. His expose of the Los Angeles schools' opening of the nutritional floodgates in the lunchroom and his examination of the political and cultural forces that have set the bar on American fitness low and then lower, are both discerning reporting and impassioned wake-up calls.Disarmingly funny, Fat Land leaves no diet book - including Dr. Atkins's - unturned. Fashions, both leisure and street, and American-style religion are subject to Critser's gimlet eye as well. Memorably, Fat Land takes on baby-boomer parenting shibboleths - that young children won't eat past the point of being full and that the dinner table isn't the place to talk about food rules - and gives advice many families will use to lose.Critser's brilliantly drawn futuristic portrait of a Fat America just around the corner and his all too contemporary foray into the diabetes ward of a major children's hospital make Fat Land a chilling but brilliantly rendered portrait of the cost in human lives - many of them very young lives - of America's obesity epidemic.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Fat Land]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Critser]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780618164721]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[What in American society has changed so dramatically that nearly 60 percent of us are now overweight, plunging the nation into what the surgeon general calls an "epidemic of obesity"? Greg Critser engages every aspect of American life - class, politics, culture, and economics - to show how we have made ourselves the second fattest people on the planet (after South Sea Islanders).Fat Land highlights the groundbreaking research that implicates cheap fats and sugars as the alarming new metabolic factor making our calories stick and shows how and why children are too often the chief metabolic victims of such foods. No one else writing on fat America takes as hard a line as Critser on the institutionalized lies we've been telling ourselves about how much we can eat and how little we can exercise. His expose of the Los Angeles schools' opening of the nutritional floodgates in the lunchroom and his examination of the political and cultural forces that have set the bar on American fitness low and then lower, are both discerning reporting and impassioned wake-up calls.Disarmingly funny, Fat Land leaves no diet book - including Dr. Atkins's - unturned. Fashions, both leisure and street, and American-style religion are subject to Critser's gimlet eye as well. Memorably, Fat Land takes on baby-boomer parenting shibboleths - that young children won't eat past the point of being full and that the dinner table isn't the place to talk about food rules - and gives advice many families will use to lose.Critser's brilliantly drawn futuristic portrait of a Fat America just around the corner and his all too contemporary foray into the diabetes ward of a major children's hospital make Fat Land a chilling but brilliantly rendered portrait of the cost in human lives - many of them very young lives - of America's obesity epidemic.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Food Fight]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780071438728</link>
<description><![CDATA["The evergreen subject of American gluttony and sloth brings out the best in scientist-advocates, and the authors, while drawing on a mountain of statistics and studies, make their indictment both funny and appalling." --"Publishers Weekly""Brownell and Horgen uncover some of America's biggest diet hazards and how to avoid them."--"Self "magazine"This is a fascinating, empowering must-read filled with practical ways to take action."--"Shape "magazine""Food Fight " is . . . an important contribution to the discourse around the obesity epidemic. I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to learn more about the role of the food industry, and especially to public health advocates looking for clearly presented research and ideas for positive change."--Michele Simon, founder and director of the Center for Informed Food Choices]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Food Fight]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly D. Brownell; Katherine Battle Horgen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[McGraw-Hill Companies]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780071438728]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["The evergreen subject of American gluttony and sloth brings out the best in scientist-advocates, and the authors, while drawing on a mountain of statistics and studies, make their indictment both funny and appalling." --"Publishers Weekly""Brownell and Horgen uncover some of America's biggest diet hazards and how to avoid them."--"Self "magazine"This is a fascinating, empowering must-read filled with practical ways to take action."--"Shape "magazine""Food Fight " is . . . an important contribution to the discourse around the obesity epidemic. I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to learn more about the role of the food industry, and especially to public health advocates looking for clearly presented research and ideas for positive change."--Michele Simon, founder and director of the Center for Informed Food Choices]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cultural Creatives]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780609808450</link>
<description><![CDATA[ARE YOU A CULTURAL CREATIVE? Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and "making it," on getting and spending, on wealth and luxury goods? Do you care deeply about the destruction of the environment and would pay higher taxes or prices to clean it up and to stop global warming? Are you unhappy with both the left and the right in politics and want to find a new way that does not simply steer a middle course? In this landmark book, sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson draw upon thirteen years of survey research studies on more than 100,000 Americans. They reveal who the Cultural Creatives are and the fascinating story of their emergence over the last generation, using vivid examples and engaging personal stories to describe their distinctive values and lifestyles. The Cultural Creatives offers a more hopeful future and prepares us all for a transition to a new, saner, and wiser culture.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Cultural Creatives]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul H. Phd Ray; Sherry Ruth Anderson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Three Rivers Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780609808450]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ARE YOU A CULTURAL CREATIVE? Do you dislike all the emphasis in modern culture on success and "making it," on getting and spending, on wealth and luxury goods? Do you care deeply about the destruction of the environment and would pay higher taxes or prices to clean it up and to stop global warming? Are you unhappy with both the left and the right in politics and want to find a new way that does not simply steer a middle course? In this landmark book, sociologist Paul H. Ray and psychologist Sherry Ruth Anderson draw upon thirteen years of survey research studies on more than 100,000 Americans. They reveal who the Cultural Creatives are and the fascinating story of their emergence over the last generation, using vivid examples and engaging personal stories to describe their distinctive values and lifestyles. The Cultural Creatives offers a more hopeful future and prepares us all for a transition to a new, saner, and wiser culture.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-10-02T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Unequal Protection]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781579546274</link>
<description><![CDATA[Unequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal privacy, and unequal access to natural resources and our commons-- these inequalities and more are the effects of corporations winning the rights of persons while simultaneously being given the legal protections to avoid the responsibilities that come with these rights. Hartmann tells the intriguing story of how it got this way-- from the colonists' rebellion against the commercial interests of the British elite to the distorted application of the Fourteenth Amendment-- and how to get back to a government of, by, and for the people.From Unequal Protection: "...over the past two centuries, those playing the corporate game at the very highest levels seem to have won a victory for themselves-- a victory that is turning bitter in the mouths of many of the six billion humans on planet Earth. It's even turning bitter in unexpected ways for those who won it, as they find their own lives and families touched by an increasingly toxic environment, fragile and top-heavy economy, and hollow culture-- all traceable back to the frenetic systems of big business that resulted from the doctrine that corporations are persons."]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Unequal Protection]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Hartmann]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Rodale Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781579546274]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Unequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal privacy, and unequal access to natural resources and our commons-- these inequalities and more are the effects of corporations winning the rights of persons while simultaneously being given the legal protections to avoid the responsibilities that come with these rights. Hartmann tells the intriguing story of how it got this way-- from the colonists' rebellion against the commercial interests of the British elite to the distorted application of the Fourteenth Amendment-- and how to get back to a government of, by, and for the people.From Unequal Protection: "...over the past two centuries, those playing the corporate game at the very highest levels seem to have won a victory for themselves-- a victory that is turning bitter in the mouths of many of the six billion humans on planet Earth. It's even turning bitter in unexpected ways for those who won it, as they find their own lives and families touched by an increasingly toxic environment, fragile and top-heavy economy, and hollow culture-- all traceable back to the frenetic systems of big business that resulted from the doctrine that corporations are persons."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781576751251</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781576751251]]></dc:identifier>
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<title><![CDATA[Bright-sided]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805087499</link>
<description><![CDATA[A sharp-witted knockdown of America’s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a “positive” people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude. Evangelical mega-churches preach the good news that you only have to want something to get it, because God wants to “prosper” you. The medical profession prescribes positive thinking for its presumed health benefits. Academia has made room for new departments of “positive psychology” and the “science of happiness.” Nowhere, though, has bright-siding taken firmer root than within the business community, where, as Ehrenreich shows, the refusal even to consider negative outcomes—like mortgage defaults—contributed directly to the current economic crisis. With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America’s penchant for positive thinking: On a personal level, it leads to self-blame and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out “negative” thoughts. On a national level, it’s brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best—poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Bright-sided]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Ehrenreich]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Metropolitan Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805087499]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A sharp-witted knockdown of America’s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a “positive” people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude. Evangelical mega-churches preach the good news that you only have to want something to get it, because God wants to “prosper” you. The medical profession prescribes positive thinking for its presumed health benefits. Academia has made room for new departments of “positive psychology” and the “science of happiness.” Nowhere, though, has bright-siding taken firmer root than within the business community, where, as Ehrenreich shows, the refusal even to consider negative outcomes—like mortgage defaults—contributed directly to the current economic crisis. With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America’s penchant for positive thinking: On a personal level, it leads to self-blame and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out “negative” thoughts. On a national level, it’s brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best—poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-10-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780520225145</link>
<description><![CDATA[Americans have been conditioned to appreciate, cheer, and serve economic growth. Brian Czech argues that, while economic growth was a good thing for much of American history, somewhere along the way it turned bad, depleting resources, polluting the environment, and threatening posterity. Yet growth remains a top priority of the public and polity. In this revolutionary manifesto, Czech knocks economic growth off the pedestal of American ideology. Seeking nothing less than a fundamental change in public opinion, Czech makes a bold plea for castigating society's biggest spenders and sets the stage for the "steady state revolution."Czech offers a sophisticated yet accessible critique of the principles of economic growth theory and the fallacious extension of these principles into the "pop economics" of Julian Simon and others. He points with hope to the new discipline of ecological economics, which prescribes the steady state economy as a sustainable alternative to economic growth.Czech explores the psychological underpinnings of our consumer culture by synthesizing theories of Charles Darwin, Thorstein Veblen, and Abraham Maslow. Speaking to ordinary American citizens, he urges us to recognize conspicuous consumers for who they are--bad citizens who are liquidating our grandkids' future. Combining insights from economics, psychology, and ecology with a large dose of common sense, Czech drafts a blueprint for a more satisfying and sustainable society. His ideas reach deeply into our everyday lives as he asks us to re-examine our perspectives on everything from our shopping habits to romance.From his perspective as a wildlife ecologist, Czech draws revealing parallels between the economy of nature and the human economy. His style is lively, easy to read, humorous, and bound to be controversial. Czech will provoke all of us to ask when we will stop the runaway train of economic growth. His book answers the question, "How do we do it?"]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Czech]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[University of California Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780520225145]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Americans have been conditioned to appreciate, cheer, and serve economic growth. Brian Czech argues that, while economic growth was a good thing for much of American history, somewhere along the way it turned bad, depleting resources, polluting the environment, and threatening posterity. Yet growth remains a top priority of the public and polity. In this revolutionary manifesto, Czech knocks economic growth off the pedestal of American ideology. Seeking nothing less than a fundamental change in public opinion, Czech makes a bold plea for castigating society's biggest spenders and sets the stage for the "steady state revolution."Czech offers a sophisticated yet accessible critique of the principles of economic growth theory and the fallacious extension of these principles into the "pop economics" of Julian Simon and others. He points with hope to the new discipline of ecological economics, which prescribes the steady state economy as a sustainable alternative to economic growth.Czech explores the psychological underpinnings of our consumer culture by synthesizing theories of Charles Darwin, Thorstein Veblen, and Abraham Maslow. Speaking to ordinary American citizens, he urges us to recognize conspicuous consumers for who they are--bad citizens who are liquidating our grandkids' future. Combining insights from economics, psychology, and ecology with a large dose of common sense, Czech drafts a blueprint for a more satisfying and sustainable society. His ideas reach deeply into our everyday lives as he asks us to re-examine our perspectives on everything from our shopping habits to romance.From his perspective as a wildlife ecologist, Czech draws revealing parallels between the economy of nature and the human economy. His style is lively, easy to read, humorous, and bound to be controversial. Czech will provoke all of us to ask when we will stop the runaway train of economic growth. His book answers the question, "How do we do it?"]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2002-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Power and the Environment]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780742510845</link>
<description><![CDATA[Environmental policy is broadly viewed as an oasis of democracy, unspoiled by crass capitalism and undominated by corporate interests. This book counters that view. The focus of Corporate Power and the Environment is on how U.S. economic elites--corporate decisionmakers and other individuals of substantial wealth--shape the content and implementation of U.S. environmental policy to their economic and political benefit. The author uses the management of the national forests and national parks, as well as wilderness preservation policies and federal clean air policies, as case studies to show corporate power in action in even the 'purest' of policy arenas.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Corporate Power and the Environment]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[George A. Gonzalez]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780742510845]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Environmental policy is broadly viewed as an oasis of democracy, unspoiled by crass capitalism and undominated by corporate interests. This book counters that view. The focus of Corporate Power and the Environment is on how U.S. economic elites--corporate decisionmakers and other individuals of substantial wealth--shape the content and implementation of U.S. environmental policy to their economic and political benefit. The author uses the management of the national forests and national parks, as well as wilderness preservation policies and federal clean air policies, as case studies to show corporate power in action in even the 'purest' of policy arenas.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Thinking Ecologically]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780300073010</link>
<description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years ago, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so contaminated that it caught fire, air pollution in some cities was thick enough to taste, and environmental laws focused on the obvious enemy: large American factories with belching smoke-stacks and pipes gushing wastes. Federal legislation has succeeded in providing cleaner air and water, but we now confront a different set of environmental problems -- less visible and more subtle. This important book offers thought-provoking ideas on how America can respond to changing public health and ecological risks and create sound environmental policy for the future.The innovative thinkers of the Next Generation Project of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy -- experts from business, government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia -- propose reforms that balance environmental efforts with other public needs and issues. They call for new foundations for environmental law and policy, adoption of a more diverse set of policy tools and strategies (economic incentives, ecolabels), and new connections between critical sectors (agriculture, energy, transportation, service providers) and environmental policy. Future progress must involve not only officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental protection departments, say the authors, but also decision-makers as diverse as mayors, farmers, energy company executives, and delivery route planners. To be effective, next-generation policy-making will view environmental challenges comprehensively, connect academic theory with practical policy, and bridge the gaps that have caused recent policy debates to break down in rancor. This book begins theprocess of accomplishing these challenging goals."More than a must-read, this book demonstrates how a broader ecological approach can achieve sensible and lasting environmental policy". -- Philip K. Howard, author of The Death of Common Sense]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Thinking Ecologically]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marian R. Chertow; Daniel C. Esty]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Yale University Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780300073010]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years ago, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so contaminated that it caught fire, air pollution in some cities was thick enough to taste, and environmental laws focused on the obvious enemy: large American factories with belching smoke-stacks and pipes gushing wastes. Federal legislation has succeeded in providing cleaner air and water, but we now confront a different set of environmental problems -- less visible and more subtle. This important book offers thought-provoking ideas on how America can respond to changing public health and ecological risks and create sound environmental policy for the future.The innovative thinkers of the Next Generation Project of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy -- experts from business, government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia -- propose reforms that balance environmental efforts with other public needs and issues. They call for new foundations for environmental law and policy, adoption of a more diverse set of policy tools and strategies (economic incentives, ecolabels), and new connections between critical sectors (agriculture, energy, transportation, service providers) and environmental policy. Future progress must involve not only officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental protection departments, say the authors, but also decision-makers as diverse as mayors, farmers, energy company executives, and delivery route planners. To be effective, next-generation policy-making will view environmental challenges comprehensively, connect academic theory with practical policy, and bridge the gaps that have caused recent policy debates to break down in rancor. This book begins theprocess of accomplishing these challenging goals."More than a must-read, this book demonstrates how a broader ecological approach can achieve sensible and lasting environmental policy". -- Philip K. Howard, author of The Death of Common Sense]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1997-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Take It Personally]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781573247078</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Take It Personally]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anita Roddick]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Red Wheel/Weiser]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781573247078]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780787967895</link>
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<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780787967895]]></dc:identifier>
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<title><![CDATA[Doing Democracy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865714182</link>
<description><![CDATA[Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward. Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements.  Bill Moyer is the originator of the MAP Model; he and his coauthors combine several decades of movement experience.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Doing Democracy]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Moyer; JoAnn MacAllister; Mary Lou Finley Steven Soifer]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Society Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780865714182]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward. Doing Democracy provides both a theory and working model for understanding and analyzing social movements, ensuring that they are successful in the long term. Beginning with an overview of social movement theory and the MAP (Movement Action Plan) model, Doing Democracy outlines the eight stages of social movements, the four roles of activists, and case studies from the civil rights, anti-nuclear energy, Central America, gay/lesbian, women's health, and globalization movements.  Bill Moyer is the originator of the MAP Model; he and his coauthors combine several decades of movement experience.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Change the World]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780195334760</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now published in more than twenty countries, David Bornstein's How to Change the World has become the bible for social entrepreneurship--in which men and women around the world are finding innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems. Whether delivering solar energy to Brazilian villagers, expanding work opportunities for disabled people across India, creating a network of home-care agencies to serve poor people with AIDS in South Africa, or bridging the college-access gap in the United States, social entrepreneurs are pioneering problem-solving models that will reshape the 21st century.How to Change the World provides vivid profiles of many such individuals and what they have in common. The book is an In Search of Excellence for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories, anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will discover how one person can make an astonishing difference in the world. The case studies in the book include Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her Vermont home; Roberto Baggio, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and Diana Propper, who has used investment banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers. The paperback edition will offer a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased mainstream coverage of the subject. The book will also update the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in the cloth edition.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[How to Change the World]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bornstein]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Oxford University Press, USA]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780195334760]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Now published in more than twenty countries, David Bornstein's How to Change the World has become the bible for social entrepreneurship--in which men and women around the world are finding innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems. Whether delivering solar energy to Brazilian villagers, expanding work opportunities for disabled people across India, creating a network of home-care agencies to serve poor people with AIDS in South Africa, or bridging the college-access gap in the United States, social entrepreneurs are pioneering problem-solving models that will reshape the 21st century.How to Change the World provides vivid profiles of many such individuals and what they have in common. The book is an In Search of Excellence for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories, anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will discover how one person can make an astonishing difference in the world. The case studies in the book include Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her Vermont home; Roberto Baggio, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and Diana Propper, who has used investment banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers. The paperback edition will offer a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased mainstream coverage of the subject. The book will also update the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in the cloth edition.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Environmental Policy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780872899735</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Environmental Policy]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Norman J. Vig; Michael E. Kraft; M. Kraft]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[CQ Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780872899735]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566703895</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the latter part of the 20th century, humans are doing a particularly poor job of managing natural resources in a sustainable way over the long term. Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability focuses on long-term, sustainable natural resource management practices at the local, national, and international levels. The authors suggest that a major cause of the sustainability problem - regulatory policies for large areas that often threaten the sustainability of both natural resources and previously effective governance problems - lie in scale problems. Large scale ecosystems are not simply larger versions of smaller systems, and micro-scale ecosystems are not merely microcosms of large scale systems. The driving forces and feedback mechanisms operate at different levels and exhibit distinct patterns of their own.Traditional management practices that do well at the local level cannot be expected to do equally well in handling activities organized at the continental or global scale. Even more importantly, when local systems are superseded by national or international management practices, local ecosystems frequently suffer.The challenge is to match ecosystems and governance systems in ways that maximize the compatibility of these systems. This book builds upon this fundamental principle. Particularly valuable is the use of simulation exercises to explore the consequences of social institutions and a discussion of the progress being made in developing a broad global data base to test hypothesis about the relationship between ecosystems and social institutions, and to investigate ways to repair the damage already caused by scale mismatches. Features]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Costanza; Bobbi Low]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[CRC Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781566703895]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In the latter part of the 20th century, humans are doing a particularly poor job of managing natural resources in a sustainable way over the long term. Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability focuses on long-term, sustainable natural resource management practices at the local, national, and international levels. The authors suggest that a major cause of the sustainability problem - regulatory policies for large areas that often threaten the sustainability of both natural resources and previously effective governance problems - lie in scale problems. Large scale ecosystems are not simply larger versions of smaller systems, and micro-scale ecosystems are not merely microcosms of large scale systems. The driving forces and feedback mechanisms operate at different levels and exhibit distinct patterns of their own.Traditional management practices that do well at the local level cannot be expected to do equally well in handling activities organized at the continental or global scale. Even more importantly, when local systems are superseded by national or international management practices, local ecosystems frequently suffer.The challenge is to match ecosystems and governance systems in ways that maximize the compatibility of these systems. This book builds upon this fundamental principle. Particularly valuable is the use of simulation exercises to explore the consequences of social institutions and a discussion of the progress being made in developing a broad global data base to test hypothesis about the relationship between ecosystems and social institutions, and to investigate ways to repair the damage already caused by scale mismatches. Features]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Community Organizing and Development]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780205408139</link>
<description><![CDATA[This revised edition of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing and development fully examines the broad and changing political and social settings that influence actions; while portraying the infra-structure of social change -- the knowledge, personnel, and organizations -- that enable such work to be successfully accomplished. The text brings together the practicalities of organizing and development -- fund raising, working out news releases, running an organization, orchestrating political actions, academic knowledge -- and explains why various approaches work; as well as the values and ideologies that guide what is to be done. It provides the foundations of organizing and development work and then describes how activists -- through following either a social confrontation model or an economic and social production approach -- can respond to economic and social problems.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Community Organizing and Development]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Herbert J. Rubin; Irene S. Rubin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Allyn & Bacon]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780205408139]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This revised edition of a well-known and widely used text in community organizing and development fully examines the broad and changing political and social settings that influence actions; while portraying the infra-structure of social change -- the knowledge, personnel, and organizations -- that enable such work to be successfully accomplished. The text brings together the practicalities of organizing and development -- fund raising, working out news releases, running an organization, orchestrating political actions, academic knowledge -- and explains why various approaches work; as well as the values and ideologies that guide what is to be done. It provides the foundations of organizing and development work and then describes how activists -- through following either a social confrontation model or an economic and social production approach -- can respond to economic and social problems.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060779597</link>
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<title><![CDATA[The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Finance]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781906523183</link>
<description><![CDATA[An incisive introduction to global finance-the current mechanisms and the need for control and reform.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Finance]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Stalker]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Internationalist]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781906523183]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[An incisive introduction to global finance-the current mechanisms and the need for control and reform.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Species Recovery]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559632720</link>
<description><![CDATA["Endangered Species Recovery" presents case studies of prominent species recovery programs in an attempt to explore and analyze their successes, failures, and problems, and to begin to find ways of improving the process. It is the first effort to engage social scientists as well as biologists in a wide-ranging analysis and discussion of endangered species conservation, and provides valuable insight into the policy and implementation framework of species recovery programs. The book features a unique integration of case studies with theory, and provides sound, practical ideas for improving endangered species policy implementation.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Endangered Species Recovery]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim W. Clark; Richard P. Reading; Alice L. Clarke; Stephen R. Kellert; James Crowfoot; Julia M. Wondolleck; Ken Alvarez; Tim Clark; Ron Westrum; David Mattson; Noel Snyder; Steven Minta; Alan Clark; Peter Kareiva; Gary Blackhouse; Brian Miller; Garry Brewer; Jerome Jackson; Richard Reading; Alice Clarke]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559632720]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Endangered Species Recovery" presents case studies of prominent species recovery programs in an attempt to explore and analyze their successes, failures, and problems, and to begin to find ways of improving the process. It is the first effort to engage social scientists as well as biologists in a wide-ranging analysis and discussion of endangered species conservation, and provides valuable insight into the policy and implementation framework of species recovery programs. The book features a unique integration of case studies with theory, and provides sound, practical ideas for improving endangered species policy implementation.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1994-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Endangered Animals]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780313308161</link>
<description><![CDATA[Explore the multiple issues that surround species declines and conservation efforts through the only reference source to examine the conflicting conservation issues of 49 endangered species. While the causes of endangerment are relatively easy to understand, the ultimate or underlying factors are often far more complex and difficult to address. An introduction to these issues and how to resolve them is provided in this unique collection of case studies of animal species that have been pushed to the brink of extinction. Each case study provides the following information: - Common name - Scientific name - Order - Family - Status - Threats - Habitat - Distribution - Natural history - Conflicting Issues - Future and Prognosis. Conservationists are increasingly recognizing that the ultimate causes of extinction are primarily socio-economic and political, yet biological approaches to recovery continue to dominate. More inclusive, interdisciplinary conservation programs are explored here to offer better prospects for managing problems and conflicts. In addition to the case studies, trends and common themes are explored to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to conservation. Students and teachers can explore a wide variety of endangered species programs and the conflicting issues common to recovery efforts, which will enable them to evaluate conservation practice and to draw their own conclusions for improvement.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Endangered Animals]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard P. Reading; Brian Miller]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Greenwood Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780313308161]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Explore the multiple issues that surround species declines and conservation efforts through the only reference source to examine the conflicting conservation issues of 49 endangered species. While the causes of endangerment are relatively easy to understand, the ultimate or underlying factors are often far more complex and difficult to address. An introduction to these issues and how to resolve them is provided in this unique collection of case studies of animal species that have been pushed to the brink of extinction. Each case study provides the following information: - Common name - Scientific name - Order - Family - Status - Threats - Habitat - Distribution - Natural history - Conflicting Issues - Future and Prognosis. Conservationists are increasingly recognizing that the ultimate causes of extinction are primarily socio-economic and political, yet biological approaches to recovery continue to dominate. More inclusive, interdisciplinary conservation programs are explored here to offer better prospects for managing problems and conflicts. In addition to the case studies, trends and common themes are explored to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to conservation. Students and teachers can explore a wide variety of endangered species programs and the conflicting issues common to recovery efforts, which will enable them to evaluate conservation practice and to draw their own conclusions for improvement.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservation in the Internet Age]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559639132</link>
<description><![CDATA[Since the earliest days of our nation, new communications and transportation networks have enabled vast changes in how and where Americans live and work. Transcontinental railroads and telegraphs helped to open the West; mass media and interstate highways paved the way for suburban migration. In our own day, the internet and advanced logistics networks are enabling new changes on the landscape, with both positive andnegative impacts on our efforts to conserve land and biodiversity. Emerging technologies have led to tremendous innovations in conservation science and resource management as well as education and advocacy efforts. At the same time, new networks have been powerful enablers of decentralization, facilitating sprawling development into previously undesirable or inaccessible areas. Conservation in the Internet Age offers an innovative, cross-disciplinary perspective on critical changes on the land and in the field of conservation. The book: provides a general overview of the impact of new technologies and networks, explores the potentially disruptive impacts of the new networks on open space and biodiversity, presents case studies of innovative ways that conservation organizations are using the new networks to pursue their missions, considers how rapid change in the Internet Age offers the potential for landmark conservation initiatives Conservation in the Internet Age is the first book to examine the links among land use, technology, and conservation from multiple perspectives, and to suggest areas and initiatives that merit further investigation. It offers unique and valuable insight into the challenges facing the land andbiodiversity conservation community in the early twenty-first century, andrepresents an important new work for policymakers, conservation professionals, and academics in planning, design, conservation and resource management, policy, and related fields.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Conservation in the Internet Age]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James N. Levitt; Tom Vilsack]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559639132]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Since the earliest days of our nation, new communications and transportation networks have enabled vast changes in how and where Americans live and work. Transcontinental railroads and telegraphs helped to open the West; mass media and interstate highways paved the way for suburban migration. In our own day, the internet and advanced logistics networks are enabling new changes on the landscape, with both positive andnegative impacts on our efforts to conserve land and biodiversity. Emerging technologies have led to tremendous innovations in conservation science and resource management as well as education and advocacy efforts. At the same time, new networks have been powerful enablers of decentralization, facilitating sprawling development into previously undesirable or inaccessible areas. Conservation in the Internet Age offers an innovative, cross-disciplinary perspective on critical changes on the land and in the field of conservation. The book: provides a general overview of the impact of new technologies and networks, explores the potentially disruptive impacts of the new networks on open space and biodiversity, presents case studies of innovative ways that conservation organizations are using the new networks to pursue their missions, considers how rapid change in the Internet Age offers the potential for landmark conservation initiatives Conservation in the Internet Age is the first book to examine the links among land use, technology, and conservation from multiple perspectives, and to suggest areas and initiatives that merit further investigation. It offers unique and valuable insight into the challenges facing the land andbiodiversity conservation community in the early twenty-first century, andrepresents an important new work for policymakers, conservation professionals, and academics in planning, design, conservation and resource management, policy, and related fields.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2002-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Confronting Consumption]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780262661287</link>
<description><![CDATA[Comforting terms such as "sustainable development" and "green production"frame environmental debate by stressing technology (not green enough), economicgrowth (not enough in the right places), and population (too large). Concern aboutconsumption emerges, if at all, in benign ways;as calls for green purchasing ormore recycling, or for small changes in production processes. Many academics, policymakers, and journalists, in fact, accept the economists' view of consumptionas nothing less than the purpose of the economy. Yet many people have a troubled, intuitive understanding that tinkering at the margins of production and purchasingwill not put society on an ecologically and socially sustainable path.ConfrontingConsumption places consumption at the center of debate by conceptualizing "theconsumption problem" and documenting diverse efforts to confront it. In Part 1, thebook frames consumption as a problem of political and ecological economy, emphasizing core concepts of individualization and commoditization. Part 2 developsthe idea of distancing and examines transnational chains of consumption in thecontext of economic globalization. Part 3 describes citizen action through localcurrencies, home power, voluntary simplicity, "ad-busting," and productcertification. Together, the chapters propose "cautious consuming" and "betterproducing" as an activist and policy response to environmental problems. The bookconcludes that confronting consumption must become a driving focus of contemporaryenvironmental scholarship and activism.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Confronting Consumption]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Princen; Michael Maniates; Ken Conca]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[MIT Press (MA)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780262661287]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Comforting terms such as "sustainable development" and "green production"frame environmental debate by stressing technology (not green enough), economicgrowth (not enough in the right places), and population (too large). Concern aboutconsumption emerges, if at all, in benign ways;as calls for green purchasing ormore recycling, or for small changes in production processes. Many academics, policymakers, and journalists, in fact, accept the economists' view of consumptionas nothing less than the purpose of the economy. Yet many people have a troubled, intuitive understanding that tinkering at the margins of production and purchasingwill not put society on an ecologically and socially sustainable path.ConfrontingConsumption places consumption at the center of debate by conceptualizing "theconsumption problem" and documenting diverse efforts to confront it. In Part 1, thebook frames consumption as a problem of political and ecological economy, emphasizing core concepts of individualization and commoditization. Part 2 developsthe idea of distancing and examines transnational chains of consumption in thecontext of economic globalization. Part 3 describes citizen action through localcurrencies, home power, voluntary simplicity, "ad-busting," and productcertification. Together, the chapters propose "cautious consuming" and "betterproducing" as an activist and policy response to environmental problems. The bookconcludes that confronting consumption must become a driving focus of contemporaryenvironmental scholarship and activism.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2002-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Hostile Takeover]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307237354</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder if there’s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans?  Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system? Do you ever think the government has been hijacked by forces hostile to average Americans?  Do you ever want to fight back? Millions of Americans lack health care and millions more struggle to afford it. Politicians claim they care, then pass legislation that just sends more cash to the HMOs. Wages have been stagnant for thirty years, even as corporate profits skyrocket. Politicians say they want to fix the problem and then pass bills written by lobbyists that drive wages even lower and punish those crushed by debt. Jobs are being shipped overseas, pensions are being cut, and energy is becoming unaffordable. And our government, more concerned about maintaining its corporate sponsorship than protecting its citizens, does nothing about it.  In Hostile Takeover, David Sirota, a major new voice in American politics, seeks to open the eyes of ordinary Americans to the fact that corporate interests have undermined democracy, aided and abetted by their lackeys in our allegedly representative government. At a time when more and more of America’s major political leaders are being indicted or investigated for corruption, Sirota takes readers on a journey that shows how all of this nefarious behavior happened right under our noses—and how the high-profile scandals are merely one product of a political system and debate wholly owned by Big Money interests. Sirota considers major public issues that feel intractable—like spiraling health care costs, the outsourcing of jobs, the inequities of the tax code, and out-of-control energy prices—and shows how in each case workable solutions are buried under the lies of lobbyists, the influence of campaign cash, and the ubiquitous spin machine financed by Big Business.With fiery passion, pinpoint wit, and lucid analysis, Hostile Takeover reveals the true enemies of reform and their increasingly sophisticated—and hostile—tactics. It’s an essential guidebook for those of us tired of the government selling us out—and determined to take our country back. Also available as an eBook]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Hostile Takeover]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sirota]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Three Rivers Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307237354]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder if there’s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans?  Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system? Do you ever think the government has been hijacked by forces hostile to average Americans?  Do you ever want to fight back? Millions of Americans lack health care and millions more struggle to afford it. Politicians claim they care, then pass legislation that just sends more cash to the HMOs. Wages have been stagnant for thirty years, even as corporate profits skyrocket. Politicians say they want to fix the problem and then pass bills written by lobbyists that drive wages even lower and punish those crushed by debt. Jobs are being shipped overseas, pensions are being cut, and energy is becoming unaffordable. And our government, more concerned about maintaining its corporate sponsorship than protecting its citizens, does nothing about it.  In Hostile Takeover, David Sirota, a major new voice in American politics, seeks to open the eyes of ordinary Americans to the fact that corporate interests have undermined democracy, aided and abetted by their lackeys in our allegedly representative government. At a time when more and more of America’s major political leaders are being indicted or investigated for corruption, Sirota takes readers on a journey that shows how all of this nefarious behavior happened right under our noses—and how the high-profile scandals are merely one product of a political system and debate wholly owned by Big Money interests. Sirota considers major public issues that feel intractable—like spiraling health care costs, the outsourcing of jobs, the inequities of the tax code, and out-of-control energy prices—and shows how in each case workable solutions are buried under the lies of lobbyists, the influence of campaign cash, and the ubiquitous spin machine financed by Big Business.With fiery passion, pinpoint wit, and lucid analysis, Hostile Takeover reveals the true enemies of reform and their increasingly sophisticated—and hostile—tactics. It’s an essential guidebook for those of us tired of the government selling us out—and determined to take our country back. Also available as an eBook]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2007-05-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761930501</link>
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<title><![CDATA[One Market Under God]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385495042</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. Frank's target is "market populism"--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that "the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one America over another." Frank is a latter-day Mencken, as readers of his journal The Baffler and his book The Conquest of Cool know. With incisive analysis, passionate advocacy, and razor-sharp wit, he asks where we?re headed-and whether we're going to like it when we get there.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[One Market Under God]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Frank]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385495042]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In a book that has been raising hackles far and wide, the social critic Thomas Frank skewers one of the most sacred cows of the go-go '90s: the idea that the new free-market economy is good for everyone. Frank's target is "market populism"--the widely held belief that markets are a more democratic form of organization than democratically elected governments. Refuting the idea that billionaire CEOs are looking out for the interests of the little guy, he argues that "the great euphoria of the late nineties was never as much about the return of good times as it was the giddy triumph of one America over another." Frank is a latter-day Mencken, as readers of his journal The Baffler and his book The Conquest of Cool know. With incisive analysis, passionate advocacy, and razor-sharp wit, he asks where we?re headed-and whether we're going to like it when we get there.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2001-09-18T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[One No, Many Yeses]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743220279</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Global Resistance Movement is one of the 21st century's most active and influential organizations. It is a global coalition of millions united in resisting and building alternatives to an out-of-control global economy. It emerged in Mexico in 1994 when the Zapatista rebels rose up in defiance of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The West first noticed it in Seattle in 1999 when the World Trade Organization was stopped in its tracks by 50,000 protesters. More significantly, the anti-capitalist street protests are only the tip of its iceberg. It aims to shake the foundations of the global economy and change the course of history. But what exactly is it? Who is involved, what do they want, and how do they aim to get it? To find out, Paul Kingsnorth traveled across four continents to visit some of the epicenters of the movement. In the process, he was tear-gassed on the streets of Genoa; painted anti-WTO puppets in Johannesburg; met a tribal guerrilla with supernatural powers; took a hot bath in Arizona with a pie-throwing anarchist; and infiltrated the world's biggest gold mine in New Guinea. Along the way, he found a new political movement and a new political idea. It is united in what it opposes and deliberately diverse in what it wants instead.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[One No, Many Yeses]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Kingsnorth]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon & Schuster (UK)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780743220279]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The Global Resistance Movement is one of the 21st century's most active and influential organizations. It is a global coalition of millions united in resisting and building alternatives to an out-of-control global economy. It emerged in Mexico in 1994 when the Zapatista rebels rose up in defiance of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The West first noticed it in Seattle in 1999 when the World Trade Organization was stopped in its tracks by 50,000 protesters. More significantly, the anti-capitalist street protests are only the tip of its iceberg. It aims to shake the foundations of the global economy and change the course of history. But what exactly is it? Who is involved, what do they want, and how do they aim to get it? To find out, Paul Kingsnorth traveled across four continents to visit some of the epicenters of the movement. In the process, he was tear-gassed on the streets of Genoa; painted anti-WTO puppets in Johannesburg; met a tribal guerrilla with supernatural powers; took a hot bath in Arizona with a pie-throwing anarchist; and infiltrated the world's biggest gold mine in New Guinea. Along the way, he found a new political movement and a new political idea. It is united in what it opposes and deliberately diverse in what it wants instead.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2004-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[At Road's End]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559633383</link>
<description><![CDATA[At Road's End presents new models for transportation planning, describes effective strategies for resolving community disputes, and offers inspiration by clearly demonstrating that new ways of planning and implementing transportation systems can work. The book highlights case studies from around the country where plans to build more freeways are being scrapped or modified by new coalitions of environmentalists, developers, and community leaders; progressive transportation planners and officials are redefining transportation corridors to include more than roads; and communities are enhanced by bike paths, pedestrian ways, and reduced urban sprawl.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[At Road's End]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Wormser; Dan Carlson; Cy Ulberg]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559633383]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[At Road's End presents new models for transportation planning, describes effective strategies for resolving community disputes, and offers inspiration by clearly demonstrating that new ways of planning and implementing transportation systems can work. The book highlights case studies from around the country where plans to build more freeways are being scrapped or modified by new coalitions of environmentalists, developers, and community leaders; progressive transportation planners and officials are redefining transportation corridors to include more than roads; and communities are enhanced by bike paths, pedestrian ways, and reduced urban sprawl.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1995-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Placemaking]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780471110262</link>
<description><![CDATA["Placemaking is the way in which all human beings transform the places they find themselves into the places where they live."  
  
In this groundbreaking new book, landscape architect Lynda H. Schneekloth and architect and planner Robert G. Shibley challenge the most fundamental assumptions about the ways human beings transform the places in which they live. A call to action for a more inclusive, democratic approach to the design of human spaces, the authors use stories from their own practice to cast a new light on the relationship between communities, design professionals, and the shaping of their physical "places." The stories they tell reveal techniques for generating a collaborative spirit that will help designers, planners, and community development professionals understand the human values that lie at the heart of their professions.  
  
"To decide to be someplace as members of a community demands that we become active placemakers again, that we participate with others in our communities in thoughtful, careful responsible action."  
  
The death of Main Street, the blight of the inner city, the sterility of so much contemporary development--these are effects of a major disconnection between the human community and the built environment. At no time in the history of our society has there been a more urgent need to take a hard look at how we create physical environments. In response to this unmet need and moral confusion, Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities calls for a more dynamic, more inclusive design process and demonstrates new placemaking practices that have emerged from different communities and environments.  
  
"Placemaking is the way in which all human beings transform the places they find themselves into the places where they live."  
  
Drawing on four actual "stories" from their own professional practice, the authors show how empowered communities, working in a true democratic collaboration with planning and architecture professionals, can create places which not only support work and play, but also help foster relationships between people. These stories represent a broad range of communities and physical environments:  
  
The First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia--in rebuilding its church, a community struggles to define itself and the role of the church building within the community  
  
The International Banking Institute--a story of change in the workplace, group dynamics, and the ability of an organization to learn about itself  
  
The Roanoke Neighborhood Partnership--the creation of a new, more collaborative relationship between neighborhood people, city government, the private sector, and design professionals  
  
The Rudy Bruner Award Program--an examination of what makes an "excellent" place and how the creative ability of communities can transform problems into successful projects  
  
"Placemaking consists of those daily acts of renovating, maintaining, and representing the places that sustain us . . ."  
  
In telling these stories, the authors demonstrate how certain practices--making a "dialogic space," "the dialectic of confirmation and interrogation," and "framing action"--can be used to create, transform, maintain, and renovate the places in which people live.  
  
Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities is a truly visionary work that has its foundation in the daily lives of specific people and places. Its publication is bound to spark a long overdue controversy among architects, planners, designers, and all people concerned with the well-being of communities.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Placemaking]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynda H. Schneekloth; Robert G. Shibley]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Wiley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780471110262]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Placemaking is the way in which all human beings transform the places they find themselves into the places where they live."  
  
In this groundbreaking new book, landscape architect Lynda H. Schneekloth and architect and planner Robert G. Shibley challenge the most fundamental assumptions about the ways human beings transform the places in which they live. A call to action for a more inclusive, democratic approach to the design of human spaces, the authors use stories from their own practice to cast a new light on the relationship between communities, design professionals, and the shaping of their physical "places." The stories they tell reveal techniques for generating a collaborative spirit that will help designers, planners, and community development professionals understand the human values that lie at the heart of their professions.  
  
"To decide to be someplace as members of a community demands that we become active placemakers again, that we participate with others in our communities in thoughtful, careful responsible action."  
  
The death of Main Street, the blight of the inner city, the sterility of so much contemporary development--these are effects of a major disconnection between the human community and the built environment. At no time in the history of our society has there been a more urgent need to take a hard look at how we create physical environments. In response to this unmet need and moral confusion, Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities calls for a more dynamic, more inclusive design process and demonstrates new placemaking practices that have emerged from different communities and environments.  
  
"Placemaking is the way in which all human beings transform the places they find themselves into the places where they live."  
  
Drawing on four actual "stories" from their own professional practice, the authors show how empowered communities, working in a true democratic collaboration with planning and architecture professionals, can create places which not only support work and play, but also help foster relationships between people. These stories represent a broad range of communities and physical environments:  
  
The First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Virginia--in rebuilding its church, a community struggles to define itself and the role of the church building within the community  
  
The International Banking Institute--a story of change in the workplace, group dynamics, and the ability of an organization to learn about itself  
  
The Roanoke Neighborhood Partnership--the creation of a new, more collaborative relationship between neighborhood people, city government, the private sector, and design professionals  
  
The Rudy Bruner Award Program--an examination of what makes an "excellent" place and how the creative ability of communities can transform problems into successful projects  
  
"Placemaking consists of those daily acts of renovating, maintaining, and representing the places that sustain us . . ."  
  
In telling these stories, the authors demonstrate how certain practices--making a "dialogic space," "the dialectic of confirmation and interrogation," and "framing action"--can be used to create, transform, maintain, and renovate the places in which people live.  
  
Placemaking: The Art and Practice of Building Communities is a truly visionary work that has its foundation in the daily lives of specific people and places. Its publication is bound to spark a long overdue controversy among architects, planners, designers, and all people concerned with the well-being of communities.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1995-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Cities For A Small Planet]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780813335537</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing else damages the earth’s environment more than our cities. As the world’s population has grown, our cities have burgeoned, and their impact on the environment worsened. Meanwhile, from the isolated, gated communities within Houston and Los Angeles, to the millions of residents of Bombay living in squalor, the city has failed to serve its ideal function?as the cradle of civilization, the engine of culture, and the inspiration for community and citizenship. In Cities for a Small Planet, Sir Richard Rogers, one of the world’s leading architects and the designer of the Pompidou Center in Paris, demonstrates how future cities could provide the springboard for restoring humanity’s harmony with its environment.Rogers outlines the disastrous impact cities have had and will continue to have on our world, from waste-saturated Tokyo Bay, to the massive plumes of pollution caused by London’s traffic, to the depleted water resources of Mexico City. He traces these problems to the underlying social and cultural values that create them?unchecked commercial zeal, selfish individualism, and a lack of community. Bringing to bear concepts such as that of ?open-minded” space?places within cities that serve multiple functions such as markets, parks, and sidewalk cafes?he explains how urban design can be used to give citizens a sense of shared experience. The city built with comfortable and safe public space can bring diverse groups together and breed a sense of tolerance, awareness, identity, and mutual respect. He calls for a new theoretical shift in the way cities do business and interact with the environment, arguing that many products come to market and are sold without figuring their social or environmental cost.Rogers goes on to describe the city of the future: one that is sustainable within its own environment; that can make a positive impact on its surroundings; that encourages communication among its citizens; that is compact and focused around neighborhoods; and that is beautiful, a city whose buildings and spaces spark the creative potential of its inhabitants.As our population grows larger, our planet grows smaller. Cities for a Small Planet is a passionate and eloquent blueprint for the cities we must create in response, cities that provide for the needs of both their residents and the earth on which they live.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Cities For A Small Planet]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Rogers]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Basic Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780813335537]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Nothing else damages the earth’s environment more than our cities. As the world’s population has grown, our cities have burgeoned, and their impact on the environment worsened. Meanwhile, from the isolated, gated communities within Houston and Los Angeles, to the millions of residents of Bombay living in squalor, the city has failed to serve its ideal function?as the cradle of civilization, the engine of culture, and the inspiration for community and citizenship. In Cities for a Small Planet, Sir Richard Rogers, one of the world’s leading architects and the designer of the Pompidou Center in Paris, demonstrates how future cities could provide the springboard for restoring humanity’s harmony with its environment.Rogers outlines the disastrous impact cities have had and will continue to have on our world, from waste-saturated Tokyo Bay, to the massive plumes of pollution caused by London’s traffic, to the depleted water resources of Mexico City. He traces these problems to the underlying social and cultural values that create them?unchecked commercial zeal, selfish individualism, and a lack of community. Bringing to bear concepts such as that of ?open-minded” space?places within cities that serve multiple functions such as markets, parks, and sidewalk cafes?he explains how urban design can be used to give citizens a sense of shared experience. The city built with comfortable and safe public space can bring diverse groups together and breed a sense of tolerance, awareness, identity, and mutual respect. He calls for a new theoretical shift in the way cities do business and interact with the environment, arguing that many products come to market and are sold without figuring their social or environmental cost.Rogers goes on to describe the city of the future: one that is sustainable within its own environment; that can make a positive impact on its surroundings; that encourages communication among its citizens; that is compact and focused around neighborhoods; and that is beautiful, a city whose buildings and spaces spark the creative potential of its inhabitants.As our population grows larger, our planet grows smaller. Cities for a Small Planet is a passionate and eloquent blueprint for the cities we must create in response, cities that provide for the needs of both their residents and the earth on which they live.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>1998-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781879441446</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Land Use and Society]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559634359</link>
<description><![CDATA["Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy" examines the history, current practice, and unmet needs of land use planning and regulation in the United States. Rutherford H. Platt, a geographer and lawyer with over twenty-five years experience in research, teaching, and consulting on land use policy, recounts the evolution of land use management and regulation from its early roots in English common law to contemporary legal approaches and constitutional issues. Topics covered include: the interaction of geography and law in land use policy historic development of response to urban problems in the nineteenth century important land use legal cases in the United States over the past century, including current takings law strengths and weaknesses of American experience with zoning laws and related measures techniques employed by state and local governments to steer private developers into responsible growth practices the protection of wetlands, floodplains, coastal zones, and agricultural areas what has been accomplished and what remains inadequately addressed in contemporary urban land use management Throughout, the author argues that rational planning and controlled exploitation of natural resources are hindered by fragmented jurisdictions of federal, state, local, and municipal regulatory bodies.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Land Use and Society]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rutherford H. Platt]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559634359]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy" examines the history, current practice, and unmet needs of land use planning and regulation in the United States. Rutherford H. Platt, a geographer and lawyer with over twenty-five years experience in research, teaching, and consulting on land use policy, recounts the evolution of land use management and regulation from its early roots in English common law to contemporary legal approaches and constitutional issues. Topics covered include: the interaction of geography and law in land use policy historic development of response to urban problems in the nineteenth century important land use legal cases in the United States over the past century, including current takings law strengths and weaknesses of American experience with zoning laws and related measures techniques employed by state and local governments to steer private developers into responsible growth practices the protection of wetlands, floodplains, coastal zones, and agricultural areas what has been accomplished and what remains inadequately addressed in contemporary urban land use management Throughout, the author argues that rational planning and controlled exploitation of natural resources are hindered by fragmented jurisdictions of federal, state, local, and municipal regulatory bodies.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1995-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Asphalt Nation]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780520216204</link>
<description><![CDATA["Jane Holtz Kay's book has given us a profound way of seeing the automobile's ruinous impact on American life. "Asphalt Nation is terrific."--Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Asphalt Nation]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Holtz Kay]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[University of California Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780520216204]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Jane Holtz Kay's book has given us a profound way of seeing the automobile's ruinous impact on American life. "Asphalt Nation is terrific."--Jane Jacobs, author of "The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1998-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Land Use in America]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559634649</link>
<description><![CDATA[Land Use in America is designed to help communities throughout the country accommodate growth in better, more environmentally sound, more fiscally responsible ways. Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan, two preeminent figures in the modern conservation movement, provide a broad overview of major land use issues of the past twenty-five years and a ten-point agenda for future action. They look at key trends and patterns of the past two decades and make recommendations for ensuring that future growth takes place in a more sustainable manner. The synthesis and analysis featured in the first part of the book is based in large part on a series of papers that are included in their entirety in the second part of the book.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Land Use in America]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurance S. Rockefeller; Henry L. Diamond; Patrick F. Noonan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559634649]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Land Use in America is designed to help communities throughout the country accommodate growth in better, more environmentally sound, more fiscally responsible ways. Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan, two preeminent figures in the modern conservation movement, provide a broad overview of major land use issues of the past twenty-five years and a ten-point agenda for future action. They look at key trends and patterns of the past two decades and make recommendations for ensuring that future growth takes place in a more sustainable manner. The synthesis and analysis featured in the first part of the book is based in large part on a series of papers that are included in their entirety in the second part of the book.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1996-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Design for Human Ecosystems]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559637206</link>
<description><![CDATA[For more than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) was one of the leading thinkers in ecological design. Design for Human Ecosystems, originally published in 1985, is his classic text that explores methods of designing landscapes that function in the sustainable ways of natural ecosystems.The book provides a framework for thinking about and understanding ecological design, along with a wealth of real-world examples that bring to life Lyle's key ideas. Lyle traces the historical growth of design approaches involving natural processes and presents an introduction to the principles, methods, and techniques that can be used to shape landscape, land use, and natural resources in an ecologically sensitive and sustainable manner.This new edition features a foreword by Joan Woodward, a noted landscape architecture professor and colleague of Lyle, that places the book in the context of current ecological design thinking and discusses Lyle's contributions to the field. It will be a valuable work for landscape architects, planners, students of ecological design, and anyone interested in creating landscapes that meet the needs of an area's inhabitants -- human and nonhuman alike.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Design for Human Ecosystems]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Lyle; Joan Woodward]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559637206]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[For more than 30 years, John Tillman Lyle (1934-1998) was one of the leading thinkers in ecological design. Design for Human Ecosystems, originally published in 1985, is his classic text that explores methods of designing landscapes that function in the sustainable ways of natural ecosystems.The book provides a framework for thinking about and understanding ecological design, along with a wealth of real-world examples that bring to life Lyle's key ideas. Lyle traces the historical growth of design approaches involving natural processes and presents an introduction to the principles, methods, and techniques that can be used to shape landscape, land use, and natural resources in an ecologically sensitive and sustainable manner.This new edition features a foreword by Joan Woodward, a noted landscape architecture professor and colleague of Lyle, that places the book in the context of current ecological design thinking and discusses Lyle's contributions to the field. It will be a valuable work for landscape architects, planners, students of ecological design, and anyone interested in creating landscapes that meet the needs of an area's inhabitants -- human and nonhuman alike.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth in Mind]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559634953</link>
<description><![CDATA[In Earth in Mind, Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education. Much of what has gone wrong with the world, he argues, is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that alienates us from life in the name of human domination; causes students to worry about how to make a living before they know who they are; overemphasizes success and careers; separates feeling from intellect and the practical from the theoretical and deadens the sense of wonder for the created world. The crisis we face, Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Earth in Mind]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David W. Orr]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Island Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559634953]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In Earth in Mind, Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education. Much of what has gone wrong with the world, he argues, is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that alienates us from life in the name of human domination; causes students to worry about how to make a living before they know who they are; overemphasizes success and careers; separates feeling from intellect and the practical from the theoretical and deadens the sense of wonder for the created world. The crisis we face, Orr explains, is one of mind, perception, and values. It is, first and foremost, an educational challenge.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Educating for Eco-Justice and Community]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780820323060</link>
<description><![CDATA[We believe in social justice. We support educational reform. Yet unless we reframe our approaches to both, says C. A. Bowers, the social justice attained through educational reform will only lead to more intractable forms of consumerism and further impoverishment of our communities. In Educating for Eco-Justice and Community Bowers outlines a strategy for educational reform that confronts the rapid degradation of our ecosystems by renewing the face-to-face, intergenerational traditions that can serve as alternatives to our hyper-consumerist, technology-driven worldview.Bowers explains how current technological and progressive programs of educational reform operate on deep cultural assumptions that came out of the Enlightenment and led to the Industrial Revolution. These beliefs frame our relationship with nature in adversarial terms, view progress as inevitable, and elevate the individual over community, expertise over intergenerational knowledge, and profit over reciprocity.By making eco-justice a priority of educational reform, we can begin to:democratize developments in science and technology in ways that eliminate eco-racism;reverse the global processes that are worsening the economic and political inequities between the hemispheres;expose the cultural forces that turn aspects of daily life--from education and entertainment to work and leisure--into market-dependent relationships;uplift knowledge and traditions of intergenerationally connected communities; anddevelop a sense of moral responsibility for the long-term consequences of our excessive material demands.In the tradition of Wendell Berry, David Orr, and Kirkpatrick Sale, Bowers thinks about our place in the natural world and the current economies to show how we can reform education and create a less consumer-driven society.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Educating for Eco-Justice and Community]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[C. A. Bowers]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[University of Georgia Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780820323060]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[We believe in social justice. We support educational reform. Yet unless we reframe our approaches to both, says C. A. Bowers, the social justice attained through educational reform will only lead to more intractable forms of consumerism and further impoverishment of our communities. In Educating for Eco-Justice and Community Bowers outlines a strategy for educational reform that confronts the rapid degradation of our ecosystems by renewing the face-to-face, intergenerational traditions that can serve as alternatives to our hyper-consumerist, technology-driven worldview.Bowers explains how current technological and progressive programs of educational reform operate on deep cultural assumptions that came out of the Enlightenment and led to the Industrial Revolution. These beliefs frame our relationship with nature in adversarial terms, view progress as inevitable, and elevate the individual over community, expertise over intergenerational knowledge, and profit over reciprocity.By making eco-justice a priority of educational reform, we can begin to:democratize developments in science and technology in ways that eliminate eco-racism;reverse the global processes that are worsening the economic and political inequities between the hemispheres;expose the cultural forces that turn aspects of daily life--from education and entertainment to work and leisure--into market-dependent relationships;uplift knowledge and traditions of intergenerationally connected communities; anddevelop a sense of moral responsibility for the long-term consequences of our excessive material demands.In the tradition of Wendell Berry, David Orr, and Kirkpatrick Sale, Bowers thinks about our place in the natural world and the current economies to show how we can reform education and create a less consumer-driven society.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Art of Humane Education]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780801440397</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Art of Humane Education]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Phillip Verene]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Cornell University Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780801440397]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Educating by Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780787910464</link>
<description><![CDATA["A must read for anyone interested in creating educationally sound campus environments. This book provides both a comprehensive review of environmental theory and practical strategies for enhancing student learning."  
—Nancy J. Evans, associate professor and coordinator, Higher Education Program, Iowa State University  
  
"Practitioners and students of all ages will greatly benefit from reading this synthesis of learning environment research and theory. The book draws on an impressively broad array of literature, and yet is organized for practical use."  
—Will Barratt, associate professor of counseling, Indiana State University  
  
Many books explore the effects of environments on people, but there are few that examine the complexities of campus settings and how they contribute to student learning and success. Educating by Design fills the information gap by providing a comprehensive model for creating student-friendly and learning-supportive campus environments.  
  
Authors C. Carney Strange and James H. Banning draw from decades of research and experience to present an integrated framework for assessing and understanding academic environments. They describe the key concepts defining effective person-environment interactions and examine how these principles work through four different environmental components: physical, aggregate, organizational, and socially constructed. They also discuss the four conditions for successful learning: inclusion, safety, involvement, and community. Filled with engaging anecdotes and practical examples, this long-awaited volume helps academic administrators and student services professionals to plan effective programs and build supportive learning communities.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Educating by Design]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[C. Carney Strange; James H. Banning]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Jossey-Bass]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780787910464]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["A must read for anyone interested in creating educationally sound campus environments. This book provides both a comprehensive review of environmental theory and practical strategies for enhancing student learning."  
—Nancy J. Evans, associate professor and coordinator, Higher Education Program, Iowa State University  
  
"Practitioners and students of all ages will greatly benefit from reading this synthesis of learning environment research and theory. The book draws on an impressively broad array of literature, and yet is organized for practical use."  
—Will Barratt, associate professor of counseling, Indiana State University  
  
Many books explore the effects of environments on people, but there are few that examine the complexities of campus settings and how they contribute to student learning and success. Educating by Design fills the information gap by providing a comprehensive model for creating student-friendly and learning-supportive campus environments.  
  
Authors C. Carney Strange and James H. Banning draw from decades of research and experience to present an integrated framework for assessing and understanding academic environments. They describe the key concepts defining effective person-environment interactions and examine how these principles work through four different environmental components: physical, aggregate, organizational, and socially constructed. They also discuss the four conditions for successful learning: inclusion, safety, involvement, and community. Filled with engaging anecdotes and practical examples, this long-awaited volume helps academic administrators and student services professionals to plan effective programs and build supportive learning communities.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Universities and Globalization]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789231038907</link>
<description><![CDATA[The effects of globalization are increasingly making themselves felt throughout higher education as in all areas of human endeavour. In order to understand the dynamics of globalization and better define the challenges that it poses to universities in both rich and poor countries, seventeen higher education specialists were asked to contribute to this debate. The diversity of perspectives and wide range of themes presented here provide readers with an insight into the panorama of key questions and challenges facing higher education at the beginning of 2003. The result is a questioning of both the place of universities on the international scene and their social relevance in the knowledge-based world where innovation has become the driving force. As Hans van Ginkel argues, higher education is undergoing a Copernican change with the national state no longer the sole reference point for the development of universities. By opening up to a new global space, higher education witnesses the emergence of new players: regions, provinces, Lander international organizations, NGOs, enterprises, enterprise-universities and virtual universities. As their orbits intersect and are subject to the gravitational pull of these new systems, universities are forced to change their own trajectories. Contributors include David E. Bloom (Harvard University), Christopher W. Brooks (OECD), Jan Currie (Murdoch University, Australia), John Daniel (UNESCO), Michael Gibbons (Association of Commonwealth Universities), Hans van Ginkel (United Nations University, Tokyo), Jane Knight (University of Toronto), Goolam Mohamedbhai (University of Mauritius), Teboho Moja (University of New York), Bernard Pau (CNRS, Paris), Riccardo Petrella (Universit Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Jamil Salmi (World Bank), Peter Scott (Kingston University, UK), Craig D. Swenson (Phoenix University), and Franois Tavenas (Universit Laval).]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Universities and Globalization]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gilles Breton; Michel Lambert]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Economica]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789231038907]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The effects of globalization are increasingly making themselves felt throughout higher education as in all areas of human endeavour. In order to understand the dynamics of globalization and better define the challenges that it poses to universities in both rich and poor countries, seventeen higher education specialists were asked to contribute to this debate. The diversity of perspectives and wide range of themes presented here provide readers with an insight into the panorama of key questions and challenges facing higher education at the beginning of 2003. The result is a questioning of both the place of universities on the international scene and their social relevance in the knowledge-based world where innovation has become the driving force. As Hans van Ginkel argues, higher education is undergoing a Copernican change with the national state no longer the sole reference point for the development of universities. By opening up to a new global space, higher education witnesses the emergence of new players: regions, provinces, Lander international organizations, NGOs, enterprises, enterprise-universities and virtual universities. As their orbits intersect and are subject to the gravitational pull of these new systems, universities are forced to change their own trajectories. Contributors include David E. Bloom (Harvard University), Christopher W. Brooks (OECD), Jan Currie (Murdoch University, Australia), John Daniel (UNESCO), Michael Gibbons (Association of Commonwealth Universities), Hans van Ginkel (United Nations University, Tokyo), Jane Knight (University of Toronto), Goolam Mohamedbhai (University of Mauritius), Teboho Moja (University of New York), Bernard Pau (CNRS, Paris), Riccardo Petrella (Universit Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Jamil Salmi (World Bank), Peter Scott (Kingston University, UK), Craig D. Swenson (Phoenix University), and Franois Tavenas (Universit Laval).]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Sustainability Curriculum]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781853839498</link>
<description><![CDATA[The links between education and sustainable development are deepening, although subject to much controversy and debate. The success of the sustainability discourse depends both on the pedagogic and research functions of higher education. Similarly, for higher education itself to remain relevant and engaged it faces pressure not only to integrate the insights and lessons drawn from the perspective of sustainable development, but also to be responsive to scrutiny of its own practices in relation to sustainability. Among professionals in higher education, sustainable development has its supporters and detractors. It is embraced by some individuals and departments while being perceived by others as a threat to the coherence of particular disciplines. Although it is not currently an academic discipline in its own right, increasing public and professional familiarity with the term, and the increasing urgency of global calls for the implementation of sustainable development mean that this is rapidly changing.This volume analyses the impact of the concepts and practices of sustainability and sustainable development on various academic disciplines, institutional practices, fields of study and methods of enquiry. The contributors, drawn from a wide-range of disciplines, perspectives, educational levels and institutional contexts, examine the purpose of the modern university and the nature of sustainable education, which includes exploring links to social movements for sustainability projects, curriculum change, culture and biodiversity, values relating to gender equality and global responsibility, and case studies on the transformation, or otherwise, of some specific disciplines.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Sustainability Curriculum]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Blewitt; Cedric Cullingford]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Earthscan Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781853839498]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The links between education and sustainable development are deepening, although subject to much controversy and debate. The success of the sustainability discourse depends both on the pedagogic and research functions of higher education. Similarly, for higher education itself to remain relevant and engaged it faces pressure not only to integrate the insights and lessons drawn from the perspective of sustainable development, but also to be responsive to scrutiny of its own practices in relation to sustainability. Among professionals in higher education, sustainable development has its supporters and detractors. It is embraced by some individuals and departments while being perceived by others as a threat to the coherence of particular disciplines. Although it is not currently an academic discipline in its own right, increasing public and professional familiarity with the term, and the increasing urgency of global calls for the implementation of sustainable development mean that this is rapidly changing.This volume analyses the impact of the concepts and practices of sustainability and sustainable development on various academic disciplines, institutional practices, fields of study and methods of enquiry. The contributors, drawn from a wide-range of disciplines, perspectives, educational levels and institutional contexts, examine the purpose of the modern university and the nature of sustainable education, which includes exploring links to social movements for sustainability projects, curriculum change, culture and biodiversity, values relating to gender equality and global responsibility, and case studies on the transformation, or otherwise, of some specific disciplines.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Four Fish]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143119463</link>
<description><![CDATA["A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." -Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review.   Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fish offers a way for us to move toward a future in which healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Four Fish]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul  Greenberg]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin (Non-Classics)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780143119463]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why." -Sam Sifton, The New York Times Book Review.   Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged relationship with the ocean and its inhabitants. Just three decades ago, nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today, rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex marketplace. Four Fish offers a way for us to move toward a future in which healthy and sustainable seafood is the rule rather than the exception.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2011-05-31T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Garbage Land]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316154611</link>
<description><![CDATA[Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak amid sewage; paper people, steel people, aluminum people, plastic people, and even a guy who swears by recycling human waste. With a wink and a nod and a tightly clasped nose, Royte takes us on a bizarre cultural tour through slime, stench, and heat-in other words, through the back end of our ever-more supersized lifestyles. By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume. Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Garbage Land]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Royte]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Back Bay Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780316154611]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Out of sight, out of mind ... Into our trash cans go dead batteries, dirty diapers, bygone burritos, broken toys, tattered socks, eight-track cassettes, scratched CDs, banana peels.... But where do these things go next? In a country that consumes and then casts off more and more, what actually happens to the things we throw away? In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the can. Along the way, we meet an odor chemist who explains why trash smells so bad; garbage fairies and recycling gurus; neighbors of massive waste dumps; CEOs making fortunes by encouraging waste or encouraging recycling-often both at the same time; scientists trying to revive our most polluted places; fertilizer fanatics and adventurers who kayak amid sewage; paper people, steel people, aluminum people, plastic people, and even a guy who swears by recycling human waste. With a wink and a nod and a tightly clasped nose, Royte takes us on a bizarre cultural tour through slime, stench, and heat-in other words, through the back end of our ever-more supersized lifestyles. By showing us what happens to the things we've "disposed of," Royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact-and that unless we undertake radical change, the garbage we create will always be with us: in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we consume. Radiantly written and boldly reported, Garbage Land is a brilliant exploration into the soiled heart of the American trash can.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Oogy]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446546317</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the bestselling tradition of Rescuing Sprite comes the story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted.In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen--one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue--ran up to them and captured their hearts. The dog had been used as bait for fighting dogs when he was just a few months old. He had been thrown in a cage and left to die until the police rescued him and the staff at Ardmore Animal Hospital saved his life. The Levins, whose sons are themselves adopted, were unable to resist Oogy's charms, and decided to take him home. Heartwarming and redemptive, OOGY is the story of the people who were determined to rescue this dog against all odds, and of the family who took him home, named him "Oogy" (an affectionate derivative of ugly), and made him one of their own.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Oogy]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Levin]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grand Central Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780446546317]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In the bestselling tradition of Rescuing Sprite comes the story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted.In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen--one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue--ran up to them and captured their hearts. The dog had been used as bait for fighting dogs when he was just a few months old. He had been thrown in a cage and left to die until the police rescued him and the staff at Ardmore Animal Hospital saved his life. The Levins, whose sons are themselves adopted, were unable to resist Oogy's charms, and decided to take him home. Heartwarming and redemptive, OOGY is the story of the people who were determined to rescue this dog against all odds, and of the family who took him home, named him "Oogy" (an affectionate derivative of ugly), and made him one of their own.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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