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On Gandhi's Path

Bob Swann's Work for Peace and Community Economics.

Bigger has turned out not to be better. Servicing the global economy has exacted a heavy toll in the erosion of our communities and the destruction of our environment. Increasingly, we are coming to realize that the way forward looks a lot like the way back — back to strong local economies, back to resilient, tight-knit communities, back to the land and work that is real.

Pages: 160
ISBN: 9780865716155
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Tough Little Beauties

Essays and other Writings by Stephanie Mills.
A writer of fine intelligence and style, Stephanie Mills is known for her nature essays. This readable and relevant collection selects a handful of those as well as pieces on technological hubris, war resistance, reproductive rights and wrongs, and a sojourn in India. Varied, deep, and often witty, Mills’ writings deal with matters that concern us all.

Pages: 180
ISBN: 978-1888160307
Order from the Publisher: Ice Cube Press
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Epicurean Simplicity

Epicurean Simplicity is beautifully crafted, fluid, inspiring, and enlightening, examining topics of critical importance that affect us all. It celebrates the pleasures, beauty, and fulfillment of a simple life, a goal being sought by Americans from all walks of life, from harried single parents to corporate CEOs. For fans of natural history or personal narrative, for those concerned about social justice and the environment, and for those who have come to know and love Stephanie Mills through her speaking and writing, Epicurean Simplicity is a rare treasure.

Pages: 190
ISBN: 1-55963-689-0
Order from the Publisher: Island Press
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Turning Away from Technology

Turning Away from Technology presents a mosaic of ideas and tools for understanding the big technological picture in the context of the global economy. Fifty distinguished thinkers discuss the negative impacts of the technological revolution and present a healing vision for the 21st century.

Pages: 292
ISBN: 978-1897408124
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In Service of the Wild

Restoring and Reinhabiting Damaged Land.
"An instruction manual, a field guide to a sustainable lifestyle, and a glimmer of hope in a damaged world."

-Katie Hennessey,Utne Reader

Pages: 256
ISBN: 978-080708535-6
Order from the Publisher: Beacon Press
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In Praise of Nature

Five thought-provoking essays by Stephanie Mills are followed by reviews and excerpts of the ten most important pieces of related literature written by experts in the various fields. Reviewers include Peter Borrelli, David Brower, Ernest Callenbach, J. Baird Callicott, Lois Gibbs, and others. Following the essays is an annotated bibliography listing over 100 important environmental works.

Pages: 256
ISBN: 1-55963-034-5
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Whatever Happened to Ecology?

By whatever incident one is awakened, or reawakened, the knowledge dawns that the Earth is an organism of organisms, an interrelated whole, thriving in balance, with no preference for one species over another; that the task of our species is to find our way back into the web.

Pages: 264
ISBN: 9781897408117
Order from the Publisher: New Society