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Happy Hollow Conservation Easement : baseline documentation report / by Collaborative Ecology,author.; Annino, Amy,author.; Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy.;
Subjects: Conservation.;
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Houses that can save the world / by Smith, Courtenay,author.(CARDINAL)859585; Topham, Sean,author.(CARDINAL)859623;
Includes biliographical references.Introduction -- Assimilate -- Breathe -- Burrow -- Collaborate -- Democratize -- Dig -- Empathize -- Feel -- Fill -- Float -- Grow -- Harvest -- Preserve -- Print -- Reuse -- Revisit -- Rise -- Transform -- Weave.Featuring nineteen home-building and design strategies that are direct, original and often surprisingly simple, this inspirational sourcebook presents a mix of new technology and time-tested vernacular methods that will change the way we think about 'home'. With strategies and houses that span the globe, including developing regions in Asia, Africa and South America, the book shines a spotlight on everything from wholly new techniques to creative reuse of existing buildings and materials. 00Nothing short of a design revolution is underway as we confront climate change, polluting plastics, global migration, rapidly expanding cities and an ageing population. Part handbook, part manifesto, Houses that Can Save the World shows how architects, designers, engineers, self-builders, artists and others are embracing the new challenges the human race is facing.00Whether you are planning a self-build or are simply looking for ways to make your home more environmentally friendly and efficient, this book is packed with innovative ideas that can help us to make our homes and the world a better place to be.
Subjects: Ecological houses; Sustainable architecture.;
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Urban alchemy : restoring joy in America's sorted-out cities / by Fullilove, Mindy Thompson,1950-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-323) and index.What if divided neighborhoods were causing public health problems? What if a new approach to planning and design could tackle both the built environment and collective well-being at the same time? What if cities could help each other? Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, the acclaimed author of Root Shock, uses her unique perspective as a public health psychiatrist to explore ways of healing social and spatial fractures simultaneously. Using the work of French urbanist Michel Cantal-Dupart and the American urban design firm Rothschild Doyno Collaborative as guides, Fullilove takes readers on a tour of successful collaborative interventions that repair cities and reconnect communities to make them whole.
Subjects: Community development; Urban ecology (Sociology); City planning; Urban policy;
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Food from the radical center : healing our land and communities / by Nabhan, Gary Paul,author.(CARDINAL)164856;
Includes bibliographical references and index.America has never felt more divided. But in the midst of all the acrimony comes one of the most promising movements in our country's history. People of all races, faiths, and political persuasions are coming together to restore America's natural wealth: its ability to produce healthy foods. In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities that are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more. These efforts have united people from the left and right, rural and urban, faith-based and science-based, in game-changing collaborations. Their successes are extraordinary by any measure, whether economic, ecological, or social. In fact, the restoration of land and rare species has provided--dollar for dollar--one of the best returns on investment of any conservation initiative. As a leading thinker and seasoned practitioner in biocultural conservation, Nabhan offers a truly unique perspective on the movement. He draws on fifty years of work with community-based projects around the nation, from the desert Southwest to the low country of the Southeast. Yet Nabhan's most enduring legacy may be his message of hope: a vision of a new environmentalism that is just and inclusive, allowing former adversaries to commune over delicious foods.
Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Plant conservation; Wildlife conservation;
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World peace and other 4th-grade achievements / by Hunter, John,1954-author.(CARDINAL)402446;
The power of an empty space -- John comes home -- Pablo sees it all -- Brennan saves the world -- David learns the dangers of victory -- Standing up to the tyrant -- The arms dealers choose right over might -- Gary and the ecological disaster -- Epilogue: The World Peace Game goes to the Pentagon -- Appendix: The World Peace Game and "Teaching to the test.""Award-winning teacher and high-profile public speaker John Hunter offers insights into conflict resolution and collective problem-solving gleaned from his many years teaching kids through the "world peace game," an innovative global systems simulation he created"--"How nine-year-olds solve the world's toughest problems. In John Hunter's classroom, students fearlessly set about tackling global problems--and discovering surprising solutions--by playing Hunter's groundbreaking World Peace Game. These kids--from high school all the way down to fourth grade, in schools both well-funded and under-resourced--take on the roles of presidents, tribal leaders, diplomats, and military commanders. Through battles and negotiations, standoffs and summits, they strive to resolve a sequence of many-layered, interconnected scenarios, from nuclear proliferation to tribal warfare. Now, Hunter shares inspiring stories from over thirty years teaching the World Peace Game, revealing the principles of successful collaboration that people of any age can apply anywhere. He offers all of us not only a forward-thinking report from the front lines of American education, but also a generous blueprint for a world that bends toward cooperation, rather than conflict. In this deeply hopeful book, a visionary educator shows us what the future of education can be."--
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Peace;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Conscious evolution : awakening the power of our social potential / by Hubbard, Barbara Marx,1929-2019.(CARDINAL)175760;
The author issues an inspirational call to action to reimagine political systems for stronger collaboration, environmental well-being, and personal empowerment.
Subjects: Social evolution.; Social ethics.; Social ecology.; Social participation.;
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Nature : collaborations in design / by National Design Triennial(6th :2019 :New York, N.Y.; Kerkrade, Netherlands),organizer.; Lipps, Andrea,author.(CARDINAL)817916; McQuaid, Matilda,author.(CARDINAL)768888; Condell, Caitlin,author.(CARDINAL)817915; Bertrand, Gène,author.(CARDINAL)817914; Cooper-Hewitt Museum,issuing body,host institution.(CARDINAL)152733; Cube Design Museum,host institution.(CARDINAL)817913;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Designers today are striving to transform our relationship with the natural world. While the modern industrial age gave way to designs that vastly improved human enterprise through technology, there were unintended and destructive consequences for the environment. Humans are intrinsically linked to nature yet our actions have frayed this relationship, forcing designers to think more intentionally and to consider the impact of every design decision, from an artifact's manufacture and use to its obsolescence. Designers are aligning with biologists, engineers, agriculturists, environmentalists and many other disciplines to design a more harmonious and regenerative future. Based on these new partnerships, designers are asking different questions and anticipating future challenges, which not only change the design process, but also what design means. 0'Nature: Collaborations in Design' includes over sixty-five international projects from the fields of architecture, product design, landscape design, fashion, interactive and communication design, and material research. More than 300 compelling and exquisite photographs, illustrations and content from data visualizations illustrate seven essays, which explain and explore designers' strategies around understanding, simulating, salvaging, facilitating, augmenting, remediating and nurturing nature. Four conversations between scientists and designers delve into topics related to synthetic biology, scientific versus design lexicon, and recent shifts in the meaning of nature with a glossary illuminating scientific, technological and theoretical concepts and processes invoked by the designers.Exhibition: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, USA & CUBE Design Museum, Kerkrade, The Netherlands (10.05.2019-20.01.2020).
Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Conference papers and proceedings.; Design; Sustainable design; Human ecology; Climatic changes;
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The zero marginal cost society : the internet of things, the collaborative commons, and the eclipse of capitalism / by Rifkin, Jeremy.(CARDINAL)135422;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-347) and index.The great paradigm shift from market capitalism to the collaborative commons -- Part one : The untold history of capitalism. The European enclosures and the birth of the market economy -- The courtship of capitalism and vertical integration -- Human nature through a capitalist lens -- Part two : The near zero marginal cost society. Extreme productivity, the internet of thing, and free energy -- 3D printing: from mass production to production by the masses -- MOOCs and a zero marginal cost education -- The last worker standing -- The ascent of the prosumer and the build-out of the smart economy -- Part three : The rise of the collaborative commons. The comedy of the commons -- The collaboratists prepare for battle -- The struggle to define and control the intelligent infrastructure -- Part four : Social capital and the sharing economy. The transformation from ownership to access -- Crowdfunding social capital, democratizing currency, humanizing entrepreneurship, and rethinking work -- Part five : The economy of abundance. The sustainable cornucopia -- A biosphere lifestyle -- Afterword: a personal note.Describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism.The capitalist era is passing -- not quickly, but inevitably. Rising in its wake is a new global collaborative Commons that will fundamentally transform our way of life. Ironically, capitalism's demise is not coming at the hands of hostile external forces. Rather, The Zero Marginal Cost Society argues, capitalism is a victim of its own success. Intense competition across sectors of the economy is forcing the introduction of ever newer technologies. Bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin explains that this competition is boosting productivity to its optimal point where the marginal cost of producing additional units is nearly zero, which makes the product essentially free. In turn, profits are drying up, property ownership is becoming meaningless, and an economy based on scarcity is giving way to an economy of abundance, changing the very nature of society. Rifkin describes how hundreds of millions of people are already transferring parts of their economic lives from capitalist markets to global networked Commons. "Prosumers" are producing their own information, entertainment, green energy, and 3-D printed products at nearly zero marginal cost, and sharing them via social media sites, rentals, redistribution clubs, bartering networks, and cooperatives. Meanwhile, students are enrolling in massive open online courses (MOOCs) that also operate at near-zero marginal cost. And young social entrepreneurs are establishing ecologically sensitive businesses, crowdsourcing capital, and even creating alternative currencies in the new sharable economy. As a result, "exchange value" in the marketplace -- long the bedrock of our economy -- is increasingly being replaced by "use value" on the collaborative Commons. In this new era, identity is less bound to what one owns and more to what one shares. Cooperation replaces self-interest, access trumps ownership, and networking drubs autonomy. Rifkin concludes that while capitalism will be with us for at least the next half century, albeit in an increasingly diminished role, it will no longer be the dominant paradigm. We are, Rifkin says, entering a world beyond markets where we are learning how to live together collaboratively and sustainably in an increasingly interdependent global Commons. - Publisher.
Subjects: Capitalism.; Cost.; Cooperation.;
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The community-scale permaculture farm : the D Acres model for creating and managing an ecologically designed educational center / by Trought, Josh,author.(CARDINAL)617192;
Current paradigm -- Historical precedents -- Sense of place -- History of the project and people -- Daily life -- Meetings -- Budget -- Governance -- Animals -- Buildings -- Renewables -- Water systems -- Food systems -- Garden development and soil strategy -- The farm ecology -- Forestry -- Community outreach -- Cottage industry -- Marketing and promotion -- Ideas to come.Emphasizing collaboration, cooperation, and mutualism, this book promises to inspire a new generation of growers, builders, educators, artists, and dreamers who are seeking new and practical ways to address today's problems on a community scale.
Subjects: Permaculture; Organic farming; Sustainable living; Agritourism;
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The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins / by Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt,author.(CARDINAL)344311;
"Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world--and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's account of these sought-after fungi offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: What manages to live in the ruins we have made? The Mushroom at the End of the World explores the unexpected corners of matsutake commerce, where we encounter Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human devastation. The Mushroom at the End of the World delves into the relationship between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life on earth"--Publisher's description.Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-322) and index.Enabling entanglements -- Prologue: Autumn aroma -- What's left? Arts of noticing -- Contamination as collaboration -- Some problems with scale -- Interlude: smelling -- After progress: salvage accumulation -- Working the edge -- Freedom... -- Open Ticket, Oregon -- War stories -- What happened to the state? Two kinds of Asian Americans -- ...In translation -- Between the dollar and the Yen -- From gifts to commodities, and back -- Salvage rhythms: business in disturbance -- Interlude: tracking -- Disturbed beginnings: unintentional design. The life of the forest -- Coming up among pines... -- History -- Resurgence -- Serendipity -- Ruin -- ...In gaps and patches -- Science as translation -- Flying spores -- Interlude: dancing -- In the middle of things. -- Matsutake crusaders: Waiting for fungal action -- Ordinary assets -- Anti-ending: some people I met along the way -- Spore trail: the further adventures of a mushroom.
Subjects: Human ecology.; Economic development; Environmental degradation.;
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