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The editor of this lively assortment of reviews, interviews and other critical deliberations on contemporary Canadian drama has gathered material from books, theatre and scholarly journals; from major daily newspapers in Canada and abroad; from critics, academics, journalists and playwrights. This new edition includes commentary on forty-three English-language plays written during the last fifty years, and a comprehensive index.
The Porcupine Hunter and Other Stories
Henry W. Tate (d. 1914), a Tsimshian informant to ethnographer Franz Boas, first wrote these stories in English before giving Boas Tsimshian equivalents between 1903 and 1913. Boas published them in the much-consulted ethnology classic, Tsimshian Mythology (1916). In Ralph Maud’s selection of the best stories, now preserved closer to the way Tate originally intended, Tate emerges as creative writer.
The Mediator's Handbook
The popular The Mediator's Handbook presents a time-tested, adaptable model for helping people work through conflict. Extensively revised to incorporate recent practice and thinking, the accessible manual format lays out a clear structure for new and occasional mediators while offering a detailed, nuanced resource for professionals. Starting with a new chapter on assessing conflict and bringing people to the table, the first section explains the process step by step, from opening conversations and exploring the situation through the phases of finding resolution—deciding on topics, reviewing options, and testing agreements. The «Toolbox» section details the concepts and skills a mediator needs in order to: Understand the conflict Support the people Facilitate the process Guide decision-making Throughout the book, the emphasis is on what the mediator can do or say now, and on the underlying principles and core methods that can help the mediator make wise choices. Long a popular course textbook for high schools, universities, and training programs, The Mediator's Handbook is also a valued desk reference for professional mediators and a practical guide for managers, organizers, teachers, and anyone working with clients, customers, volunteers, committees, or teams. Jennifer E. Beer, PhD, mediates organizational conflicts, facilitates meetings, and offers related workshops, regularly teaching a negotiation course at Wharton (University of Pennsylvania). Caroline C. Packard, JD led Friends Conflict Resolution Programs for fifteen years and is an organizational conflict response specialist and mediator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eileen Stief developed the mediation process presented in the Handbook, training a generation of mediators to work with community, multi-party, and environmental disputes.
Life Rules
Corporate capitalism has ravaged the planet the same way HIV ravages the human body, triggering a critical mass of cascading environmental, economic, social, and political crises. Economic and climate instability, collapsing ecosystems, peak fossil fuels, and devastating resource wars—if the Earth were a patient, her condition would be critical. Life Rules offers a comprehensive analysis of our present circumstances, combined with a holistic treatment protocol for restoring health to vulnerable human and natural communities. Predicting that Life will last, but if we don't make some fundamental changes, life as we know it—and a lot of us—won't, Life Rules identifies natural laws that have allowed non-human communities to thrive and prosper for several billion years, including: Local self-reliance Mutual interdependence Reliance on non-fossil sources of energy Resource conservation, sharing, and recycling Radically democratic self-organization and governance This sobering yet essentially optimistic manifesto is required reading for anyone concerned about our ability to live within Earth's means. A powerful tool for community transition and cultural transformation, Life Rules offers a solution to our global challenges that is at once authentically hopeful, deeply inspiring, and profoundly liberating. Ellen LaConte is acting director of the EarthWalk Alliance, a contributing editor to Green Horizon Magazine and The Ecozoic, a frequent talk show guest, and publisher of the Starting Point online newsletter. She has written two books about Helen and Scott Nearing, homesteaders and best-selling authors of Living the Good Life, and she is the author of the upcoming environmental novel Afton.
Thriving Beyond Sustainability
• The author’s book The Sustainability Revolution had sales of over 20,000. • This book should have strong academic pick-up from Green MBA programs, architecture programs, geography, environmental science, etc. • Audience will include municipalities, green builders, and the green business community. • Book outlines examples of innovative programs in both urban and rural areas that various schools, businesses, and organizations are implementing to create thriving communities. • Examples include: Danish island of Samso, 4100 residents launched a renewable energy program and reduced their carbon footprint by 140 percent. Transition Initiatives in the UK and the US. Wild Country Campaign in Australia. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability working with municipalities throughout the world. • Each chapter includes a “Taking Action” section with practical ways to make positive changes at home, in the workplace and at school. • There is an extensive resources section for connecting groups implementing actions in each field.
The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook
"Canadian sustainability expert Bob Willard, whp spent 34 years with IBM, offers a punchy, practical guide to leading change in your company in The Sustainability Champion's Guidebook. He presents a seven-step model of change, seven practices that sustainability champions in companies must follow, seven paradoxes they will face, and seven «derailers» to avoid. If you're interested in becoming a champion for sustainability in your company, this would offer useful guidance." – Harvey Schachter, The Globe and Mail This practical, easy-to-follow guidebook helps sustainability champions at any level in a company lead a transformation to a smarter, more successful, and more sustainable enterprise. The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook outlines the transformational steps to take, tips and techniques to use, and derailers to avoid. Bob Willard’s previous books provide a financially relevant, compelling business case outlining why smart business executives should embrace sustainability. An expert on leadership, culture change, and organizational development, Willard distills lessons learned about cultural transformation and provides guidance on how to embed sustainability into corporate cultures. This guidebook is exceptionally easy to use, read, and consult. Each tip is self-contained within two facing pages. A change tip is presented on one page with a supporting sidebar or figure on its opposite, facing page. It is organized around four frameworks for easy reference: A seven-step sustainability change process Seven leadership practices to use during the change process Seven paradoxes that compliment the seven leadership practices Seven derailers to avoid This book is an indispensable tool for sustainability champions who are transforming their companies into more sustainable enterprises. Bob Willard uses his senior management experience from his thirty-four-year career at IBM to create a business case for corporate sustainability strategies. He has delivered hundreds of keynote presentations on the subject to corporations, consultants, academics, and NGOs worldwide. His two highly-acclaimed books, The Sustainability Advantage and The Business Case for Sustainability, are also available through New Society Publishers.
The New Sustainability Advantage
Bob Willard will be one of five inaugural members indicted into the Sustainability Hall of Fame established by the International Society of Sustainability ProfessionalsThe 10th Anniversary Edition of The Sustainability Advantage has 90% new materialIncludes over 100 charts, photographs and graphicsA keynote speaker at 100s of events around the world on the business case for sustainability, often via video conference to reduce carbon footprintBob Willard is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategiesIntended audience includes: sustainability champions inside or outside companies who are trying to convince executives to be more proactive on sustainability; senior company leaders looking for solid justifications for using sustainability strategies; anyone interested in transforming their organization to a sustainable enterpriseBob Willard is the author of three books: The Sustainability Advantage (2002), The Next Sustainability Wave (2005), The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook (2009)The Sustainability Advantage is the only book which quantifies the business case for sustainability with spreadsheets that enable companies to simulate their own bottom-line benefitsDemonstrates how bottom-line benefits for sustainability can increase a typical large company’s profits by at least 38% and a typical small-medium sized enterprise profits by at least 66%
Transport Revolutions
Modern societies rely upon prodigious amounts of oil for transport activity. The impacts over the near term of increasing oil scarcity and higher prices on transport will be among the major challenges facing humanity and will require a revolution in thinking about how we move people and goods. Transport Revolutions analyzes five prior episodes of rapid and radical change in the way people and goods travel. It examines the worldwide state of transport today, especially its energy use and impacts, positive and negative. The authors then show how ample movement of people and freight could be sustained beyond 2025 with much-reduced dependence on oil, focusing on the United States and China. Preparations for the end of cheap oil include: Substantial use of electricity for land transport, particularly through direct powering of vehiclesUse of wind to power water transportRadical changes in aviationRestructuring how transport is financed and managedWritten for transport professionals, those with a business interest in transport, and planners and policymakers, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in how transport will evolve in the years ahead. Richard Gilbert is a consultant on transport and energy and the author of numerous books, including several for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Anthony Perl is a professor of political science and urban studies at Simon Fraser University. He has co-edited and co-authored four books, including New Departures: Rethinking Rail Passenger Policy for the Twenty-First Century and The Integrity Gap: Canada’s Environmental Policy and Institutions .
Blackout
– This book is extremely timely. In the rush to embrace coal as an energy alternative it is vital that we examine the implications of this not-so-clean energy alternative. – Richard Heinberg is among the best-known writers on the topic of Peak Oil. The Party's Over has sold over 50,000 copies and PowerDown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World has sold 25,000 copies. He has given over 300 lectures on the topic. – Heinberg has been honored with a 2007 Gold IPPY award in the Current Events category for Peak Everything, the M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education (ASPO USA, 2006), and the Foreword Magazine Bronze Prize for Environmental Book of the Year (Powerdown, 2004). – This book will appeal to the thousands of readers and activists already concerned about Peak Oil, climate change, and other developing environmental crises.
Creating a Life Together
Creating a Life Together is the only resource available that provides step-by-step practical information distilled from numerous firsthand sources on how to establish an intentional community. It deals in depth with structural, interpersonal and leadership issues, decision-making methods, vision statements, and the development of a legal structure, as well as profiling well-established model communities. This exhaustive guide includes excellent sample documents among its wealth of resources.Diana Leafe Christian is the editor of Communities magazine and has contributed to Body & Soul, Yoga Journal, and Shaman’s Drum, among others. She is a popular public speaker and workshop leader on forming intentional communities, and has been interviewed about the subject on NPR. She is a member of an intentional community in North Carolina.