Personal Development

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller Winner of the getAbstract International Book Award 2009 Winner of the 2009 TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award for

Balance Point (Jenkins Publishing, 2000). Joseph Jenkins examines our collective future.

This lyrical, impressionistic narrative is immensely engaging. While buildings shake to pieces and the land breaks open, we are lead on a journey through time, inside the reaches of the world of spirit, to the domain of healing

EASY WAY TO STOP SMOKING (Penguin Books, 1999). A new and updated version of Allen Carr's best-selling kit that will stop you smoking - for good.

ECOMAN (Random House, 2013) is the story of how Malcolm Rands, an organic gardener and hippy from Northland, built the pioneering global brand ecostore.

This book (published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Global Ecovillage Network in July 2015) introduces a selection of ecovillage projects from all over the world. The editors have aimed to give a taste of their richness and diversity with examples from Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and North America. Most of the chapters are based on interviews with founders or long-standing members of ecovillage communities; while a few chapters are about regional or national networks of ecovillage transition. The book sets out both to honour successes, but also to learn from difficulties and failure.

As with all the YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE books, this book is intended to be enjoyable to read and easy to use - by everyone. The wealth of information is concisely written to be of benefit to professionals wishing to offer their skills; busy people wanting to make a difference in their communities and at the grassroots of their societies, and people from different cultures, especially those from the developing world, for whom English may be a 2nd or even 3rd language.

Rob Dietz and Dan O Neill bring clarity and style to their impassioned and meticulous analysis, offering the way to a better quality of life and a sustainable future for all. Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and coauthor of The Spirit Level Dietz and O Neill create a remarkable vision a world with enough prosperity and happiness for everyone, not just for a few. This book will restore your hope in the future and give you specific things you can do to help! Thom Hartmann, internationally syndicated talk show host and author of twenty-four books

GIVE AND TAKE TELLS THE THOUGHT-PROVOKING STORY OF HOW ONE BIG IDEA COULD TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE BY UNLEASHING OUR GREATEST UNTAPPED RESOURCE OURSELVES.

MARKET SCHMARKET (New Clarion Press, 2006). Molly Scott Cato discusses building the post-capitalist economy.

MID-COURSE CORRECTION (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2000). Ray C. Anderson explains his move toward a sustainable enterprise.

MONEY AND SUSTAINABILITY (Triarchy Press 2012). Bernard Lietaer, Christian Arnsperger, Sally Goerner and Stefan Brunnhuber report from the Club of Rome and expose the systemic flaws in our money system.

PEOPLE MONEY (Triarchy Press, 2012). Margrit Kennedy, Bernard Lietaer and John Rogers outline the promise of regional currencies.

PLAN C (New Society Publishers, 2008). Pat Murphy discusses community survival strategies for peak oil and climate change.

POLES APART (Random House, 2009). Gareth Morgan and John McCrystal ask Beyond the shouting, who's right about climate change?

REINVENTING COLLAPSE (New Society Publishers, 2008). Dmitry Orlov examines the Soviet example and American prospects.

RESILIENCE OF THE COOPERATIVE BUSINESS MODEL IN TIMES OF CRISIS (International Labour Organisation, 2009). ILO's Sustainable Enterprise Programme reflects on impacts of the global economic crisis on enterprises and cooperatives.

SAVE YOUR OWN SEEDS (Koanga Institute). Kay Baxter outlines the basics of everything you need to know to save all your own seeds.

This book is crammed with skills, methods, tools and insights obtained through decades of experience that will be immensely useful to anyone wishing to be an effective, caring, intelligent, influential and successful communicator. By implementing these in all our communications with youngsters we can avoid doing them emotional harm; be supportive of the development of their self-confidence and high self-esteem; and enhance their potential. Relationships between any adult and child, and those within families, could be improved, and misunderstandings and conflict be reduced. The many real life stories that illustrate the wealth of information in this engagingly written book gives it relevance for all adults who have any interactions with children of any age and who wish to contribute towards a safe, sustainable future in the hands of well adjusted, capable, empowered, responsible and caring future adults.

Snake Oil, Post carbon Institute, 2013 Richard Heinburg writes the the rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities across the country. The fossil fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energy development of the century, with slick promises of American energy independence and benefits to local economies

SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION (Hay House, 2009). Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman explore our positive future.

This workbook interweaves personal and spiritual growth, and equips us with tools to create a culture that's resilient in the storms of climate change.

STORMS OF MY GRANDCHILDREN (Bloomsbury USA, 2009). James Hansen outlines the coming climate catastrophe and our last chance to save humanity.

Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads and the Steady State Solution (New Society Publishers 2013). Brian Czech leaves no doubt that the biggest idea of the twentieth century economic growth has become the biggest problem of the twenty-first. Required reading for anyone concerned about the world our children and grandchildren will inherit, this landmark work lays a solid foundation for a new economic model, perhaps in time for preventing global catastrophes; certainly in time for lessening the damages.

We're bombarded by messages telling us that more, bigger, and better things are the keys to happiness-but after we pile up the stuff and pile on the hours, we end up exhausted and broke on a planet full of trash. Sarah van Gelder and her colleagues at YES! Magazine have been exploring the meaning of real happiness for eighteen years. In this much-needed volume, they marshal fascinating research, in-depth essays, and compelling personal stories that lead to a life-altering conclusion: what makes us truly happy are the depth of our relationships, the quality of our communities, the contribution we make through the work we do, and the renewal we receive from a thriving natural world. The authors offer creative ways to cultivate a happiness that is sustainable in every sense: one that is nurturing, enduring, just, and life affirming for individuals, society, and the earth.

Our compost heaps are designed to: Turn carbonaceous material into highly mineralised biologically active humus, capable of growing nutrient dense food. Be aerobic... essential for it to work as soil food. Make the maximum amount of high quality humus. Hold the range of minerals that plants need attatched to carbon, in the form of humus, making a super efficient use of the minerals that are not water soluble, so they remain in the top soil where the plant roots need them for longer. When the minerals are attatched (electrically bonded) to carbon they can only be used by plants or microbes and are not water soluble and do not wash away in the rain or when watering the garden like most others. Make efficient use of the compost materials we have, especially the carbon. Include all 84 minerals our plants need in roughly the right relationships for optimal cell growth. Use mineral sources from our own back yards wherever possible in the medium term... it's a process. Make efficient use of our time. Be easy enough for everybody to do with no expensive tools or machinery.

THE GREENING OF CHRISTIANITY (2005). Lloyd Geering

THE GROWTH ILLU$ION (New Society Publishers, 1999). Richard Douthwaite examines how economic growth has enriched the few, impoverished the many and endangered the planet.

THE NATURAL STEP (Green Books, 2005). David Cook tells the story of the evolution of The Natural Step framework for sustainability from its start in Sweden to the present day.

Water Whisperers, a feature documentary shot in 10 communities throughout New Zealand as they seek to heal damaged waterways and protect them for the future.

The bestselling 1995 edition of When Corporations Rule the World helped launch a global resistance against corporate domination. In this twentieth-anniversary edition, Korten shares insights from his personal experience as a participant in the growing movement for a New Economy. A new introduction documents the further concentration of wealth and corporate power since 1995 and explores why our institutions resolutely resist even modest reform. A new conclusion chapter outlines high-leverage opportunities for breakthrough change.

Why We Did an Issue on Debt Good debts? We know it sounds crazy. But there’s a quiet revolution brewing in how we move money around, and we want our readers to know about it. Subscribe to YES!

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