It would be a perfect world if everyone could quit their jobs and devote themselves fully to the causes they believed in. Instead, The Better World Handbook shows caring, but busy people how to live out their progressive values and have a life! The principle behind this engaging guide is to incorporate everyday activism into even the most mundane areas of our lives-like grocery shopping, banking, eating, reading the newspaper, and working.
The book begins with a concise summary of our society's most pressing problems that lead directly to seven foundations necessary for building a better world: economic fairness, comprehensive peace, ecological sustainability, deep democracy, social justice, a culture of simplicity, and revitalized community. Subsequent chapters are organized around intuitive topics such as Food, Money, Transportation, Work, and Media, focusing on activities that support the seven foundations for a better world. A purchase can allow a locally owned business to thrive; money invested in the right bank can create opportunities for poor communities; a vacation can contribute to preserving wilderness areas; tuning-in to public and alternative media can put readers back in control of their thoughts, feelings and values that mainstream media marginalize. 
Practical and extremely well researched by four university instructors who have synthesized knowledge from a wide variety of sources, The Better World Handbook provides readers with the essential information they need to take effective actions that will make a difference across the entire spectrum of the world's problems.
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All four authors live in Boulder, Colorado where they are instructors at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Each author is deeply committed to activism.

The Better World Handbook : From Good Intentions to Everyday Actions

Business & Money

Ellis Jones

Ross Haenfler

Brett Johnson

Klocke, Brian

Economics

New Society Publishers

The definitive guide for people wanting to make a positive difference in the world. 
 Specifically designed to reach people who normally would not consider themselves activists, The Better World Handbook is directed toward those who care about creating a more just, sustainable, and socially responsible world but don’t know where to begin. Substantially updated, this revised bestseller now contains more recent information on global problems, more effective actions, and many new resources.

The Better World Handbook: Small Changes That Make A Big Difference

New Catalyst Books

Convergence is the season when seemingly seperate life-threads are woven together for your ultimate purpose. At this juncture in your life, you can have cause to say: "Yes! This is me; this is what my life is for." 
Convergence happens when individuals discover their unique blend of Career, Community, Creativity and Call. This discovery is often a result of deliberate decisions to submit, through steps of obedience and, to what one understands of God and his ways. 
We usually pass through seven seasons before coming to a point of Convergence. These seasons are crafted by God to shape us into a people prepared for his purposes. They include: Faith, Fearing and Hearing God, Discovering Your Gifts, Skills Building, Internal Integrity, (Re)choosing Your Spouse and The University of the Desert.

Convergence

Indaba Publishing

I-Operations provides a clear road map for corporations wanting to harness the power of the Internet across their entire business. This is the first book that provides a non-technical framework for determining how end-to-end operations can be transformed using emergent technologies.

I-Operations: How the Internet Can Transform Your Operating Model

Gary Daichendt

The Institute Press

Why another book about leadership? The author's work involves meeting with many leaders from around the world each year and they all have this in common: they want to have impact. They have mastered their craft and moved beyond the basics of running an organization. Best Practices are routine. They are looking at the deeper life issues. This inevitably brings them to the topic of leadership and more specifically, who they are. This book is not a "How To" of leadership, but a "Who are you?" book that considers leadership in a fresh way. Those who work at the coalface of human need are convinced that the lack of leaders is the number one issue in the world today. This stems partly from the fact that our definitions of leadership are too narrow - incomplete. We know lots about entrepreneurs and managers, but there are other types of leaders about which we know precious little. LEMON LeadershipÃ‚Â® expands our view of leadership to cover five distinct types of leaders; not styles, not temperaments, not preferences...types. The simple truths about LEMON LeadershipÃ‚Â® have transformed the lives of individual leaders and changed the working of executive teams. Understanding the truisms in this book will radically increase your impact.

LEMON Leadership: Radically Fresh Leadership

Imprinted in the core of our being is a desire for life to make sense. Somewhere in the back of our minds is the un-whispered prayer, God, I hope that the unconnected islands in my life hold together in your view. When we press pause and are no longer propelled by the momentum of the mundane, we secretly say; I hope I am going in the right direction. Or in a quiet moment when we sink into a seat on a plane, on a train, or in a emergency room we say to ourselves. I hope my life isn't happening this way just because I willed it, just because I made it happen, just because I drove it forward myself. Then, every once in a while, we cross paths with someone who operates in the zone and yet lives in faith. Whether on a page in a book or at a corner cafe we instinctively know that for this person, life's pictures are in the same frame; they are telling one story. Several thoughts immediately compete for the clear space in our minds. I long for the threads of my life to to form a discernible tapestry -perhaps even a noble picture. I wonder if this is a random coincidence, or is there a lesser known path that might lead me to... But doesn't it say somewhere that many diligent seekers did not receive what they had hoped for? Our deep yearning cannot be quelled by busyness, self-help books or group therapy. One-minute-this, thee-step-that, and seven-part-the-other will not satisfy. We have to go beyond the logical to find the glorious. We must push past the mechanics to know the mystery. The need for Convergence is greater than ever. In 2000 few were talking about integrating work and faith; today talk of marketplace ministry is common. Business-as-missions is now a well-worn term. Books on the intersection of faith and work abound. Every day a growing cadre of business men and women head to work with a new understanding that they are ministers, every bit as much as their pulpit counterparts. This is good. People have begun to work with God, seven days a week, rather than doing odd jobs for Him on Sundays. This is very good. Most of us want to have an impact on today and for eternity - the truth is, we are still falling short of the impact we could be having. Convergence, in essence, is the particular juncture in life which causes you to say: Yes! this is me, this is what my life is for. Convergence is the deliberate drawing together of threads woven into your life over the past several decades that reveals your life call. You may well ask, How do I do this? This book is aimed at helping you answer this question in a straightforward yet non-formulaic manner.

Convergence: Integrating your Career, Community, Creativity and Calling

LEMON Leadership will help you to identify which type of leader you are and show you how to apply your specific characteristics within your organization. Understanding these leadership types uncover keys to dealing with yourself and others in situations calling for different types of leaders. Much has been written on leadership, but most writings focus on only two or three types of leaders. In LEMON Leadership, Brett Johnson expands our view of leadership to over five distinct types of leaders.

LEMON Leadership - Radically Fresh Leadership

Repurposing Capital

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