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What We’re Reading

An on-going series of books, blogs and articles the Post Growth members are reading in the sustainability, post growth and environmental realm.

What We’re Reading (and Watching!) – May 2012

Even the Rain, The Wise Heart

by Ingrid Johnson and Jen Hinton on 21st May 2012

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading (and watching!) in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. Even the Rain (film) directed by Iciar Bollain A few months ago I started a biweekly film discussion night with a small group of friends.  “Even the Rain” was my choice for the first week.  [...]

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What We’re Reading (and Watching!) – April 2012

The Spell of the Sensuous, Animal Vegetable Miracle, MindWalk

by Janet Newbury, Ingrid Johnson and Jen Hinton on 21st April 2012

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram When exploring alternatives to the status quo, I think many of us are guilty of looking for ‘new’ ideas, overlooking the diverse wisdoms that have sustained people [...]

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What We’re Reading – February, 2012

In Praise of Slowness, The Web of Life, This Changes Everything

by Joshua Nelson, Donnie Maclurcan and Jen Hinton on 10th February 2012

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. This month includes In Praise of Slowness, The Web of Life, and This Changes Everything.

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What We’re Reading (and Watching!) – December, 2011

Teaching Critical Thinking, The High Price of Materialism, and New Scientist

by Donnie Maclurcan on 23rd December 2011

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading (and watching!) in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by Bell Hooks Drawing from decades of life and teaching that centers social justice as it relates to race, class, and gender, bell hooks has compiled a series of thirty [...]

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What We’re Reading (and Watching!) – November 2011

Tuesdays with Morrie, Blossoms of Fire, and The Transition Companion

by Janet Newbury on 2nd November 2011

This is part of an ongoing series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom A story about a student who reconnects with his dying teacher for one last series of ‘lectures’, Tuesdays with Morrie is a gentle reflection on all that we have [...]

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What We’re Reading: October 2011

The God Species, A Chorus of Stones, and Consulting the Genius of the Place

by Joshua Nelson on 3rd October 2011

This post is part of an on-going series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. The God Species by Mark Lynas The planet has nine boundaries that should not be crossed, argues Mark Lynas. Some we’re familiar with, like the climate boundary. Others we more or less ignore, such as the nitrogen [...]

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What We’re Reading: September 2011

The Sharing Solution, Anthill, and The Bridge at the End of the World

by Joshua Nelson on 15th August 2011

This post is part of an on-going series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. This month includes: a sharing ‘how-to’ guide, fiction, and economic/environmental analysis.

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What We’re Reading: July 2011

Slowcoast, Collaboration, and Wendell Berry

by Scott Gast on 1st July 2011

This post is part of an on-going series highlighting what our members are currently reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. This month includes Slowcoast, Collaboration, and Wendell Berry.

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What We’re Reading: June 2011

Peoplequake, Yucca Mountain, and a Subsistence Perspective

by Joshua Nelson on 2nd June 2011

The first in an on-going series highlighting what our members are reading in the Post Growth and sustainability realms. June includes Smart Growth, Peoplequake, About A Mountain, and The Subsistence Perspective.

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