THE LEADERSHIP OF CIVILIZATION BUILDING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CIVILIZATION THEORY, SYMBOLIC DIALOGUE, AND CITIZEN SKILLS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY RICHARD J. SPADY AND RICHARD S. KIRBY IN COLLABORATION WITH CECIL H. BELL, JR. Forum Foundation Seattle 2002 PART I Back cover As a new century dawns, this book introduces new truths about the theory and …
GOING LOCAL CREATING SELF-RELIANT COMMUNITIES IN A GLOBAL AGE MICHAEL H. SHUMAN Routledge 2000 The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or …
FARMERS OF FORTY CENTURIES OR PERMANENT AGRICULTURE IN CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN F. H. KING, D. Sc. RODALE PRESS 1911 F. H. KING, D. Sc. F. H. King was formerly Professor of Agricultural Physics in the University of Wisconsin and Chief of Division of Soil Management, US Department of Agriculture. He was author of …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART V Introduction In re-making the American Farm School to fit the post-war era, Bruce Lansdale knew that he could not do it alone, especially in a world where the values on which the School was founded found little support from the general public. The success of the institution …
Book review In Part 1 of Earth in the Balance: Ecology and Human Spirit, Senator Al Gore tells us that: “Too often we are unwilling to look beyond ourselves to see the effect of our actions today on our children and grandchildren. Many people have lost faith in the future because in virtually every facet …
Book review Alvin Toffler wrote The Third Wave in 1980. He told us that: “A powerful tide is surging across much of the world today, creating a new environment in which businessmen swim against highly erratic economic currents; politicians see their ratings bob wildly up and down; universities, hospitals, and other institutions battle desperately against …
Book Review In Part 3 of Seeking Sustainability in an Age of Complexity Graham Harris tells us that: “Slowly but surely communities and governments are insisting on the balancing of multiple capitals in landscapes and waterscapes. Other values in addition to profit are being added to the list of desirable properties.” “Agriculture is being balanced …
Book review In Seeking Sustainability in an Age of Complexity Graham Harris explains why sustainability is hard and why ‘collapse’ can occur. In the last 20 years the theory of complexity has been developed – complex systems science (CSS) speaks to natural systems and particularly to ecological, social and economic systems and their interaction. Due …
Book review INSIDE DRUCKER’S BRAIN JEFFREY A. KRAMES Portfolio 2008 Introduction: In Search of Drucker Although Drucker had written three dozen books on business and society, I thought a definitive book on Drucker had not yet been written; one that would showcase his most important management philosophies and signature strategies, and how they are as …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART III Chapter Two: The Spread of Economic Prosperity The move from universal poverty to varying degrees of prosperity has happened rapidly in the span of human history. Life was as difficult in much of …
