Practical Tools

From What Is to What If: The Role of Imagination in Transition

By Rob Hopkins, Transition US

In this webinar, co-hosted with the international Transition Network and Post Carbon Institute, Transition Movement co-founder Rob Hopkins sets out the key ideas behind his new book "From What Is to What If" and invites participants to reflect on the role of the imagination in their work in Transition. As Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics described it, "for anyone seeking a renewed sense of possibility, this one's for you."

March 2, 2020

Grassroots Rising

By Ronnie Cummins, Chelsea Green

Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive—and thrive—in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse. This book offers a blueprint for building and supercharging a grassroots Regeneration Movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance—embodied most recently by the proposed Green New Deal in the US. Cummins asserts that the solution lies right beneath our feet and at the end of our forks through the transformation of our broken food system. Using regenerative agriculture practices that restore our agricultural and grazing lands, we can sequester massive amounts of carbon in the soil. Coupled with an aggressive transition toward renewables, he argues that we have the power to not only mitigate and slow down climate change, but actually reverse global...

February 12, 2020

Climate Futures: Re-imagining Global Climate Justice

By John Foran, Kum-Kum Bhavnani, Priya Anna Kurian, Debashish Munshi, Zed Books

Approaching the issues of climate change and climate justice from a range of diverse perspectives including those of culture, gender, indigeneity, race, and sexuality, as well as challenging colonial histories and capitalist presents, Climate Futures boldly addresses the apparent inevitability of climate chaos.

January 3, 2020

Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

Chelsea Green

There is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local, nutritious food have largely overlooked the production of fiber, dyes, and the chemistry that forms the backbone of modern textile production. While humans are 100 percent reliant on their second skin, it’s common to think little about the biological and human cultural context from which our clothing derives.

November 22, 2019

Eating Tomorrow

By Timothy A. Wise, The New Press

A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without expanding industrial agriculture or adopting genetically modified seeds, from the Small Planet Institute expert

September 10, 2019

The Agroforestry Handbook

By Ben Raskin, The Soil Association

Written for farmers and advisors this book will help you assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and to understand the possible benefits to the wider environment.

August 16, 2019

Local is Our Future

By Helena Norberg-Hodge

Distilling the wisdom gleaned from four decades of activism and direct experience in both the global North and South, Helena lucidly deconstructs the old narrative of ‘progress’ through technological advance and corporate growth, while presenting a concise and compelling case for economic localization.

July 9, 2019

A Concerned Citizen: Civics in Action

By Susan Utell, Bo Boudart, Bullfrog Films

Marine toxicologist Dr. Riki Ott, who helped fishing communities hit by the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon spills, creates a civics course to help young activists become effective.

May 13, 2019

Seven Ways to Build Resilience

By Chris Johnstone, Little, Brown Book Group

This engaging, practical book draws together scientific understanding, real life examples and proven methods in describing how you can develop seven essential skills that help your resilience grow.

May 10, 2019

Falter

By Bill McKibben, Palgrave Macmillan

Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out.

April 23, 2019

Growing a Revolution with Soil

By David R. Montgomery, W.W. Norton

In Growing a Revolution, geologist David R. Montgomery travels the world, meeting farmers at the forefront of an agricultural movement to restore soil health.