« La question que nous nous sommes posée peut se résumer ainsi : que faut-il faire pour mettre l’économie française en cohérence avec une baisse des émissions planétaires de 5 % par an, compatible avec nos engagements climatiques, tout en permettant à chacun(e) de trouver un emploi ? C’est ce plan de marche visant la décarbonation effective de nos activités que nous avons essayé de construire. Derrière les chapitres qui suivent, il y a l’apport de dizaines de collaborateurs, de centaines d...

Pour lutter contre le réchauffement climatique, tous les pays du monde se sont mis d’accord lors de la COP21 afin de ramener à zéro avant la fin du siècle leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre, néfastes sous-produits de l’activité humaine. Reste à passer de l’accord à l’action : que faire exactement ? Et dans quel domaine ? Les ingénieurs et économistes du Shift Project, groupe de réflexion sur la transition énergétique, sont persuadés que l’Europe pourrait jouer un rôle de pionnier dans...

Embark on a journey through the fabric of time and alternate realities in the Dimensional Shift Project. Blending suspense and thought-provoking science, The novel explores the lives of eight individuals who come together during a research experiment. Along the way, what started as a hypothesis about existence in space and time turns into a race to save one of their own.The story begins with a motorcycle race at Portland International Raceway where Kyle, an avid racer, fac...

Shape-Shifting Capital: Spiritual Management, Critical Theory, and the Ethnographic Project is positioned at the intersection of anthropology, critical theory, and philosophy of religion. First, González explores the phenomena of “workplace spirituality” in a language that is accessible to a general readership. Taking contemporary trends in organizational management as a case study, he argues, by way of a detailed ethnographic study of practitioners of workplace spirituality, that the conc...

A fresh start, a budding romance, and a small-town mystery-Bridget Jones meets Nancy Drew.Daphne Patterson hasn't just hit rock bottom-she's faceplanted. At thirty, she's an unemployed librarian, betrayed by her fiancé, and stuck living with her overbearing mother. To say she needs a fresh start is an understatement. When she unexpectedly inherits a house from her long-lost great-aunt Florence in the quaint town of Cobb, Maine, she sees her chance. The plan? Settle...

Power is key in Slut U, some have it, some want it, some are turned on by it and some are afraid of it, but nobody is immune to it. By creating and pursuing his project, Tony has managed to start a shift in power that is going to change the political landscape of Slut U. As he surges ahead, claiming the gorgeous beauties in his inimitable, unstoppable style, his enemies are left scrambling for a toe-hold. But beware, they have not given up.The balance of power is a fickle and ever-c...

This book investigates the argument for the significance and necessity of project-based learning and teaching (PBLT), as it becomes increasingly important in language education.Drawing on research and professional literature spanning over 100 years, it explores the research foundations and the historical and theoretical antecedents of PBLT, articulating the application of PBLT as a valuable approach for second language education pedagogy and research. Utilizing qualitative classroo...

Amazonian Cosmopolitans focuses on the autobiographical accounts of two Brazilian Indigenous leaders, Prepori and Sabino, Kawaiwete men whose lives spanned the twentieth century, when Amazonia increasingly became the context of large-scale state projects. Both give accounts of how they worked in a range of interethnic enterprises from the 1920s to the 1960s in central Brazil. Prepori, a shaman, also gives an account of his relations with spirit beings that populate the Kawaiwete c...

The Lausanne congress of 1974 marked the widespread adoption of integral mission as essential to the evangelical witness of Christ in our world. Ever since there has been ongoing debate as to the roles of evangelism and social action. In this book Oddvar Sten Ronsen argues that instead of the priority of evangelism over social action there should be the anticipation of evangelism as a result of social action. Although evangelism and social action may not occur at the same time, the author ...

Resurgence of Global Populism provides a psychoanalytic perspective to the global implications of the populist movement in the U.S. and its relationship to other parts of the world, particularly focusing on the presidency and legacy of Donald Trump.The book explores Trump’s use of psychological form of manipulation known as projective identification and how his use of this defense mechanism has influenced global institutions, political discourse, and quality of life in the...

Projects in the near future will be managed with a hybrid of Agile and traditional waterfall processes to better address the speed to market, product innovation, and financial challenges that organizations face. The project managers who learn how to merge Agile with Waterfall methodologies first will gain a huge career advantage over those who lag behind. This engaging and highly instructive guide covers what Agile is, and how and when it is appropriate to blend it into your projects. Agil...

Postcolonial Vietnam has an urgent need for contextualized theology of mission, God, Christ, and the church that is rooted in indigenous cultural traditions and the dual Vietnamese spirit of resistance and assimilation. Dr KimSon Nguyen navigates the religio-cultural dimensions of Vietnamese spirituality and Daoism that have hindered the assimilation of the Christian faith in the Vietnamese context and explores a fresh approach to missiology in Vietnam. Dr Nguyen draws upon his deep knowle...