A true pioneer and respected elder in ecological recovery and sustainability shares effective solutions he has designed and implemented.A stand-out from the sea of despairing messages about climate change, well-known sustainability elder John Todd, who has taught, mentored, and inspired such well-known names in the field as Janine Benyus, Bill McKibben, and Paul Hawken, chronicles the different ecological interventions he has created over the course of his career. ...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.John Todd believes that a "new sustainable economic order can be established with ecologically based enterprises." Ecology as a basis for design, he says, "is the framework of this new economic order. It needs to be combined with a view according to which the earth is seen as a sentient being, a Gaian world view, and our obligations as...

This book provides an accessible and timely analysis of how the British discourse on Europe has evolved over the past forty years. It focuses on three key episodes: the 1975 referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Economic Community; the 1992-3 debates on ratification of the Maastricht Treaty; and the more recent proto-referendum debates sparked by David Cameron’s Bloomberg speech in January 2013. Using a discourse-analytical approach, the book analyses how political an...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.To hear John Todd is to be struck by his dedication, modesty, integrity, and humanity. A biologist and Earth steward, he is in the forefront of the new field called ecological design, which applies the intelligence of nature to human needs. By decoding this intelligence it can be used technologically in order to reduce the destructive ...

This is a selection of 38 of the writings of John Todd Ferrier. They have been selected to show the profundity and scope contained in his writings, nearly all of which were spoken to groups of friends between 1918 and 1943. Though given many years ago, they are timeless and connect to all truly mystic teachings through the ages and the universal laws that underlie them.In the Foreword we read:Divine Mysteries is a book for those who acknowledge their spirituality and who are seeking a deep...

The Event Horizon is Book One of The Alliance Series. Should there be a demand for more the series will increase in size. Book one shows the first contact between man and our Brethren, the humanoids of the four worlds of the twin star solar system. We find ourselves on the first recorded journey outside our own solar system and the discovery of not only life but a myriad of worlds and peoples that inhabit them. There are of course enemies and also a visit from cosmic beings that eat planet...

While soliciting charity donations, a young man and woman unexpectedly meet again.All proceeds from this work will be donated: until 5/2020 to benefit Covid-19 pandemic victims, until 11/2020 to the American Heart Association, and until 3/2022 to help the children of a close relative of this cover model after she was killed. Her estranged husband is in custody.https://www.gofundme.com/f/theomomofunds

A difficult story about a difficult character, who I imagine to be on one spectrum or another. He starts out intolerant, but saving a friend in need may help him learn something about empathy. Caution: he verbally bullies a passerby who may or may not be gay. Written in 1989.

A cowboy-inflected teacher attempts to impose his own brand of order on a classroom full of impishly rebellious students. Note: includes mild spanking.

A light-ish escapist post-apocalyptic adventure romance.35 years after a devastating plague, people have gathered into settlements for mutual protection. Two young settlers, Ben and Tasha, fall in love, build a home, celebrate their pairing in a hot spring cavern, and help keep their people safe as their settlement grows.

THE SCORCHED have freed themselves from Jason Wynn's control, and with the Dead Zones restored, they regain their powers and seek to reclaim their glory. However, this resurgence also revives formidable foes, including the relentless VICERATOR, who aims to eliminate them for good.Collects THE SCORCHED #33-38

Bioneers Dan Dagget, Paul Stamets, and John Todd show how cows, mushrooms, fungi and "living machines," are being used to restore Superfund sites, "eat" diesel spills and decontaminate soil and water.