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Regenerative Enterprise By Gregory Landua & Ethan C. Roland

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Beyond green business, social entrepreneurship, and triple-bottom-line profits lies a new kind of venture: the Regenerative Enterprise. In the context of global ecological and cultural degradation,... More > creating financial capital profits alone is no longer acceptable. Regenerative Enterprise articulates the a new economic model and redefines the concepts of sustainability and regeneration. It then develops the theoretical and practical requirements for regenerative enterprises, entrepreneurs, and enterprise ecologies. The book concludes with three global imperatives and a clear set of principles that invite well-designed and effective action.< Less

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eBook - Organisational Ecology and Strategic Leadership By Per Christensen

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Both strategy and leadership are today a matter of course. How comes, then, that so very few enterprises do actually practise Strategic Leadership? The reasons are many. Top managers want to keep all... More > ways open, not being bound to follow previously decided paths. They want to keep flexibility. Sometimes they have hidden agendas that would surface if strategy was overtly formulated. In some cases middle management hides from strategy and leadership because they want to have the liberty to side with the top one day, the bottom the other - even on the same topic. Leadership is dangerous, many managers seem to feel. One sticks one's neck out, and it might be cut off. Strategic decisions might be unpopular. Ore one's incompetence as strategic leader might become evident. Sometimes processes as those presented here are avoided simply because they take time. There are so many good reasons - and many of them are respectable and sensible.< Less

Regenerative Enterprise: Optimizing for Multi-capital Abundance

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Regenerative Enterprise: Optimizing for Multi-capital Abundance By Ethan Roland & Gregory Landua

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In a world of damaged ecological and social systems, with a fragile global economy and a rapidly changing climate, business as we know it must evolve or perish. It is no longer acceptable to create... More > financial profits by extracting the foundational living wealth of our lands and waters. Enterprises need a new model with which to interpret the world, and a new process for whole-systems design and decision-making. The 8 Forms of Capital is that model. By articulating the multiple forms of capital with which we transact every day, it opens the door for an evolutionary approach to economics and profits. Regenerative Enterprise defines the difference between degenerative, sustainable, and regenerative systems. It articulates the four factors of a regenerative enterprise, and the principles for designing regenerative enterprise ecologies. The Regenerative Enterprise Institute also offers coaching and consulting services to enterprises and corporations that want to take the leap to regeneration.< Less

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25-Tom Swift and the HoverCity (HB) By Victor Appleton II

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In this hardbound edition of book 25 of the new series, Tom Swift is approached by a rich man with a dream of building a city that can float above crowded cities and land without creating more... More > ecological woes. His dream is a flying platform on which such aa dream town might be built, and he believes Tom is just the man to realize it! The inventor struggles with finding a technology to make this happen before he must tell his benefactor it is "impossible." But, a chance discovery on an Internet site devoted to making fun on crackpot inventors and their ideas sets him on the path to an answer. However, nothing runs smoothly in Tom's world and he soon finds an old foe is out to track him down, hurt or kill him and Bud Barclay, and ruin the HoverCity. Who will win in this multi-battle showdown?< Less

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On What We Know There Is: A Critique of Independently Existing Essences By Ricardo Dávila

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In On What We Know There Is, Ricardo J. Dávila argues that given what we know so far from the best enterprise for knowledge acquisition, natural science, there are no existents that exist on... More > their own. All known existents whose identities are obtained by their essences depend on other known existents or conditions for their existence. He also briefly discusses some of the broader implications that follow from such a conclusion. Ricardo J. Dávila holds an M.A. in philosophy from Gonzaga University, and a B.A. in philosophy from Calvin College.< Less

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22-Tom Swift and His SeaSpace HydroFarm By Victor Appleton II

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Adventure 22 in this new series sees Tom and Bud--and their wives--vacationing in Barbados, only to discover a terrible food shortage is about to hit several Caribbean islands. His wife wants him to... More > help, but it is only once a British Ministry comes to Swift Enterprises with money and an official request that he finds he may have an idea or two. The major obstacle is how do you build land where none exists without ruining the ecology? When he settles on an underwater growing environment, there are many things to overcome, not the least of which are rampant rumors on many of the island saying that the Swifts are out to capture and steal their land. One man is so angry he shoots Tom during a public event. But, not a lot can get the inventor down except for a returning enemy out to destroy him and the humanitarian project.< Less

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22-Tom Swift and His SeaSpace HydroFarm (HB) By Victor Appleton II

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In this hardbound edition of adventure 22 in this new series sees Tom and Bud, and their wives, vacationing in Barbados, only to discover a terrible food shortage in several Caribbean islands. His... More > wife wants him to help, but it is only once a British Ministry comes to Swift Enterprises with money and an official request that he finds he may have an idea or two. The major obstacle is how do you build land where none exists without ruining the ecology? When he settles on an underwater growing environment, there are many things to overcome, not the least of which are rampant rumors on many of the island saying that the Swifts are out to capture and steal their land. One man is so angry he shoots Tom during a public event. But, not a lot can get the inventor down except for a returning enemy out to destroy him and the humanitarian project.< Less

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Tuleyome's Wild Nature Book! By Compiled by Mary K. Hanson for Tuleyome

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This book is based on Tuleyome’s popular “Tuleyome Tales” series of feature articles written mostly by our staff members and distributed to the local media. Our articles have been... More > published in the Daily Democrat, Davis Enterprise, Lake County News, Lake County Record Bee, West Sacramento News Ledger, and the Winters Express among others; and they feature places, animals, insects, plants and landscapes in and around Yolo County, Lake County, Solano County, Mendocino County, Napa County and Sacramento County in the central valley region of northern California. You can see mnay of the complete articles at our website: www.tuleyome.org. The book is geared toward young readers ages 6 and up. Each page shows the reader a plant, animal or location within the local region, provides them with a little background information, and then poses a question which encourages young readers to do some research on their own.< Less

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Wilson Avenue Main Street Master Plan in Color By Auburn University

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The LAND 7130 Studio IV is taught as an advanced Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) graduate studio emphasizing natural systems analysis as a basis for site planning large-scale community... More > facilities and parks. Complex cultural and ecological processes of place are investigated within a site context and used to bring forth meaningful form and sense of place. The 2014 studio will focus on a main street revitalization plan (Enterprise Zone) for Wilson Avenue, in Prichard, AL. The objectives of this studio include: • Engage analysis and evaluation of site suitability for main street planning • Participate in civic participation for master planning and design • Develop planning and design vignettes of space, connectivity, ecology and art.< Less

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Re-Envisioning Health In Kumasi By Urban Design Lab

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I am very pleased that the Millennium Cities Initiative and the Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute, and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) Urban Design... More > program at Columbia University have been coming to Kumasi for the past two years to work alongside students of the Department of Planning at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to together address important urban issues in Kumasi. I am also glad that this work has been done in cooperation with our traditional authorities, government leaders and communities. I hope that the poposed projects, written essays, and compiled research for sustainable development for Kumasi will be studied and used by the traditional authorities, governmental bodies, academic institutions and citizen groups, to help transform Kumasi into a city with an enterprising economy, good ecology, and a healthy society. OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU II ASANTEHENE< Less