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Passive Solar Technique: Let Nature Heat Your Home

By James Kachadorian, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 17, 2009.
Environment: Solar saves money, benefits the planet and makes for a comfortable house that requires little in the name of back-up fuel.

Why I Drink Raw Milk (That's Sold Illegally)

By Joel Salatin, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 16, 2009.
Health and Wellness: The local heritage food movement -- the raw milk movement -- is all about respecting and honoring indigenous wisdom.

Is Blind Faith in God and the Bible a Modern Invention?

By Devilstower, Daily Kos. November 10, 2009.
Belief: A new book points out that the ancient Christians -- and even early Americans -- did not share the blind faith of today's fundamentalists.

Former Wall Street Player Reveals the Inside World Behind Shady Bailouts to Bankers

By Joshua Holland, Nomi Prins, AlterNet. October 30, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: An interview with Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a razor-sharp financial muckraker and author of the new book, "It Takes a Pillage."

An Atheist's Review of the Book of Genesis Illustrated by a Legendary Comics Artist

By Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. October 24, 2009.
Belief: This isn't Beatrix Potter here. It's more like "Dangerous Liaisons" by way of Quentin Tarantino. With tents, sand, and sheep.

How to Farm Sustainably and Make Money Doing It

By Richard Wiswall, Chelsea Green Publishing. October 22, 2009.
Environment: Contrary to what most people believe, a good living can be made on an organic farm, and what's required is farming smarter, not harder.

A National Treasure -- The Memoirs of Gay Rights Pioneer Martin Duberman

By Doug Ireland, Gay City News. October 20, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Father of gay studies programs in universities, Duberman was early to embrace the nascent, post-Stonewall gay liberation movement and join its militant ranks.

Tree Spiker: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Life of a Radical Environmental Activist

By Mike Roselle, St. Martin's Press. October 12, 2009.
Environment: One of the most controversial figures in the conservationist movement shares personal stories of (often hilarious) radical activism.

Countries Are Preparing for Rising Seas But the U.S. Is Far Behind

By Orrin Pilkey, Rob Young, Island Press. October 7, 2009.
Water: By 2100, a projected sea level rise of up to seven feet will have tremendous impact around the world.

Here's the Skinny on Why Wal-Mart Is So Evil (and Has Made Such a Killing)

By David Moberg, In These Times. October 3, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Wal-Mart's origins in the Ozarks created a patriarchal and religiously-tinged corporate culture that dominated the American marketplace.

We Can't Solve Our Food Crisis if We Don't Talk About Water

By Sandor Ellix Katz, Chelsea Green Publishing. September 28, 2009.
Water: Protecting our water commons should be a key issue in our debate about food politics.

'I Was a Birthday Present for an 82-Year-Old Grandmother'

By David Henry Sterry, R.J. Martin Jr., Soft Skull Press. September 26, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: This excerpt from "Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex" details what a 17-year-old in 1974 decided to do for money.

An Army of Home-Schooled "Christian Soldiers" On a Mission to "Take Back America for God"

By Robert Kunzman, Beacon Press. September 7, 2009.
Belief: Take a glimpse into the little-known world of conservative Christian homeschooling.

Is Child Kidnapper Philip Garrido More Evil Than Jeffrey Dahmer? Expert Offers Handy 22-Point Ranking Guide

By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. September 5, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Not satisfied with calling heinous acts just "evil," author Michael Stone ranks "justifiable homicide" as a mild category 1 and "sexually perverse serial killers" at No. 17.

How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought

By Alan Snitow, San Francisco Chronicle. September 2, 2009.
Water: A journalist and water adviser writes about how the the Kalahari Bushmen have a lot to teach us about surviving in times of scarcity.

How We Sabotage Young Girls

By Rachel Simmons, The Penguin Press. September 1, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Girls are encouraged to be nice, quiet, perfect, polite -- at the expense of their authenticity and sense of self.

Inflammatory New Book Attacking Local Food Movement Has One Grain of Truth Buried Under Heaps of Manure

By Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. August 26, 2009.
Environment: "Just Food" is framed as the lament of a lapsed locavore who has been driven into the arms of Agribiz by food-mile militants who, according to him, number in the millions.

Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future

By Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, Basic Books. August 21, 2009.
Environment: Science matters- to politics, the economy, and our future. But do Americans really understand and appreciate that?

Revolt on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis

By Kari Lydersen, Melville House Publishing. August 19, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: When Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors suddenly closed, workers occupied the factory and fought for their labor rights.

Is Whole Foods Sustainable or Just a High-Priced Hoax? I Took a Job There to Find Out

By Jill Richardson, Ig Publishing. August 18, 2009.
Environment: Was Whole Foods truly sustainable, or was it just a high-priced version of the same food one could find in a conventional supermarket?

Dissecting Utopia: New Book Assesses Latin American Left

By Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. August 18, 2009.
World: The rise of the Latin American left is a product of years of social movements and dramatic leadership.

Our Last Chance to Preserve Life On Earth Is Slipping Away

By Larry Schweiger, Fulcrum Publishing. August 17, 2009.
Media and Technology: Shallow news coverage causes most Americans to underestimate the urgency of the threat of global warming.

The Sky Isn't Falling: It Turns Out Gay Marriage Has Not Destroyed the Institution for Heteros

By M. V. Lee Badgett, NYU Press. August 15, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: A new book shreds the conservative talking points.

5 Recycling Myths Shattered

By Nicky Scott, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 11, 2009.
Environment: This it's too expensive, a waste of time, not energy efficient -- think again.

Why Men Need to Get Over Their Femiphobia -- Fear and Disdain of the Female

By Michael Eric Dyson, Basic Books. August 11, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: The author argues in his book excerpt that a "great deal of the nation’s gender problem has to do with how men think about women."

How Much Water Do You Use? Here's Some Quick Numbers

By Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 5, 2009.
Water: How much water does it take to shower, brush your teeth, do a load of laundry?

Howard Dean: How Republican Attack Dogs Plan to Thwart Health Reform

By Howard Dean, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 3, 2009.
Politics: The longer Republicans obscure the real issues and obstruct healthcare reform efforts, the higher the costs will rise.

The Straight State: How Gays Became the "Anticitizen"

By Steven Epstein, The Nation. July 31, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: A new book show how government officials, courts and politicians have struggled to make sense of sexual nonconformity.

Road Kill: It's Fresh, It's Organic, It's Free

By Sandor Ellix Katz, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 28, 2009.
Environment: Even some hardcore vegans have found solace in scavenging. Here's why.

Will Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Continue to Defy Selling Out to Corporate Culture?

By Richard Seireeni, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 27, 2009.
Environment: The historic company was founded by "the godfather of today's green brands." Will his grandsons keep the vision alive?

Why Midwestern Small Towns Have Been Ravaged by Meth Addiction

By Charles Homans, Washington Monthly. July 24, 2009.
DrugReporter: Nick Reding's book "Methland" argues that the shocking rates of meth addiction in the US heartland are in many ways a product of globalization.

Beyond Attica: The Untold Story of Women's Resistance Behind Bars

By Hans Bennett, AlterNet. July 21, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: As the incarceration rate of U.S. women skyrockets, an important book shines new light on the struggles of women prisoners.

Provocative New Book Challenges Us to Really Ask "Why?"

By Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.. July 15, 2009.
Politics: When we create the right environment for deliberative democracy, we can arrive at consensus. In that consensus, there is power.

The Dark Side of Climate Change: It's Already Too Late, Cap and Trade Is a Scam, and Only the Few Will Survive

By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. July 7, 2009.
Environment: Father of the Gaia Theory, James Lovelock says we can't stop climate change, but that humanity will continue in some smaller form.

Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny

By Theresa Amato, The New Press. July 7, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Third-party candidates are effectively shut out of the presidential race by the two major parties designed to squash the competition.

From Farm to Pharma: How Animals Ended Up Living in Confined Feedlots Guzzling Antibiotics

By Will Allen, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 6, 2009.
Environment: Here's the history behind the transition from farm to feedlot and why Big Pharma rules the barn.

Breadline USA: Why People Are Going Hungry in the Land of Plenty

By Sasha Abramsky, PoliPoint Press. July 4, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: America's poor are being priced out of a market flush with excess eatables. It's an abomination we can fix.

Can Engaging with a Radical Religion Help Save Progressives from Self-Indulgence?

By Robert Jensen, Soft Skull Press. July 3, 2009.
To imagine a just and sustainable world, we need not just a politics but a theology that can help us face our delusional arrogance.

Foie Gras: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight

By Bruce Friedrich, AlterNet. July 2, 2009.
Environment: Although some people still attempt to justify foie gras production, science backs up common sense: It's foul.

Save Money By Saving Rainwater

By Rebekah and Stephen Hren, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 27, 2009.
Water: You think that's rain you feel on your shoulders? Nope. That's actually money falling right from the sky. Here's how to catch it.

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