Book Excerpts

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A New Story for the Environment

By Nancy J. Manring

An excerpt from A World of Wounds on finding a new way to heal

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Putting Systems Change in Place

By Matt Biggar

An excerpt from Connected to Place on applying systems change principles to place-based initiatives

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The Seduction of Nonprofit Mission Creep

By Greg Berman

An excerpt from The Nonprofit Crisis on why nonprofits should resist the lure to extend their reach

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Breaking the Algorithmic Contract

By Jose Marichal

An excerpt from You Must Become an Algorithmic Problem on the internet’s social contract

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No Magic Bullet

By Heath Henderson

An excerpt from Poor Relief against the one-size-fits-all solutionism of cash transfers

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Locked In

By Susannah Fisher 1

An excerpt from Sink or Swim on adapting to the climate change we can't prevent

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A New Environment for Climate Politics

By Fabian Holt

An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis

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Boundaries as an Act of Collective Care

By Niloufar Khonsari

An excerpt from The Future is Collective on embedding care into how we work

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People Deserve Better

By Robert Stack

An excerpt from Silent No Longer on how disability services commodify and devalue the humanity of people with disabilities.

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Kill the Dinosaurs

By Jim Fruchterman

An excerpt from Technology for Good on using technology to create innovative and cost-effective ways to deliver programs