Practical Visionaries

Author : Pam Hirsch,Mary Hilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317877226

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Practical Visionaries by Pam Hirsch,Mary Hilton Pdf

An examination of women educationists in nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. Working with new paradigms opened up by feminist scholarship, it reveals how women leaders were determined to transform education in the quest for a better society. Previous scholarship has either neglected the contributions of these women or has misplaced them. Consequently intellectual histories of education have come to seem almost exclusively masculine. This collection shows the important role which figures such as Mary Carpenter, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, Elizabeth Edwards and Maria Montessori played in the struggle to provide greater educational opportunities for women. The contributors are: Anne Bloomfield, Kevin J. Brehony, Norma Clarke, Peter Cunningham, Mary Jane Drummond, Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Hilton, Pam Hirsch, Jane Miller, Hilary Minns, Wendy Robinson, Gillian Sutherland and Ruth Watts.

Author : Susan Blackburn
Publisher : Melbourne University
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Economic assistance, Australian
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063023901

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Practical Visionaries by Susan Blackburn Pdf

"Practical Visionariesis the first full-length account of an Australian aid organization. It tells the story of Community Aid Abroad, from its origins in the Australia of the 1950s until the present day. Drawing on her own long association with the organization, as well as on research conducted in Australia, Asia, and Africa, Susan Blackburn analyses the efforts of CAA and its Third World partners to create a world without poverty and injustice.Almost from the start, Community Aid Abroad has been unusually ambitious in its aims of promoting development through aid and trade, of educating Australians about their relations with the Third World, and of attempting to influence public policy. Finding effective means of pursuing these goals has involved conflict and frustration as well as hard-won successes, testing the limits of what a voluntary organization can achieve. Now that it has become a well-known national institution, a major challenge facing CAA is to live up to its own self-image as part of a global social movement."

Author : Steve Lerner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 026262124X

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Eco-Pioneers by Steve Lerner Pdf

The idea for Eco-Pioneers came to Steve Lerner while he was attending the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Although he was moved by the vision of sustainable development evoked by citizens and officials at the summit, as a reporter he felt a need to put a human face on the rhetoric and find out what sustainable development actually looks like in the United States. He spent the next four years searching out what he came to call "eco-pioneers"—the modern pathfinders who are working in the American pragmatic tradition to reduce the pace of environmental degradation. These practical visionaries are people who are willing to push the limits of whatever tools they can find for dealing with ecological problems. Lerner provides case studies of eco-pioneers who are exploring sustainable ways to log forests, grow food, save plant species, run cattle, build houses, clean up cities, redesign rural communities, generate power, conserve water, protect rivers and wildlife, treat hazardous waste, reuse materials, and reduce both waste and consumption. Some of those profiled run businesses, some address environmental practices within their immediate community, and some combine their environmental concerns with social goals such as the creation of inner-city jobs. Together they are creating ways of living and working that many analysts believe to be essential to an ecologically sustainable future.

Author : Corinne McLaughlin,Gordon Davidson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Self actualization
ISBN : 0871593408

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The Practical Visionary by Corinne McLaughlin,Gordon Davidson Pdf

There is astounding evidence of a powerful New World growing in our midst-despite escalating worldwide crises-if you know where, and how, to look. A guide to this New World, The Practical Visionary unveils eight keys to spiritual growth and social change: how to shift from what's dying to what's being born; understand the evolutionary plan; make your livelihood a social change strategy; invoke the magic of your soul; turn within to find your higher purpose; shape your vision into an achievable mission; see money as a spiritual asset; and transform conflict into a higher synthesis. Upgrade your inner life, and join the thousands of practical visionaries worldwide who are pioneering creative solutions to today's toughest problems. Book jacket.

Author : Anthony Weston
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1550923463

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How to Re-imagine the World by Anthony Weston Pdf

Who says that all possible social and political systems have already been invented? Or that work—or marriage, or environmentalism, or anything else—must be just what they are now? This book is a conceptual toolbox for imagining and initiating radical social change. Chapters offer specific, focused, and shareable techniques: Seeking a Whole Vision: Creating a pull and not just a push toward change Generative Thinking: Looking for “Seeds” and “Sparks”, Stretching and Twisting Ideas, and Going Two Steps Too Far Looking for Unexpected Openings: “Weeds” and “Wild Cards,” Inside Tracks, Leverage Points, and Hidden Possibilities Working at the Roots: Reconstructing the built world, cultural practices, even worldviews Building Momentum: Playing to our Strengths, Reclaiming the Language, “Allying Everywhere,” Doing it Now, Going for Broke Leap-frogging new kinds of cars and better mass transit in turn, why not a world in which “transportation” itself is unneeded? What about remaking New Orleans as a floating city, or putting only extreme surfers in the path of hurricanes? And why not dream of the stars? The question is not whether radical change is coming. It is already well underway. The only question is who will make it. Why not us? Anthony Weston is a professor of philosophy at Elon University in North Carolina, where he teaches ethics, environmental studies, and “Millennial Imagination.” He is the author of ten other books, including Back to Earth, Jobs for Philosophers, and Creativity for Critical Thinkers.

Author : Jay Conrad Levinson,Shel Horowitz
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781630476595

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Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World by Jay Conrad Levinson,Shel Horowitz Pdf

Levinson and Horowitz show the dramatic potential for profit in not just being a green company, but in addressing the huge social problems that have stumped humankind for millennia. Instead of waiting centuries for government to get it done, business can grab the reins and accomplish more through the profit motive than through any amount of guilt-tripping. Green practices can save and make money, and deep social change can skyrocket those revenues---when marketed correctly.

Author : T. Balinisteanu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137434777

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Religion and Aesthetic Experience in Joyce and Yeats by T. Balinisteanu Pdf

This monograph is based on archival research and close readings of James Joyce's and W. B. Yeats's poetics and political aesthetics. Georges Sorel's theory of social myth is used as a starting point for exploring the ways in which the experience of art can be seen as a form of religious experience.

Author : Tina Bruce
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446290262

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Early Childhood Practice by Tina Bruce Pdf

Nursery World Awards 2012 winner! This stimulating book brings together contributions from distinguished practitioners, who demonstrate how they have used educational methods advocated by Froebel in contemporary settings. Stressing the importance of outdoor play, they explore the Froebelian principles of: - Play - Learning through firsthand experience - Parent partnership and community in early childhood - Practitioners supporting children′s interests and learning - Finger rhymes and action songs - Movement - The garden and forests - Wooden blockplay - Use of clay, paint, junk modelling, construction kits The book emphasises how learning and the application of knowledge become possible through play. It contrasts the Froebel approach with the methods such as Montessori, Steiner and recent approaches to play such as post-Modern ′playfulness′. This book is relevant to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Early Childhood Education, as well as students following QTS and EYPS, PGCE, CPD and BEd courses. Tina Bruce CBE is an Honorary Visiting Professor in Early Childhood at the University of Roehampton.

Author : Nicolas P. Maffei
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781474284585

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Norman Bel Geddes by Nicolas P. Maffei Pdf

Norman Bel Geddes has long been considered the 'founder' of American industrial design. During his long career he worked on everything from theatre design, world fairs and cars to houses and product and packaging design. Nicolas P. Maffei's magisterial biography draws on original material from the archive at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, and places Bel Geddes' work within the fast-changing cultural and intellectual contexts of his time. Maffei shows how Bel Geddes' futuristic but pragmatic style – his notion of 'practical vision' – was central to his work, and highly influential on the professional practice of American industrial design in general.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11045629

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Mills Alden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : American literature
ISBN : WISC:89008357949

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden Pdf

Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.

Author : Tina Bruce
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317330295

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Educating Young Children: A Lifetime Journey into a Froebelian Approach by Tina Bruce Pdf

In the World Library of Educationalists international experts compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their most significant pieces – excerpts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single, manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands and see how their work contributes to the development of the field. Educating Young Children: A Lifetime Journey into a Froebelian Approach draws together Professor Tina Bruce CBE’s most prominent writings from her accomplished 40-year international career in education centred on the Froebelian tradition. Chosen to illustrate the changes that have occurred in Professor Bruce’s thinking and practices over the last four decades, carefully selected readings address key Froebelian themes such as literacy, play, inclusion and creativity. Short introductions are provided for each chapter and excerpt, helping readers to understand the significance of what is presented and explaining how this relates to other chapters in the book. Including chapters from Tina Bruce’s best-selling books and articles, as well as leading journals, this collection offers a unique commentary on some of the most important issues in Early Childhood Education over the last four decades; it will be engaging and inspiring reading for anyone interested in the development and state of early years education in the UK and internationally.

Author : Richard Aubut,Myrna Walsh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738576770

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South Shore Hospital by Richard Aubut,Myrna Walsh Pdf

South Shore Hospital is a dynamic regional medical center renowned for its culture of healing, caring, and comforting, as well as its top-notch medical and nursing care for thousands of patients a year. Opened as Weymouth Hospital in 1922, the hospital's founders set a standard unusual for the day: they insisted patients receive excellent care regardless of ability to pay and required the hospital be self-supporting. From these seemingly contradictory values grew an enduring legacy. Balancing these values produced many first-in-the-region innovations. The hospital boldly invested in advanced medical equipment and insisted on extraordinarily high clinical standards that won honors nationally. Before Weymouth Hospital welcomed its first patient in its pre-Civil War mansion, the seriously ill were transported to Boston hospitals by train or streetcar, because travel by automobile was difficult, if not downright dangerous. In its first six months, the hospital outgrew the mansion and nearly doubled its size, beginning a pattern of robust growth to meet ever-increasing need. Overcoming the financial hardships of the Depression, surmounting the scarcities of World War II, and managing the region's explosive growth, the hospital's story exemplifies courage in the face of challenges.

Author : James Fitzsimons,Ian Pulsford,Geoff Wescott
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643107069

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Linking Australia's Landscapes by James Fitzsimons,Ian Pulsford,Geoff Wescott Pdf

Networks of land managed for conservation across different tenures have rapidly increased in number (and popularity) in Australia over the past two decades. These include iconic large-scale initiatives such as Gondwana Link, the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, Habitat 141°, and the South Australian NatureLinks, as well as other, landscape-scale approaches such as Biosphere Reserves and Conservation Management Networks. Their aims have been multiple: to protect the integrity and resilience of many Australian ecosystems by maintaining and restoring large-scale natural landscapes and ecosystem processes; to lessen the impacts of fragmentation; to increase the connectivity of habitats to provide for species movement and adaptation as climate changes; and to build community support and involvement in conservation. This book draws out lessons from a variety of established and new connectivity conservation initiatives from around Australia, and is complemented by international examples. Chapters are written by leaders in the field of establishing and operating connectivity networks, as well as key ecological and social scientists and experts in governance. Linking Australia's Landscapes will be an important reference for policy makers, natural resource managers, scientists, and academics and tertiary students dealing with issues in landscape-scale conservation, ecology, conservation biology, environmental policy, planning and management, social sciences, regional development, governance and ecosystem services.

Author : Jean Spence,Sarah Aiston,Maureen M. Meikle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135855840

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Women, Education, and Agency, 1600–2000 by Jean Spence,Sarah Aiston,Maureen M. Meikle Pdf

Women, Education, and Agency 1600-2000 explores a range of topics on the history of women in eductational settings around the world, from the strategies of individuals seeking a personal education, to organized efforts of women to pursue broader feminist goals in an educational context.