A Revolution in Kindness

A Revolution in Kindness seeks to turn the preconception of 'kindness' on its head -- to revolutionize our thinking about it and redefine it as a moral and ethical value, and to recognize those unconventional places where it is found.

Money

Learn the truth about how money is created. Money tells the scandalous story of how our economy came to be based on debt, a system that depends on inequity and undermines local enterprise. Money is also a unique and indispensable handbook for developing community currencies and exchange systems, by one of the founders of Tucson Traders.

Upsizing

This pioneering work tracks how Gunter Pauli of Ecover became an environmental leader in business, focusing on have a zero emissions policy.

Out of the Box

The 21 fairy tales in Gunter Pauli's Out of the Box prepare companies, executives and their teams to be the pioneering agents of transformation, as well as promising to be both fun and profitable.

Ethical Markets

With insight, clarity, warmth, and enthusiasm Hazel Henderson announces the mature presence of the green economy. Throughout Ethical Markets Henderson weaves statistics and analysis with profiles of entrepreneurs, environmentalists, scientists, and professionals. Based on interviews conducted on her longstanding public television series, these profiles celebrate those who have led the highly successful growth of green businesses around the world.

Grassroots Marketing

A how-to guide on making yourself heard on a shoe-string budget.

The Company We Keep

The Company We Keep marks the debut of an important new voice in the literature of American business. Through the lens of his experience designing and building, John Abrams explores--with a craftsman's eye and a CEO's pragmatism--the role of business in preserving and restoring local culture, social equity, and ecological balance.

A Cafecito Story

The lyric story of how a small cup of exceptional coffee can bridge nations, uniting people in trade, in words, with birds, and in love. Now published with facing-page Spanish translation.

Mid-Course Correction

A personal look at making business more sustainable

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money investigates an essential new strategy for investing in local food systems, and introduces a group of fiduciary activists who are exploring what should come after industrial finance and industrial agriculture. Theirs is a vision for investing that puts soil fertility into return-on-investment calculations.

Javatrekker

Cyconęs exhuberant work provides a custom blend of travel essay and business savvy with a finish of social responsibility that leaves readers a sense of hope and possibility for the lives connected to our favorite pick-me-up.

Finding the Sweet Spot

Whatever your situation, this is the book to help you get started. Finding the Sweet Spot explains how sustainable, responsible, and joyful natural enterprises differ from most jobs, and it provides the framework for building your own natural enterprise. You'll learn how to find partners who will help make your venture successful, how to do world-class market research, how to innovate, how to build resilience into your enterprise, and how to avoid the land mines that sink so many small businesses. Most importantly, you'll learn how to find the "sweet spot" where your gifts, your passions, and your purpose intersect.

The Gort Cloud

Brand expert Richard Seireeni interviewed more than 30 –eco-capitalists” from a broad range of industriesăhome improvement, transportation, household products, food and beverage, energy, real estate, finance, and fashion. The collective experience of leaders such as Gary Hirschberg of Stonyfield Farms, Jeffrey Hollander of Seventh Generation, and the grandsons of Dr. Bronner, as well as other green experts, are a rich source of wisdom for green businesses getting off the ground or for any business aiming to improve its environmental performance.

Companies We Keep

Part memoir and part examination of a new business model, the 2005 release of The Company We Keep marked the debut of an important new voice in the literature of American business. Now, in Companies We Keep, the revised and expanded edition of his 2005 work, John Abrams further develops his idea that companies flourish when they become centers of interdependence, or –communities of enterprise.”

Mortgage Free! Second Edition

As a wave of foreclosures sweeps the country, many people are giving up hope for owning a home of their own. They have good reason to turn their backs on the banks, but not on their dreams. In this revised edition of Mortgage Free!, Rob Roy offers a series of escape routes from enslavement to financial institutions, underscored by true stories of intrepid homeowners who have put their principles into action.

Living Above the Store

The economic crash of late 2008 is just the latest evidence of the truth that many have known for so long: that too much of our modern economy is based on a house of cards. We need businesses that not only factor their impact on people and places into their equations for success but also strive to restore the communities and environments in which they operate. How can this be done? In Living Above the Store, Martin Melaver provides a roadmap for creating such a business. It's not only a "how to" but a "why to" that challenges business as usual to change.