Author: Fellowship for Intentional Community
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collective settlements
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An "international community" is made up of a group of people who live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. This guide includes more than 700 listings of communities around the world, maps of those located in North America, 33 illustrated articles about community living, a resources section with indices, and more.
Communities Directory
Author: Fellowship for Intentional Community
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collective settlements
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An "international community" is made up of a group of people who live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. This guide includes more than 700 listings of communities around the world, maps of those located in North America, 33 illustrated articles about community living, a resources section with indices, and more.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collective settlements
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
An "international community" is made up of a group of people who live or work together in pursuit of a common ideal or vision. This guide includes more than 700 listings of communities around the world, maps of those located in North America, 33 illustrated articles about community living, a resources section with indices, and more.
Finding Community
Author: Diana Leafe Christian
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9781550923834
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
How to research, visit, evaluate, and join the ecovillage or sustainable community of your dreams. Finding community is as critical as obtaining food and shelter, since the need to belong is what makes us human. The isolation and loneliness of modern life have led many people to search for deeper connection, which has resulted in a renewed interest in intentional communities. These intentional communities or ecovillages are an appealing choice for like-minded people who seek to create a family-oriented and ecologically sustainable lifestyle—a lifestyle they are unlikely to find anywhere else. However, the notion of an intentional community can still be a tremendous leap for some—deterred perhaps by a misguided vision of eking out a hardscrabble existence with little reward. In fact, successful ecovillages thrive because of the combined skills and resources of their members. Finding Community presents a thorough overview of ecovillages and intentional communities and offers solid advice on how to research thoroughly, visit thoughtfully, evaluate intelligently, and join gracefully. Useful considerations include: Important questions to ask (of members and of yourself) Signs of a healthy (and not-so-healthy) community Cost of joining (and staying) Common blunders to avoid Finding Community provides intriguing possibilities to readers who are seeking a more cooperative, sustainable, and meaningful life. Diana Leafe Christian is the author of Creating a Life Together and editor of Communities magazine. She lives at Earthhaven Ecovillage in North Carolina.
Publisher: New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9781550923834
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
How to research, visit, evaluate, and join the ecovillage or sustainable community of your dreams. Finding community is as critical as obtaining food and shelter, since the need to belong is what makes us human. The isolation and loneliness of modern life have led many people to search for deeper connection, which has resulted in a renewed interest in intentional communities. These intentional communities or ecovillages are an appealing choice for like-minded people who seek to create a family-oriented and ecologically sustainable lifestyle—a lifestyle they are unlikely to find anywhere else. However, the notion of an intentional community can still be a tremendous leap for some—deterred perhaps by a misguided vision of eking out a hardscrabble existence with little reward. In fact, successful ecovillages thrive because of the combined skills and resources of their members. Finding Community presents a thorough overview of ecovillages and intentional communities and offers solid advice on how to research thoroughly, visit thoughtfully, evaluate intelligently, and join gracefully. Useful considerations include: Important questions to ask (of members and of yourself) Signs of a healthy (and not-so-healthy) community Cost of joining (and staying) Common blunders to avoid Finding Community provides intriguing possibilities to readers who are seeking a more cooperative, sustainable, and meaningful life. Diana Leafe Christian is the author of Creating a Life Together and editor of Communities magazine. She lives at Earthhaven Ecovillage in North Carolina.
Index of NLM Serial Titles
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.
Organizational Sociology
Author: W. Richard Scott
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351913344
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The readings collected in Organizational Sociology are organized so as to direct attention to the six major theoretical traditions which have emerged since the 1960s to guide research and interpretation of organizational structure and performance. The traditions reviewed are: Contingency theory, Resource dependence. Population and Community ecology, Transactions costs economics, Neo-Marxist theory and Institutional Theory. Major statements of each theory are presented together with examples of related empirical research. A concluding section provides examples of recent attempts to combine and integrate two or more of these theories, as analysts attempt to account for some aspects of organization. Rather than pitting one perspective against another, contemporary analysts are more likely to selectively combine elements from several theories in order to better understand the phenomenon of interest.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351913344
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The readings collected in Organizational Sociology are organized so as to direct attention to the six major theoretical traditions which have emerged since the 1960s to guide research and interpretation of organizational structure and performance. The traditions reviewed are: Contingency theory, Resource dependence. Population and Community ecology, Transactions costs economics, Neo-Marxist theory and Institutional Theory. Major statements of each theory are presented together with examples of related empirical research. A concluding section provides examples of recent attempts to combine and integrate two or more of these theories, as analysts attempt to account for some aspects of organization. Rather than pitting one perspective against another, contemporary analysts are more likely to selectively combine elements from several theories in order to better understand the phenomenon of interest.
Handbook of Community Management
Author: Stan Garfield
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110673827
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This series presents and discusses new and innovative approaches to knowledge sharing used by organizational management in all fields of work. The authors provide critical analysis of issues and present solutions to selected knowledge leadership challenges in all workplace environments. It thereby contributes to improvements in knowledge management, knowledge services, knowledge strategy development, and knowledge sharing within the organization.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110673827
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This series presents and discusses new and innovative approaches to knowledge sharing used by organizational management in all fields of work. The authors provide critical analysis of issues and present solutions to selected knowledge leadership challenges in all workplace environments. It thereby contributes to improvements in knowledge management, knowledge services, knowledge strategy development, and knowledge sharing within the organization.
And I Will Dwell in Their Midst
Author: Etan Diamond
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807868159
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Suburbia may not seem like much of a place to pioneer, but for young, religiously committed Jewish families, it's open territory." This sentiment--expressed in the early 1970s by an Orthodox Jew in suburban Toronto--captures the essence of the suburban Orthodox Jewish experience of the late twentieth century. Although rarely associated with postwar suburbia, Orthodox Jews in metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada have successfully combined suburban lifestyles and the culture of consumerism with a strong sense of religious traditionalism and community cohesion. By their very existence in suburbia, argues Etan Diamond, Orthodox Jewish communities challenge dominant assumptions about society and religious culture in the twentieth century. Using the history of Orthodox Jewish suburbanization in Toronto, Diamond explores the different components of the North American suburban Orthodox Jewish community: sacred spaces, synagogues, schools, kosher homes, and social networks. In a larger sense, though, his book tells a story of how traditionalist religious communities have thrived in the most secular of environments. In so doing, it pushes our current understanding of cities and suburbs and their religious communities in new directions.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807868159
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Suburbia may not seem like much of a place to pioneer, but for young, religiously committed Jewish families, it's open territory." This sentiment--expressed in the early 1970s by an Orthodox Jew in suburban Toronto--captures the essence of the suburban Orthodox Jewish experience of the late twentieth century. Although rarely associated with postwar suburbia, Orthodox Jews in metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada have successfully combined suburban lifestyles and the culture of consumerism with a strong sense of religious traditionalism and community cohesion. By their very existence in suburbia, argues Etan Diamond, Orthodox Jewish communities challenge dominant assumptions about society and religious culture in the twentieth century. Using the history of Orthodox Jewish suburbanization in Toronto, Diamond explores the different components of the North American suburban Orthodox Jewish community: sacred spaces, synagogues, schools, kosher homes, and social networks. In a larger sense, though, his book tells a story of how traditionalist religious communities have thrived in the most secular of environments. In so doing, it pushes our current understanding of cities and suburbs and their religious communities in new directions.
Public Health Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)
Current Trends in High Performance Computing and Its Applications
Author: Wu Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540257851
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
This volume contains 88 research articles written by prominent researchers. The articles are chosen from a large international conference on high performance computing and its applications held in Shanghai, China. Topics covered include a variety of subjects in modern high performance computing and its applications, such as the design and analysis of high performance computing algorithms, tools and platforms, and their scientific, engineering, medical, and industrial applications. The book serves as an excellent reference work for graduate students and researchers working with high performance computing for problems in science and engineering.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783540257851
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
This volume contains 88 research articles written by prominent researchers. The articles are chosen from a large international conference on high performance computing and its applications held in Shanghai, China. Topics covered include a variety of subjects in modern high performance computing and its applications, such as the design and analysis of high performance computing algorithms, tools and platforms, and their scientific, engineering, medical, and industrial applications. The book serves as an excellent reference work for graduate students and researchers working with high performance computing for problems in science and engineering.
The Collection All Around
Author: Jeffrey T. Davis
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838915817
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Public libraries' mission, skills, and position in their communities make them ideal facilitators of public access to local resources. In other words, the collection is all around, and libraries can help citizens discover historical, cultural, and natural riches that they might otherwise overlook.
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838915817
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Public libraries' mission, skills, and position in their communities make them ideal facilitators of public access to local resources. In other words, the collection is all around, and libraries can help citizens discover historical, cultural, and natural riches that they might otherwise overlook.