Starhawk Starhawk

The Empowerment Manual (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide for Collaborative Groups

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The popularity of natural building has grown by leaps and bounds, spurred by a grassroots desire for housing that is healthy, affordable and environmentally responsible. While there are many books available on specific methods such as straw bale construction, cob or timber framing, few other resources introduce the reader to the entire scope of this burgeoning field.

Fully revised and updated, The Art of Natural Building is the complete and user-friendly introduction to natural building for everyone from do-it-yourselfers to architects and designers. This collection of articles from over 50 leaders in the field is now stunningly illustrated with over 200 full-color photos of natural buildings from around the world. Learn about:

• The case for building with natural materials, from the perspectives of sustainability, lifestyle and health
• What you need to know to plan and design your own beautiful and efficient natural home
• Explanations of thirty versatile materials and techniques, with resources on where to go for further information on each
• How these techniques are being used to address housing crises around the world.

Clearly written, logically organized and beautifully illustrated The Art of Natural Building is the encyclopedia of natural building.

Joseph F. Kennedy is a designer, builder, writer, artist and educator and cofounder of Builders Without Borders . Michael G. Smith is a respected workshop instructor, consultant, and co-author of the best-selling book The Hand-Sculpted House . Catherine Wanek is a cofounder of Builders Without Borders and author/photographer of The Hybrid House and The New Straw Bale Home .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781550924848
• Artikelnr.: 38324235

Autorenporträt

StarHawk is the author of eleven books on earth based spirituality, Goddess religion, and activism, including The Spiral Dance, The Fifth Sacred Thing , and the award-winning Webs of Power . A highly influential voice for global justice and the environment, Starhawk is deeply committed to bringing the creative power of spirituality to political activism. She also teaches Earth Activist Trainings, intensive seminars that combine permaculture design, political organizing, and earth-based spirituality. She writes for the Newsweek/Washington Post blog On Faith as well as her own blog, Dirt Worship . Her website is www.starhawk.org.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: A New Era of Empowerment
1 What are collaborative groups? Why this book is needed. How the book is
structured. Leading exercises and meditations.
Chapter 2: RootBound Ecovillage and the Talisman of Healthy Community
Introduction to our exemplary - or not so - ecovillage and its problems.
Chapter 3: The Circle of Vision
Finding a group vision, core values, intentions goals and governance.
Chapter 4: The Axis of Action - Power and Responsibility
Different kinds of power, rules and norms, earned and unearned social
power, privilege and entitlement, balancing power and responsibility.
Chapter 5: The Axis of Learning - Communication and Trust
Communication norms, functional and dysfunctional. Basic skills for good
communication in groups. Accountability and building trust.
Chapter 6: Leadership Roles for Leaderless Groups
Group roles and different types of leadership. How to be an empowering
leader. Empowerment to the midline. Accountability.
Chapter 7: Group Conflict
Embracing conflict and learning to constructively disagree. Types of
conflict. Strategies for mediation. Wrongdoing and due process.
Chapter 8: Dealing with Difficult People
What makes people "difficult?" Trauma and internalized authority.
Borderline personalities and victimhood. Clashing styles and norms.
Patterns of reaction. Problems too big for the group. Hidden agendas.
Chapter 9: Groups that Work
Examples of successful collaboration: Rainbow Grocery, a worker-owned
cooperative; the 1999 Seattle Blockade of the World Trade Organization;
Reclaiming, an Earth-based spiritual network.
Endnotes
Bibliography and References
Index
About the Author