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Taking back our lives in the age of corporate dominance /
Reveals the profound impact of the global corporate economy on our daily lives; details 75 immediate and long-term Action Steps for empowering ourselves both individually and as a society. Offers specific tips, ideas, and resources on how to pare down our lives and open up our time. This book provid...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Berrett-Koehler,
1999, ©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I: How corporate structures, products, and processes impact our work and personal lives: Introduction
- A time of turbulence: when too much information keeps us from knowing the truth
- The gift that keeps on taking: how the bottom-line mentality is bottoming out our lives and the planet
- The hidden costs of competition: the heavy price we pay to win
- This is entertainment? : TV as purveyor of a culture of disrespect and promoter of a passive populace
- Media, girls, and body image: how impossible images of physical perfection are making our girls sick
- The best government big money can buy: can a corporate-sponsored democracy serve the people?
- What do world trade agreements have to do with me? : globalization means equalizing down to the lowest common denominator
- Time: a nonrenewable resource: why are we finding time to live
- Part II: Fresh choices: saying yes! to amore expansive life: Change and the comfort zone: embracing risks that have been foisted upon us by life
- What's an inner life and who needs it? : trading fear for trust and planting seeds for loving-kindness
- Flashpoints: how our stresses play out in the family crucible, damaging those we love most
- Nurturing what is precious: finding new ways to communicate and connect withour loved ones
- Meaningful work: livelihoods both personally satisfying and earth-friendly
- Giving time, getting joy: life as a banquet for the servers
- Together we are whole: new ways to create a support network while beating the high cost of living
- Paring down our lives: how less can be made more
- What is and what can be: starting from wherever you are with a passionate consciousness
- Way more fun than TV: surefire ways to release your playful spirit.