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NEW SOCIETY BLOG — Progressive Leadership
The Tongue Twister Game
In The Power Manual: How to Master Complex Power Dynamics, Cyndi Suarez includes a section on games. She says, “Play catalyzes creativity and innovation. Play allows experimentation with different potential realities. Trying things out first in play space increases the chances of successful innovation in the structured space of everyday life"
Choosing Hope in these Troubled Times
Today's blog is from Kate Davies, author of Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Trouble Times, and winner of the Grand Prize Nautilus Award.
Tags: Activism, Climate Change, Collapse, Community, Progressive Leadership, Social Justice, Sustainable Living
New Society Publishers Spring 2020
Our Acquisitions Editor Rob West offers an introduction to our Spring 2020 season in today's blog. All of these books are now available for pre-order.
Tags: Activism, Climate Change, Community, Cooking, Ecological Design & Planning, Education, Environment & Economy, Gardening, Progressive Leadership
How liberals can talk and listen to Trump supporters, without blowing a fuse
Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide by Erica Etelson shows progressives how to communicate respectfully and effectively across the great political divide, defusing hostility, building trust, and, just maybe, discovering common ground.
How to Make Happiness and Well-being the Purpose of Your Government
Today's post is an excerpt from The Happiness Policy Handbook by Laura Musikanski, Rhonda Phillips & Jean Crowder. The Happiness Policy Handbook provides a concise background on happiness studies and science, coupled with practical tools for formulating and integrating happiness policy at all levels of government.
Tags: Book Excerpt, Community, Ecological Design & Planning, Environment & Economy, Health, Progressive Leadership, Social Justice, Sustainable Living