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Also by Frances Moore Lappé Title Page Dedication WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK OUR CHALLENGE—DEVELOPING AN ECOMIND

CAN WE REMAKE OUR MENTAL MAP? SO WHY ARE WE MOVING BACKWARD? THE POWER OF IDEAS THE GIPPER AND GEKKO THE TRAP THE SEVEN THOUGHT TRAPS A LIBERATING JOLT

thought trap 1: - NO-GROWTH IS THE ANSWER!

BUT WHY THE BUILT-IN WASTE AND DESTRUCTION? PRIVATELY HELD GOVERNMENT REFOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS BEYOND GROWTH VERSUS NO-GROWTH MEASURING OUR PROGRESS WITH AN ECO-MIND A CLARIFICATION

thought trap 2: - “CONSUMER SOCIETY” IS THE PROBLEM

BORN TO BUY? MATERIALISM MISDIAGNOSED? INSIDE “MARKET DEMAND” WHAT IS LUXURY? OUT OF THE CAFETERIA LINE INTO THE KITCHEN WASTE BEFORE WE BUY . . . WHY? THE “GLORY OF THE HUMAN”?

thought trap 3: - WE’VE HIT THE LIMITS OF A FINITE EARTH

THE LIMITS OF LIMITS THINKING BEYOND LIMITS TO ALIGNMENT RIGHTING THE BALANCE “WE STOPPED THE DESERT” FROM ANCIENT FARMERS, A SOIL SECRET HUNGER AS TEACHER OF THE ECO-MIND FLOURISHING AS, OR EVEN BECAUSE, WE CUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HAVE FOSSIL FUELS FREED OR ENSLAVED US? AND HOW ELSE HAS OIL ENSLAVED? DISTRIBUTING SOCIAL POWER AS WE GENERATE NEW AND CLEAN ENERGY A DIFFERENT PATHWAY, A DIFFERENT MESSAGE

thought trap 4: - WE MUST OVERCOME HUMAN NATURE TO SAVE THE PLANET

SIX HUMAN TRAITS WE CAN COUNT ON IF WE’RE SO GREAT . . . SPEAKING TO OUR NATURE

thought trap 5: - TO SAVE OUR PLANET, WE HAVE TO OVERRIDE HUMANITY’S NATURAL ...

CUES FROM NATURE RULE-MAKING POWER: WHO, HOW, WHY MARKET MYTHOLOGY, MARKET MELTDOWN ONLY CHANGE IS CONSTANT POSSIBILITY GOOD-BYE TO THE FICTION THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PERSONS WILDFIRES OF COMMON SENSE RULES THAT WORK COMMONS CARE REAL FREEDOM

thought trap 6: - HUMANS HAVE LOST THE CONNECTION TO NATURE

SOFT-WIRED CONNECTION: THE PROOF IS IN HUMANS MEET NATURE, EVEN IN CITY CENTERS RETRIEVING LIVES THROUGH THE LAND “TEACH THEM TO LONG FOR THE ENDLESS IMMENSITY”

thought trap 7: - IT’S TOO LATE!

THE MOST WORRISOME DEFICIT WHY DEMOCRACY NOW WHAT WORKS . . . WHAT DOESN’T AN ECOLOGY OF DEMOCRACY WHO PAYS THE PIPER IF DEB CAN DO IT WHAT ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT CAN DO DEMOCRACY, LIVE IT OR LOSE IT NEW WAYS OF TAPPING THE WISDOM OF CROWDS DEMOCRACY AND DIGNITY

AN INVITATION—THINKING LIKE AN ECOSYSTEM

THE WORK OF HOPE OUR CULTURE’S FOOD CRISIS THROUGH A RELATIONAL LENS RECONNECTING, BUT THIS TIME WITH INTENTION IT’S THE CONTEXT, STUPID! READY FOR SURPRISES UPPING OUR COURAGE QUOTIENT RETHINKING POWER

CULTIVATING THE ECOMIND: MOVING INTO ACTION

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