Green Development

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

If you are stuck in someone's control or don't want to be, you must know this favorite mind game of great manipulators. It is so powerful that most people won't be able to detect it even for many years of being enslaved. Why? Gaslighting is a very common method of manipulation that when intentionally or even unintentionally used, you'll be so influenced emotionally that you cannot think for yourself or for your own good. Sound nasty? It is. But you'll never know when you're participating as the inflictor or the prey until you explore this book.

Have you ever found yourself in an undesirable position as a result of betrayal? Have you ever trusted someone to the point of your own detriment? Some may conclude it’s a case of bad luck or a chain of unfortunate events. Green Eyes pinpoints a phenomenon that is often at the root of betrayal and detriment. The phenomenon at question here is envy. The author wrote this book to conceptualize envy and help readers understand not only how to identify envious traits in others but how to protect themselves from those harboring feelings of envy towards them.

In today's fast-paced networked economy, professionals must work harder than ever to maintain and improve their business skills and knowledge. But technical mastery of one's discipline is not enough, assert professional advisors David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, and Robert M. Galford. The key to professional success, they argue, is the ability to earn the trust and confidence of clients. In this 20th anniversary edition, Maister, Green, and Galford enrich our understanding of today's society and illustrate how to be effective communicators in a digital world.

The statistics are sobering: 50% of new leaders are deemed ineffective, and 40% fail within the first 18 months of their role. Fortunately, the path to becoming a successful leader is paved with opportunities for growth and learning. This is a guide that offers a new way forward. Centered around the ICE Method, this book provides practical, actionable strategies for Intention, Collaboration, and Execution that will elevate your skills and maximize your impact as a leader.

True confidence is not loud, performative, or dependent on approval from others. It is steady, internal, and built from a clear understanding of who you are and what you value. Confidence Begins Within You is a practical guide for developing authentic self-confidence from the inside out—without pretense, comparison, or external validation. In this book, listeners are guided through the foundational principles that shape lasting confidence: self-awareness, emotional resilience, disciplined thinking, and intentional action.

Meditation for Manifesting Your Dream Life provides you with the tools and insights to transform your life from within. Whether you are seeking abundance, wealth, change, or freedom, this guide empowers you to manifest your desires and create the life you truly want.

A fulfilling life does not happen by chance—it is created through deliberate choices, clear values, and consistent action. Create the Life You Want is a practical guide for anyone ready to take ownership of their direction and intentionally design a life that aligns with what truly matters to them. This book moves beyond vague inspiration and focuses on clarity, responsibility, and execution. Listeners are guided through a structured process of identifying personal values, defining meaningful goals, and aligning daily actions with long-term vision.

If caring about the planet has started to feel overwhelming, exhausting, or quietly guilt-inducing, The Slow Green Reset offers a different way forward one rooted in calm, clarity, and compassion rather than pressure or perfection. This book is not about strict rules, zero-waste challenges, or completely overhauling your life. Instead, it invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with a slower, more supportive approach to sustainable living one that fits real life.

What's more, Lightly is a complete philosophy of life. When you're tempted by an impulse purchase, trying to resist a chocolate donut, or struggling to say no to another obligation, all you have to remember is one word - "lightly" - to boost your resolve and make beautiful choices. It doesn't get any easier than that. Lightly is like a recipe book for minimalism, designed so you can dip into it anytime for advice and inspiration.

Recovery Begins with Awareness is a thoughtful and empowering guide that highlights the foundational role of self-awareness in the journey to lasting recovery. Rather than treating recovery as a simple act of stopping substance use, this book explores how awareness—of thoughts, emotions, triggers, and behaviors—is the first step toward real, sustainable change.

In this book, we delve deep into the fascinating world of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD). From the basics to advanced practices, 'The CI/CD Journey' will guide you through the creation of robust and efficient CI/CD pipelines to accelerate and optimize your software development process. Throughout its pages, you will learn about popular tools like Jenkins and AWS CodePipeline, and how to utilize key technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. You will discover different types of automated testing, builds, deployments, and monitoring, ensuring software quality and ...

Keep Going When It’s Hard is a practical guide for anyone facing obstacles, fatigue, or doubt on the path to meaningful achievement. Life rarely unfolds smoothly, and every worthwhile goal comes with periods of struggle, setbacks, and moments when giving up seems easier than continuing.

Locked in a vault since 1941, here is Napoleon Hill's definitive lesson on how to organize your thinking to attain success! In How to Own Your Own Mind, you receive a one-of-a-kind master class in how to think for success from motivational pioneer and author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill. In three compelling chapters, Hill demonstrates how to organize, prioritize, and act on information so it translates into opportunity.

Imagine waking up feeling lighter, more energized, and completely in sync with your body. What if weight loss and deep, restorative sleep weren’t a struggle but a natural result of aligning your mind, body, and spirit? That’s exactly what 16 Transformative Hypnosis Sessions for Rapid Weight Loss and Deep Sleep for Women is designed to help you achieve. This isn’t just another weight loss guide—it’s a deeply immersive experience that rewires your subconscious to work for you, not against you.

When your life falls apart, society tells you to "bounce back" and "pivot." The Art of Beginning Again gives you permission to stop. Discover the transformative power of the Wilderness—the disorienting but necessary space between your old life and your new beginning. Richard Levi guides you through the psychology, neuroscience, and spiritual wisdom of reinvention with compassion and unflinching honesty.

In July 1965, teenagers Sylvia and Jenny Likens were left in the temporary care of Gertrude Baniszewski, a middle-aged single mother, and her seven children. The Baniszewski household was overrun with children. There were few rules and ample freedom. Sadly, the environment created a dangerous hierarchy of social Darwinism where the strong preyed on the weak. What transpired in the following three months was both riveting and chilling.

Green to Gold is an essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it. This audio explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold, shows how companies generate lasting value.

Do you feel like life is weighing you down all the time and you don’t know why? Do you feel like you’re constantly getting caught up in abusive relationships and you don’t know why? This audiobook is going to answer all of your questions. Being an empath isn’t a clear-cut road, it is a broad term with many meanings, and there are many different aspects to it. So, you might be an empath or you might display a high amount of empathy, either way, you probably share the same symptoms a true empath has, and this audiobook is designed to help you overcome life’s harshest critics and challenges.

You are tired of feeling busy but empty. You are tired of starting the day with good intentions and ending it in a blur of tabs, notifications, and half-finished thoughts. You are tired of reaching for your phone the way a smoker reaches for a cigarette—knowing it won’t fix anything, but hoping it will quiet the itch for just a second.