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Masculinity
The New Macho: One Vision Of What Mature Masculinity Looks Like In The 21st Century
'Strong Men?' Masculinity in the Modern World
5 Habits of Highly Compassionate Men
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'Masculinity is Essential to Society'
Maniphesto: A Manifest for a New Perspective on Gender
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The Mask You Live In: An Exploration Of American Masculinity (2015)
Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity (1999) (trailer)
Reconciliation at the Intersection of the Sacred Masculine/Feminine and Activism
How I Unlearned Dangerous Lessons about Masculinity | Eldra Jackson
Tenderness, Vulnerability, and Mourning in Response to the Legacy of Patriarchy
Why Patriarchy Is Not About Men
Our Culture's Unhealthy Ideas Surrounding Masculinity Is Killing Men: On The Roots of Men and Trauma
The Complicity of Geek Masculinity on the Big Bang Theory
Is Toxic Masculinity a Mask for Anxiety?
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory
Misogyny and the Healing of the Masculine
The Wisdom Within: Sacred Masculine and Sacred Feminine
Masculinity, Yet Again, Is Fragile
Healing the Divine Masculine
Education
Schooling the World (2010)
Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside Of The Classroom (2015)
Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners (2019)
A Science Of Teaching (2015)
Class Dismissed: A Paper Tiger Documentary (2004)
The War on Kids (2009) (trailer)
Education For a Sustainable Future (2012)
School Circles: Every Voice Matters (2018)
Ike - Knowledge Is Everywhere (2014)
Re-Learning the Land: a Story of Red Crow College (2015)
Re-Learning Hope: a Story of Unitierra (2016)
Brain Matters: Putting The First Years First (2020)
Ripple Effect (2014)
Free to Learn: A Radical Experiment in Education (2006)
Being and Becoming (2014)
The Forbidden Education (2012)
Why Do These Kids Love School? (1999)
COMMON NOTIONS: Handbook Not Required (2016)
Ecological Learning Through Direct Experience (2015)
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What Is My Activism Really About? to Love, Serve and Remember
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To My Liberal Friends Who Support Israel's War: This Is Not What Defense Looks Like
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The Story That's Destroying the World
To See the World With Eyes Unclouded by Hate
The True Purpose of Government Should Be Investing in People, Not Empire
Friendly Reminder: Humans Are Not a Virus - the Virus Is a Cultural Ideology
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Ideological Hegemony: How Our Own Thoughts Became the Greatest Weapon of the Ruling Class
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Traditional Gender Norms Are Imprisoning All of Us - Let's Be Whole Human Beings
Profit Is Theft: It Sounds Absurd but Here's Why
There Is No One Right Way to Be an Activist
Our Culture Is Driving the World Towards Homogenization on Every Level, but We're Not Even Aware of It
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The Privilege of Not Caring Cannot Exist When True Love Is There
On Ending Racism and the Need for Holding Simultaneous Realities
Looking Forward to the Day That Nationalism Is as Reviled as Racism
What Social Change Activists Can Too Easily Forget
Family Philosophy: a Form of Privilege or Good Fortune That We Never Talk About
We All Suffer in This Love-Desert Society That We've Created - Is There an Alternative?
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My Favorite Definition of Privilege
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Permaculture
Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective (2015)
Bioregional Living: A Permaculture Guide to Food and Energy Independence | Andrew Faust (2020)
The Evolution of Ecological Consciousness | Andrew Faust (2013)
Seeds of Permaculture: If It's Beautiful, It's Better (2013)
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Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest (2019)
All About Weeds
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Perma Kultcha (2010)
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Spiritually Incorrect (2020)
Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World (2011)
United Natures: a United Nations of all Species (2013)
Esteem: The Power of Vulnerability (2016)
Shopping for Freedom: Escape from the Cult of Consumerism (2019)
Surviving Earth (2014)
Dozer's Pet Diesel (2022)
Ecosophia: Ecological Wisdom (2024)
Nonviolent Communication
Nonviolent Communication Basics (2000)
The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature (2020)
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Ten Steps That Transform Anger Into Compassionate Connection
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Core Nonviolence Commitments
The Art of Communicating: Thich Nhat Hanh
Wanting Fully Without Attachment
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Building New 'Nonviolent Cities'
Standing Rock Wisdom: How Sacred, Nonviolent Activism Has the Power to Succeed
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