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Effective Collaboration
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Us Now: The Power of Open Collaboration & the Internet (2009)
Together: How Cooperatives Show Resilience to the Crisis (2012)
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The Regenerative Design (R)Evolution - Daniel Christian Wahl
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Activism Revisited: Conscious Participation and Collective Intelligence
Regenerative Cultures and Economies of Place | Daniel Christian Wahl
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Towards a Regenerative Cosmology: Re-Inhabitation, Re-Enchantment, Re-Indigenisation
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