Download or read book Harvesting New Generations written by Useni Eugene Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant sequel to Home Is A Dirty Street, Harvesting covers the social problems facing Black youth and presents a positive rites of passage model for overcoming these obstacles.
Download or read book Hey Black Child written by Useni Eugene Perkins and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins. Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really are?Do you know you can be What you want to be If you try to be What you can be? This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire all young people to dream big and achieve their goals.
Download or read book The Fourth Turning written by William Strauss and published by Crown. This book was released on 1997-12-29 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.
Download or read book Harvesting the Future written by Barrett Williams and published by Barrett Williams. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Harvesting the Future A Guide to Sustainable Food Systems* Imagine a world where the food we eat is not only delicious and nutritious but also cultivated in a way that enriches the earth. "Harvesting the Future" is a compelling exploration and essential guide for anyone interested in the sustainability of our food systems. This eBook serves as a blueprint for revolutionizing the way we grow, distribute, and consume our sustenance. As you embark on this enlightening journey in Chapter 1, you'll grasp the urgency of shifting to sustainable food practices, understanding the environmental implications of traditional agriculture, and the transformative power of sustainable methods. You'll discover that there is a way to bridge the gap between industrial and sustainable agriculture that benefits both our health and our planet. Progressing further, you delve into the principles of sustainable farming, where traditional knowledge meets modern innovation in Chapter 2. Unearth the secrets of nature's blueprint for sustainability, and weigh the merits of organic versus conventional farming, understanding the intricacies of designing ecosystems that thrive. The soil beneath our feet holds the keys to productivity. Chapter 3 will educate you on the living, breathing entity that is soil and reveal techniques to enhance its fertility. From composting to regenerative agriculture, learn how soil health is the foundation of a flourishing farm. Water—the lifeline of agriculture and focus of Chapter 4—is pivotal to survival. This section will guide you through harvesting rainwater, efficient irrigation systems, and strategies to protect vital water resources. Dive into the genetic treasury of crops in Chapter 5. Discover how diversity is essential for resilience within agricultural systems, and why the Seed Saving Movement is crucial for the survival of our agricultural heritage. Chapter 6 examines Integrated Pest Management, redefining pest control with sustainable tactics, and exploring the natural balance within ecosystems. Techniques such as crop rotation and the use of beneficial insects are presented as part of a comprehensive IPM strategy. Local food movements and the reconnection to what we consume are celebrated in Chapter 7. Follow this trend from Community-Supported Agriculture to urban farming initiatives, rekindling the age-old farm-to-table philosophy. Chapters 8 through 17 continue to cultivate knowledge and passion, covering a breadth of subjects from sustainable livestock management to innovative farming techniques, as well as the wide-reaching effects of climate change on agriculture. The narrative delves into the economic viability of going green, the importance of education and community outreach, and the vital role of policy and legislation that frame our sustainable future. Closing with a heartfelt call to action, Chapter 17 leaves readers with a vision that is equally insightful and inspiring. An invitation is extended to partake in this global shift towards a more resilient and ethical food system, empowering individuals to become agents of change. "Harvesting the Future" is not just a book; it's a manifesto, illuminating a path to collective transformation. For thinkers, dreamers, and doers alike, this eBook promises to be both a source of hope and a roadmap to a thriving, sustainable world where every meal is a step toward a brighter future for all. Join the movement, nourish your mind and empower your actions with "Harvesting the Future".
Download or read book The Harvesting written by Jason Wells and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to show every man and woman in this world that God has plan for us all. We all fall short of the Glory of God, but he has been seeking to conform us into the image of his son Christ Jesus. No matter what your background may be or where we all came from this doesn't matter in the eyes of God. Deliverance is on the way for all those caught in sin leading to the neglect of God's purpose for our lives. Salvation is free and we have been chosen by God to spread the good news of this wonderful gift given us by our Almighty God. No matter where you are at in this life at this point God can move in such a way to transform us to be the people he created us to be for his Honor and Glory! Will we accept the calling God has for us in spite of the lives that we once lived outside of his will? Can you believe that God will use you even though you may feel that you've done to much to go on? The good news is that you and me have been Harvested for full time work in God's Harvest field of life. God Bless
Download or read book Chasing the Harvest written by Gabriel Thompson and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lives from an invisible community—the migrant farmworkers of the United States The Grapes of Wrath brought national attention to the condition of California’s migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ grape and lettuce boycotts captured the imagination of the United States in the 1960s and ’70s. Yet today, the stories of the more than 800,000 men, women, and children working in California’s fields—one third of the nation’s agricultural work force—are rarely heard, despite the persistence of wage theft, dangerous working conditions, and uncertain futures. This book of oral histories makes the reality of farm work visible in accounts of hardship, bravery, solidarity, and creativity in California’s fields, as real people struggle to win new opportunities for future generations. Among the narrators: Maricruz, a single mother fired from a packing plant after filing a sexual assault complaint against her supervisor. Roberto, a vineyard laborer in the scorching Coachella Valley who became an advocate for more humane working conditions after his teenage son almost died of heatstroke. Oscar, an elementary school teacher in Salinas who wants to free his students from a life in the fields, the fate that once awaited him as a child.
Download or read book Let s Save the Rain written by Neha and published by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainwater is the purest form of water on earth and water is a cyclic resource that is continuously cycled in nature and can also be reused for various activities after it is cleaned. Don’t you agree then that harvesting rainwater is something that should be a popular practice? Ancient India was well ahead of time, and civilization as early as Indus Valley already had excellent rainwater harvesting system. But, as we progressed along with the rest of the world, we abandoned our traditional practices; and at present we are trying to reintroduce the ancient conservation techniques and integrate them with the new technology to address our water scarcity. Let’s Save The Rain not only talks about the traditional and modern rainwater harvesting systems, but it is a short introduction to this important water conservation technique. The concept, its uses, and its close relationship with the environment are beautifully elucidated with experiments, DIYs, and math calculations. This book is an easy read that explores the concepts and increase awareness about rainwater harvesting.
Download or read book Nhakanomics Harvesting Knowledge and Value for Re generation Through Social Innovation written by Ronnie Lessem and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nhakanomics: Harvesting Knowledge and Value for Re-generation Through Social Innovation is a radical departure from the commonly held belief that neo-liberal economics from the US and the West is universal, and is the only solution to underdevelopment and poverty throughout the world. Instead, the book teases out and theorises the intellectually rutted terrain of development studies, and neo-liberal economics from a decolonial Pan-Africanist perspective. Following a path of social innovation, with perspectives drawn from social anthropology, economics, and business and management studies Nhakanomics is a unique socio-economic approach applicable in the Global South and in Southern Africa in particular. The study argues that the process and substance of nhakanomics with its pre-emphasis on the relational South provides a robust and holistic approach to social innovation and social transformation grounded in relational networks and meshworks. The central idea is a call to re-GENE-rate society, through local Grounding and Origination, and tapping into local-global Emergent Foundations via a newly global Emancipatory Navigation, while ultimately culminating in global-local transformative Effects in four recursive cycles of re-GENE-rating C(K)umusha, Culture, Communication, and Capital after re-Constituting Africa-the 5Cs. With a novel and radical approach the book is an interrogation of neo-liberal economics in the Global South. As such, this book is remarkably handy to students and practitioners in the fields of economics, development studies, political science, science and technology studies, business management, sociology, transformation studies, and development related non-Governmental Organisations working with grassroots communities.
Download or read book The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents written by Kirkland C. Vaughans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on personal insights and research-based knowledge, this important work facilitates understanding of the psychological struggles of young African American males and offers ameliorative strategies. Despite examples set by successful black men in all walks of life, the truth remains that a disproportionate number of black boys and young men underperform at school, suffer from PTSD, and, too often, find themselves on a pathway to jail. The two-volume The Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents marks the first attempt to catalog the many psychological influences that can stack the deck against black male children—and to suggest interventions. Bringing together an expansive collection of new and classic research from a wide variety of disciplines, this set sheds light on the complex circumstances faced by young black men in the United States. Contributions by authors Kirkland Vaughans and Warren Spielberg contain insights from the groundbreaking "Brotherman" study, conducted over a ten-year period to report on the lives and psychological challenges of over a hundred African American boys and their families. Among the myriad issues studied in this set are the often-negative expectations of society, the influence of gangs, and the impact of racism and poverty. Of equal importance, the work explores culturally specific ways to engage families, youths, communities, and policymakers in the development of healthy, safe, educated boys who will become whole and successful adults.
Download or read book Many Thousands Gone written by Ira Berlin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today most Americans, black and white, identify slavery with cotton, the deep South, and the African-American church. But at the beginning of the nineteenth century, after almost two hundred years of African-American life in mainland North America, few slaves grew cotton, lived in the deep South, or embraced Christianity. Many Thousands Gone traces the evolution of black society from the first arrivals in the early seventeenth century through the Revolution. In telling their story, Ira Berlin, a leading historian of southern and African-American life, reintegrates slaves into the history of the American working class and into the tapestry of our nation. Laboring as field hands on tobacco and rice plantations, as skilled artisans in port cities, or soldiers along the frontier, generation after generation of African Americans struggled to create a world of their own in circumstances not of their own making. In a panoramic view that stretches from the North to the Chesapeake Bay and Carolina lowcountry to the Mississippi Valley, Many Thousands Gone reveals the diverse forms that slavery and freedom assumed before cotton was king. We witness the transformation that occurred as the first generations of creole slaves--who worked alongside their owners, free blacks, and indentured whites--gave way to the plantation generations, whose back-breaking labor was the sole engine of their society and whose physical and linguistic isolation sustained African traditions on American soil. As the nature of the slaves' labor changed with place and time, so did the relationship between slave and master, and between slave and society. In this fresh and vivid interpretation, Berlin demonstrates that the meaning of slavery and of race itself was continually renegotiated and redefined, as the nation lurched toward political and economic independence and grappled with the Enlightenment ideals that had inspired its birth.
Download or read book The Generation Z Guide written by Ryan Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Generation Z Guide equips professionals to improve recruitment, enhance engagement, and effectively train and develop the post-Millennial generation. Born after 1998, Generation Z ranges from those entering high school, completing undergraduate college, and starting careers. Generation Z is very different than Millennials and their rapid entrance into the workforce is increasing the complexity of managing and working across generations. In fact, 62 percent of Generation Z anticipate challenges working with Baby Boomers and Generation X. Generation Z has never known a Google-free world. Growing up during the most accelerated and game-changing periods of technological advancements in history has imprinted Generation Z with new behaviors, preferences, and expectations of work, communication, leadership, and much more. The Generation Z Guide's insights are research based and the applications are marketplace tested. Learn from leading companies on how best to attract, engage, and lead Generation Z.
Download or read book Solar Cells written by Ahmed Mourtada Elseman and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solar cell energy is the single most pressing issue facing humanity, with a more technologically advanced society requiring better energy resources. This book discusses technologies broadly, depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. The major areas covered in this book are: • The theory of solar cells, which explains the conversion of light energy in photons into electric current. The theoretical studies are practical because they predict the fundamental limits of a solar cell. • The design and development of thin-film technology-based solar cells. • State of the art for bulk material applied for solar cells based on crystalline silicon (c-Si), also known as “solar grade silicon,” and emerging photovoltaics.
Download or read book MEG Generations written by Steve Alten and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In MEG: Generations, Steve Alten New York Times bestselling author continues his terrifying series. MEG: GENERATIONS opens where MEG: NIGHTSTALKERS left off. The Liopleurodon offspring has been moved to a holding tank aboard the Dubai-Land transport ship, Tonga for its journey to the Middle East. While the Crown Prince’s investors gawk at the creature, below deck in the tanker’s hold, another captured beast is awakened from its drug-induced state and goes on a rampage. The vessel sinks, the Lio escapes At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Parents and Schools written by Angela L. Carrasquillo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the premise that schools and parents need to work together for the social, emotional, cognitive and academic development of children. While the school provides a leadership model, parents act as reinforcers of learning and prime movers in their children's education. The authors emphasize throughout the book that parents and educators need to celebrate the pleasure of teaching. In clear and accessible language, this work presents theories on learning and human relations. It then charts and reviews the important components of a successful school-parent partnership, giving specific recommendations on the best way to involve diverse groups of parents. Chapters are: US Families in the Context of Change; The African American Experience in Family Context; The Hispanic American Experience in Famiy Context; The Asian American Experience in Family Context; Communities of Education: Concepts Defined; Empowerment for all Parents; Required: A Positive Self-Concept; Successful Schools: A Parents' and Educators' Partnership; Successful Students: Ability, Effort and Parental Involvement; Parents: First and Most Important Teachers; Recommendations for the Improvement of Parental School Involvement; Advocacy for School and Home Partnership; author and subject indexes.
Download or read book The Millennial Manual written by Ryan Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennial Manual equips leaders to increase productivity, improve retention, and accelerate the development of their Millennial workforce. It is the culmination of five years of research, hundreds of companies and thousands of leaders sharing their best practices for managing and working with Millennials.Since Millennials became a majority of the labor force, leaders have found themselves ill-equipped to successfully manage, develop, and engage this unprecedented generation. As a result, Millennials are the most disengaged and least loyal generation at work contributing to annual costs of $500 billion in lost productivity and $30.5 billion in Millennial turnover.In this book, you will learn:How-To Instill Work Ethic into Millennials.How-To Eliminate Entitlement in a Millennial Workforce.How-To Structure and Deliver Training that Transforms Millennials.How-To Cure (or Curb) Millennials' Career Impatience and Job Hopping.How-To Avoid the Top 2 Reasons Millennials Leave Companies.How-To Attract Millennials with the Right Company Perks.How-To Get Millennials to Answer Your Phone Call.And 40 more proven and practical how-tos!The Millennial Manual serves as a quick reference guide for solving (nearly) all of the challenges managers face when leading Millennials.
Download or read book New Generation written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The African American Male written by Jacob U. Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-07-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plight of the Black male in American society has been well-documented by scholars and practitioners. Although Black males represent only 6 percent of the American population, they represent about 40 percent of the prison population; the number of Black males in prison and jail exceeds the number of Black males in higher education. The homicide rates for Black males were 72.5 percent per 100,000, nearly eight times higher than for White males. This bibliographic volume explores the extent to which American academia has addressed these problems. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers as well as practitioners in social service programs. In addition to more than 400 annotated publications, the book includes a selected list of works on the African American male and a compilation of doctoral dissertations. This publication will serve as a reference in public as well as academic libraries, human service agencies, government policymaking agencies, and in academic courses in gender and ethnic studies, criminal justice, and social psychology.
