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Shit Matters

2011 Business & Economics
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Release : 2011
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 922/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Shit Matters by : Lyla Mehta

Download or read book Shit Matters written by Lyla Mehta. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanitation remains one of the biggest development challenges of our time, and a long-neglected issue associated with taboos and stigma. Despite growing attention and efforts, many top-down approaches to sanitation have failed, reflecting that simply providing people with a latrine or toilet does not necessarily guarantee its use. Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) which originated in rural Bangladesh in 2000 offers a more promising alternative, by focusing on facilitating a profound change in people's behaviour through participatory techniques. The approach has proven immensely successful. It is being implemented in at least 40 countries, and has the potential to address several Millennium Development Goals. However, like any development success story, challenges still remain regarding scaling up with quality, inclusion of the poorest, and sustainability. There is also a danger that accounts of success may be exaggerated. This book addresses both the potential and challenges of CLTS by drawing on research in Bangladesh, India and Indonesia, as well as experiences from Africa. With chapters by leading scholars and practitioners in sanitation policy and practice as well as critical reflections from key players in CLTS, Shit Matters offers important insights into the workings of CLTS on the ground, covering the social, ecological, technological, financial, and institutional dynamics surrounding CLTS with wider lessons for sanitation policy and practice. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in development, health, and public policy. `A "must read" for anyone who believes that a world in which over one billion people defecate in the open is a world not fit to live in.' Sanjay Wijesekera, Team Leader: Water and Sanitation, DFID `Truly a vast oak tree has grown from a very small acorn. And Shit Matters tells the story extremely well.' Peregrine Swann, WHO Senior Adviser to GLAAS (The UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water)

Tales of Shit

2010 Community development
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Release : 2010
Genre : Community development
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Book Rating : 823/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tales of Shit by : Petra Bongartz

Download or read book Tales of Shit written by Petra Bongartz. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Japan at Nature's Edge

2013-07-01 History
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Release : 2013-07-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 924/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Japan at Nature's Edge by : Ian Jared Miller

Download or read book Japan at Nature's Edge written by Ian Jared Miller. This book was released on 2013-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan at Nature’s Edge is a timely collection of essays that explores the relationship between Japan’s history, culture, and physical environment. It greatly expands the focus of previous work on Japanese modernization by examining Japan’s role in global environmental transformation and how Japanese ideas have shaped bodies and landscapes over the centuries. The immediacy of Earth’s environmental crisis, a predicament highlighted by Japan’s March 2011 disaster, brings a sense of urgency to the study of Japan and its global connections. The work is an environmental history in the broadest sense of the term because it contains writing by environmental anthropologists, a legendary Japanese economist, and scholars of Japanese literature and culture. The editors have brought together an unparalleled assemblage of some of the finest scholars in the field who, rather than treat it in isolation or as a unique cultural community, seek to connect Japan to global environmental currents such as whaling, world fisheries, mountaineering and science, mining and industrial pollution, and relations with nonhuman animals. The contributors assert the importance of the environment in understanding Japan’s history and propose a new balance between nature and culture, one weighted much more heavily on the side of natural legacies. This approach does not discount culture. Instead, it suggests that the Japanese experience of nature, like that of all human beings, is a complex and intimate negotiation between the physical and cultural worlds. Contributors: Daniel P. Aldrich, Jakobina Arch, Andrew Bernstein, Philip C. Brown, Timothy S. George, Jeffrey E. Hanes, David L. Howell, Federico Marcon, Christine L. Marran, Ian Jared Miller, Micah Muscolino, Ken’ichi Miyamoto, Sara B. Pritchard, Julia Adeney Thomas, Karen Thornber, William M. Tsutsui, Brett L. Walker, Takehiro Watanabe.

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

2016-09-13 Self-Help
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Release : 2016-09-13
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 73X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by : Mark Manson

Download or read book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck written by Mark Manson. This book was released on 2016-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.

Thinking Through Resistance

2017-03-03 Medical
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Release : 2017-03-03
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 390/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Thinking Through Resistance by : Nicola Bulled

Download or read book Thinking Through Resistance written by Nicola Bulled. This book was released on 2017-03-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking Through Resistance examines a diverse range of case studies of opposition to biomedical public health policies – from resistance to HPV vaccinations in Texas to disputes over HIV prevention research in Malawi – to assess the root causes of opposition. It is argued that far from being based on ignorance, resistance instead serves as a form of advocacy, calling for improvements in basic health care delivery alongside expanded access to infrastructure and basic social services. With contributions from medical anthropologists, sociologists and public health experts, the book makes important reading for researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of public health, medical anthropology and public policy.

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