I’ve read quite a few books recently that were eye opening and books I would recommend that everyone read! Here’s my favourites: Chris Turner’s The War on Science: This is a very eye opening book. All Canadians need to read it. It’s at the...
Our next book will shift our focus back to real life stories of development in a community. These stories remind us of how humanity is connected and how complicated we are. We are need to get rid of our “I can help you” simplistic views of the world....
This is our next book club selection. It’s a slighly different type of book that doesn’t focus on international development but will make us look inward! LinchpinSeth Godin; Penguin USA, Inc. 2010WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder ...
The value of nothing: how to reshape market society and redefine democracyRaj Patel; Picador 2009WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder How do we know how much something costs? Our society has managed to invent prices for items that ignore the true...
The next book club is scheduled for October 20, 2012. We are discussing this book: The value of nothing: how to reshape market society and redefine democracyRaj Patel; Picador 2009WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder
This book was a real favourite of the book club. It summed up all of our frustrations. One of the areas we constantly struggle with is the dreaded “administrative cost” question. How the media does a disservice to the non-profit sector! We evaluate...
