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1. The Human Capacity for Transformational Change

   The Future of the Collective Mind

   By Valerie A. Brown, John Harris

   Pressures for transformational change have become a regular feature of most fields of human endeavour. This book presents the case that to succeed individually the power systems of society will need to work collectively. Working collectively goes further than collaboration to the development of a...

   To Be Published December 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Collective Learning for Transformational Change

   A Guide to Collaborative Action

   By Valerie A. Brown, Judith A. Lambert

   The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history. From fields to factories to offices, people have always asked how to make things better. This innovative book offers a step by step guide for recognising the need for transformational change and kick-starting a course of...

   Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Tackling Wicked Problems

   Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination

   By Valerie A. Brown, John A. Harris, Jacqueline Y. Russell

   From climate change to GM foods, we are increasingly confronted with complex, interconnected social and environmental problems that span disciplines, knowledge bases and value systems. This book offers a transdisciplinary, open approach for those working towards resolving these 'wicked' problems...

   Published June 24th 2010 by Routledge
4. Social Learning in Environmental Management

   Towards a Sustainable Future

   By Valerie A. Brown

   Edited by Meg Keen, Rob Dyball

   Social Learning in Environmental Management explores and expands the approaches to collective learning most needed to help individuals, communities, experts and governments work together to achieve greater social and ecological sustainability. It provides practical frameworks and case studies to...

   Published May 2nd 2005 by Routledge
5. Sustainability and Health

   Supporting Global Ecological Integrity in Public Health

   By Valerie A. Brown, John Grootjans, Jan Ritchie, Mardie Townsend, Glenda Verrinder

   Radical changes in the biosphere and human interaction with the environment are increasingly impacting on the health of populations across the world. Diseases are crossing the species barrier, and spreading rapidly through globalised transport systems. From new patterns of cancer to the threat of...

   Published January 31st 2005 by Routledge
6. The Elderly in Poor Urban Neighborhoods

   By Valerie S. Brown

   Series: Garland Studies on the Elderly in America

   Published December 31st 1996 by Routledge