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Ellen Augustine, 84 Monte Vista Avenue, Suite 4, Oakland, CA 94611.

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Stories of Hope CD$12

Need a hit of hope to take you out of the frustration,
exhaustion, and overwhelm of everyday life?

Listen to uplifting stories of people who are creating the world we all want to live in! Would your life be different if you knew that by helping to get junk food out of your child’s school you could decrease aggression and see the overall academic achievement of students increase? How about if you knew that conflicts could be solved in a way that wouldn’t leave you still stewing over them months or years later? What if you heard about a business owner who figured out how to carve a unique supply chain niche for herself, then invited her competitors to access the same resources, and saw her profits increase? What if you found out that the pesticides and petroleum by-products that poison our soil could be broken down naturally by mushrooms—in a matter of weeks? Would you feel safer if you knew that inmates eagerly responded to planting gardens—sprouting seeds of confidence and gaining a marketable skill for the time of their release? Let yourself be swept away in optimism for the present and future as you sink into these real life stories.

Taking Back Our Lives
in the Age of Corporate Dominance

Coauthored with Suzanne Stoddard $15

Never before have so many people felt the American Dream slipping away. Bottom-line profit focus is bottoming out our lives and the planet. Taking Back Our Lives in the Age of Corporate Dominance presents alternatives to being victimized by a pressure-cooker lifestyle and buffeted by the winds of global change. It draws the connections between our lives and the culture, the economy, and the vast forces moving us closer to the edge.

At once compelling, outrageous, deeply moving, encouraging, and inspiring, Taking Back Our Lives seamlessly blends incisive candor with real-life stories—and ultimately shows us that choice is the most important tool we have for renewing ourselves and the world. Taking Back Our Lives includes 75 action steps that you can take to bring your personal life into balance while working more powerfully in the outer world.

“This wonderfully subversive book bespeaks a profound, yet simple truth:
in a world of corporate rule, joyous, mindful living is the ultimate revolutionary act. Deeply inspiring and eminently practical. A must read for everyone who cares.”

— David Korten, author, The Great Turning: From Empire
to Earth Community and The Post Corporate World,
and board chair of The Positive Futures Network,
publishers of YES magazine

“Taking Back Our Lives speaks to the 21st century challenge each of us faces to make a difference and bring our deepest values into the world through personal action. It is a blueprint to move us beyond distractions to a life of joy, meaning, and fulfillment.”

— Michael and Justine Toms, coauthors of
True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do,
hosts, New Dimensions Radio

Volume discounts available:

5-9 copies @ $13.50 (10% discount)
10 or more @ $12.75  (15% discount)

Way More Fun Than TV & Video Games

Sure-Fire Ways to Ignite the Creativity
and Exploratory Spirit of Toddlers to Teens$10

Are you concerned about what children are taking in from the “entertainment” media — gratuitous violence, sexual innuendo, glorified consumerism, and flagrant disrespect?  Children do not watch TV and play video games critically. . . they simply absorb “This is the way the world is.”   In this book you’ll find 138 fresh ideas to draw your special children away from television and video games.

The stakes are so high. Teachers say that young people today are less resourceful and find it difficult to grapple with problems that are complex and require understanding of relationship and root causes. They ascribe this to the passivity of television and the frenetic pacing of video games.

The antidote?  Connection and creativity.  Set the framework for your children to engage
in creative endeavors which lead them to tap into ingenuity they didn’t know they had!  Two initial chapters detail real-life impacts of TV and video games. The heart of the book shows you how to set them up with activities that nurture the resourcefulness which will lead to happy and successful lives.

Volume discounts available:

5-9 copies @ $9.00 (10% discount)
10 or more @ $8.50  (15% discount)

Coaching Sessions and Workshops to Assist You
in Moving Your Dream Out Into the World

Do you have a vision for the common good simmering below the surface that just won’t let go of you? I can work with you to:

• Clarify your idea in alignment with your higher purpose
• Brainstorm initial steps
• Prioritize actions
• Write clear and compelling copy for promotional flyers
• Access resources
• Stimulate your thinking on generating revenues from fundraising
• Organize a public outreach campaign
• Craft timely and engaging press releases
• Liaison with other stakeholders for a sustainable and socially just future

What seems impossible within the confines of your own mind becomes do-able when you speak with others. In Eastern philosophy, each person is here for a unique purpose, and if you do not do what is yours to do, there is a hole in the universe. Let’s talk about the support I can give in birthing your idea for a more vibrant, just, joyful, and sustainable world. Contact me for a personal quote: call 510-428-1832 or email ellen@storiesofhope.us.

Workshops: Many people like the synergy of a group to crystallize their own ideas. Working within the support and stimulation of others who are at various stages of manifesting a dream opens new possibilities for all. I design workshops to assist sponsoring organizations in coalescing their particular vision and goal. I also convene workshops when a group of ten or more individuals within a geographic locale indicates an interest. Contact me for availability and fees; call 510-428-1832 or email ellen@storiesofhope.us.

A Game As Old As Empire:
The Secret World of Economic Hit Men
and the Web of Global Corruption
— Contributing Author$25

Everything you always wanted to know about the
global economy . . . but were afraid to ask!

In this first follow-up book to John Perkins’ Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, twelve economic hit men, investigators, and journalists show that global corruption is far more pervasive and destructive than Perkins initially described. Methods used by governments, banks, and multinational corporations range from the clearly sinister (bribery, fraud, and violence) to the seemingly altruistic (debt relief, development assistance, and foreign aid).

Ellen Augustine shows how World Bank policies affect not only Third World countries, but Americans as well. Loans knowingly given to corrupt dictators have left Third World countries more impoverished than before; “structural adjustment” mandates they open their doors to multinationals who pay their people less than minimum wage. Workers in America find their wages slipping toward the lowest common denominator.

The Resource section connects you with concerned citizens both here and around the globe who are coalescing actions to begin a cascade of positive change.

“With billions of lives and the planet itself at stake, this book sets the stage for serious political mobilization to end this crime against humanity.  Buy it.  Read it.  Mobilize.  Send copies to your favorite talk show hosts and bloggers, your Senators and members of Congress.”

— David C. Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World
and The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community

“These insider accounts lay to rest any naïve belief that transnational banks and corporations can bring ‘development’ to poor countries.”

— Kevin Danahur, Co-founder Global Exchange

Volume discounts available:

5-9 copies @ $22.50 (10% discount)
10 or more @ $21.25  (15% discount)

Values-Driven Business:
How to Change the World,
Make Money, and Have Fun$15

By Ben Cohen (“Ben & Jerry’s”) and Mal Warwick

This is the most concise and readable book on how any business or professional office can jumpstart their own green practices and influence both suppliers and clients toward sustainable initiatives. Whether you run a small or medium-sized business, are thinking of starting your own company, or are a student who wants to integrate sustainable measures into your future profession, this book is for you! Stories of real life entrepreneurs illustrate the process of implementing these policies and practices. Checklists with hundreds of practical suggestions show how you can implement these ideas in your business today.

“Cohen and Warwick use simple language and abundant examples to show how any company, no matter how small, can do well by doing good.”

— Russ Feingold, United States Senator

“Invaluable reading for those starting or running a small to mid-sized business — and for entrepreneurial students in business schools.  A practical, easy-to-read guide to running a socially responsible business from some of the most innovative and successful pioneers in the field.”

— Professor Kellie A. McElhaney, Executive Director
Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business,
University of California, Berkeley

Volume discounts available:

5-9 copies @ $13.50 (10% discount)
10 or more @ $12.75  (15% discount)

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