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Poetry Best Sellers Of 2009

Travis Nichols | Posted 03.18.2010 | Books

Read More: W.S. Merwin, Wendell Berry, Best-Sellers, Nikki Giovanni, Elizabeth Alexander, Sherman Alexie, Mary Oliver, John Updike, Poetry, Books News

Every week, the Poetry Foundation compiles information from Nielsen Bookscan and puts together lists of the best selling books of poetry. Here are 2009's best selling books of contemporary poetry:

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The Garden Conversations

Jamie Kalven | Posted 03.18.2010 | Chicago

Read More: Wendell Berry, Leed, Invisibile Institute, University of Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Sustainability, Community Gardens, Wallace Stegner, Green Politics, Chicago News

For the last few weeks, I've been talking with gardeners at an imperiled community garden on the South Side of Chicago. Last spring, the University of Chicago informed us it wants its land back.

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Planet Earth: Difficult Times, Insatiable Appetites ... Doomed?

Janice Taylor | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Earth, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, Wendell Berry, Janice Taylor, Middle East, David Kessler, Omega-Institute, An End to Overeating, United States, Colorado River, Sustainability, Bottled Water, Elizabeth Lesser, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Green News

We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.

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Words Of Wisdom: Which Quotes Inspire You?

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Charlotte Joko Beck, Quotes, Wendell Berry, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Carlin, Wisdom, Apple, Margaret Mead, Peter Drucker, New Radicals, Eartha Kitt, Julia Child, Careers, Julia Moulden, Living News

For years, I've been collecting great quotes. They're words to live by. And they're invaluable to a speechwriter like me.

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A Shout Out to Climate Activists

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Wendell Berry, Climate Day of Action, Climate Change, Civil Disobedience, Bill Mckibben, Coal, Global Warming, Green News

The dirty coal power station literally powers our congressional building in DC. It is just one among the thousands around the world that threaten to push climate disruption beyond the point of no return.

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Power Shift 09: Young People Lead on Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Wendell Berry, Energy Action Coalition, Billy Parish, Power Shift, Bill Mckibben, Capitol Power Plant, Global Warming, Green News

Young people have a variety of ways to generate noise about climate solutions right now, from organizing their campuses to putting boots on the ground in Washington.

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Powershift09 to Capitol Power Action: Follow the Young

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

As the first massive act of civil disobedience, thousands will cross the line to demand an end to our nation's denial of the spiraling impact of dirty coal and old coal-fired plants.

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Well, Black Is Always in Style

Marc Gunther | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Capital Climate Action, Rainforest Action Network, Al Gore, Greenpace, Wendell Berry, Bill Mckibben, Energy, Greenpeace, Coal, Green Activism, Tikkun, Sds, Climate Change, Environment, Green Demonstration, Global Exchange, The Rainforest Action Network, Green Policy, Green News

But I was amused to stumble upon a different question that's sparking debate among the young people planning to attend the action: What should one wear to a protest against coal?

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Ripe for Change?

Dan Imhoff | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Farm Bill, Wendell Berry, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Obama, Food Democracy, Sustainable, Sustainability, Green News

People want our unhealthy food and agriculture system made healthy. And it doesn't look like we'll be giving up any time soon.

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Slow Food Nation: Slow Foodies Mingle, Learn And Eat

Grist.org | Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Slow Food, Winona LaDuke, Slow Food Nation, Michael Pollan, Wendell Berry, Slow Food Movement, Natural Food, Food, Raw Food, Green Living, Vandana Shiva, Green News

It's going to take me more than just a few days to fully understand the effects and implications of the first Slow Food Nation, held in San Francisco ...

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The Fast Track To Slow Food

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Wendell Berry, Bill Mckibben, Eat Well Guide, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Slow Food Nation, Technology, Cultivating the Web, Green News

A funny thing happened on the way to Agribiz ascendancy; the same military-industrial complex that locked us into this fuel-ish food chain also gave us the key to free ourselves -- the Internet.

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