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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming every aspect of our lives. Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth analyzes the challenges and proposes systematic dialogical strategies to address them. Using the best of contemporary research on conflict resolution and peacemaking including Quaker, Gandhian, Indigenous, and other traditions, methods of collaborative reasoning and ethical choice are proposed, including specific ways to teach ethics and run our economy, politics, and technology. That includes redesigning the AI systems and practices that govern our world. We must shift to new forms of programming that draw on collaborative dialogue instead of relying solely on monological forms of linear algorithmic inference. It offers paths to spirit-led, collaborative wisdom and partnerships with researchers and activists creating solutions to existential threats from ecological collapse, climate change, wars of mutually assured destruction, and out of control technology.

The poems in this collection interact with the image of a web in a variety of ways, with a unifying thread-of claiming our connection and belonging-running through.There many ways of seeing and tending webs. We are all in the center of our own web of relationships, and much of the work of our lives is a steady tending to those connections. There is the web of social relationships that make up a wider culture, and our common work of tending the safety net, strengthening the frayed places, mending the holes, making sure no one falls through. There is the great web of life that sustains us all, and the work of locating and claiming our place by paying attention to all the other parts that make up that great whole. There is our attitude toward our own work and whether we see it as a linear series of tasks to be crossed off when completed or a web of relationships and opportunities with our love at the center. As there are many ways of envisioning a web, there are also many skills and dispositions involved in its tending, and the reader is invited to breathe through its order. Breathe in as we connect, touching the potential of relationship everywhere. Breathe out as we extend, stretching to new connections, new possibilities. Breathe in as we notice, taking in the reality of the world around us. Breathe out as we engage, bringing our energy and intention to act into a relationship. Breathe in as we receive, noticing the process of taking in what nourishes us. Breathe out as we mend, bringing greater wholeness to that which may be broken or in need of repair. Breathe in as we rest, putting attention to that which restores. Breathe out as we celebrate, giving thanks to all that brings joy. Breathe in as we grieve, naming that which is lost. Breathe out as we tend, doing the quiet work of nurturing the life around and within us. Continue breathing as we reset, open to things not being as they seem, present to the potential of a world made new.The inspiration for these poems is the everyday encounter, mediated by compassion, sensitivity and grit. Affirmed by what she has experienced, the poet in return affirms the world around her, in this way tending the web of life.

Garifuna Peoplehood and Barranco is the third volume of The Practicing Anthropologist, a compilation of the published papers of Dr. Joseph Orlando Palacio, Belize's foremost social scientist. This third volume contains Garifuna history, food, and spirituality, as well as their use of land. "This third volume of the Practicing Anthropologist: Garifuna Peoplehood and Barranco should be required reading for all students. It provides information that every educated Belizean should possess. Many older Belizeans grew up reading other people's stories and learning other people's histories at the expense of their own. Later, when they had access to their own histories, more often than not these histories were written by non-Belizeans. With this volume, authored by a Belizean, our students have access to information that can make their learning experience a look in the mirror as well as through a window. They will be learning their own histories as well as using their historical lens as a way to make sense of the world." ---from the Foreword by Harriet Sheila Arzu Scarborough

The second volume of "The Practicing Anthropologist", the three-volume compilation of the published papers of Dr. Joseph Orlando Palacio, is entitled "Cultural Diversity and Caribbean Indigenous Peoples." It includes 19 papers covering anthropological studies of the cultural diversity, ethnic identities, and social relations of the various indigenous and other cultures of Belize and the Caribbean.

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary: Its History, Flora, and Fauna for Visitors, Teachers, and Scientists is an in-depth full colour book about Belize's premier protected area. Managed by the Belize Audubon Society, the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a magical place where the wonders and diversity of nature are accessible to all. This book represents a labour of love by 62 contributors who have all volunteered their time and expertise on topics such as the history, physical description, vegetation, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, tracks, accommodations and trails in this special corner of the world. This book will be enjoyed by all visitors and friends of the Cockscomb.

In-Transit: The Story of a Journey is the autobiography of Sadie Vernon, the Executive Director of the Belize Council of Churches for 35 years. "In this autobiography we see the heart of Ms. Sadie Vernon. We see what made her such a compassionate person. She always believed in people regardless of what anybody else thought of the person. She never gave up on anyone. She always believed that there is something that can be done to help reach and touch the person so as to make him or her have hope in a very difficult world." (Rev. Moises Chan, 2000, Pastor, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Belize City, Belize)"In her calm, persistent, and enthusiastic wan, Sadie Vernon has lived a spirit-filled life as an advocate for the voiceless and the power-less. Her calm serene smile was always thee to comfort a tired, stressed-out person. The deep sharing of her personal live says a lot about how much and how far Sadie is willing to give with whom she worked or came in touch" (Eva Middleton, Belize City)Miss Sadie has been important to many lives in many parts of the world, but especially in Belize and in the United States. As she has counselled and inspired many, many people, it is our hope that by publication of her story she will continue to counsel and inspire.

Toward a Life-Centered Economy: From the Rule of Money to the Rewards Stewardship shows how we as consumers and investors could shift the marketplace toward sustainable, non-polluting products and promote geographic re-localization. Economic synergism will give all the stakeholders a place at the table: labor, management, shareholders, customers, suppliers, community and, most especially, Earth's ecosystems.The current money-centered economy is not sustainable because it is dependent on infinite growth. Human exploitation, or overexploitation of Earth's land, natural resources and biological productivity now approaches or exceeds many natural limits. By discounting the future in monetary terms our current system drives short-term extraction of resources at the expense of future generations.However, an attractive alternative can develop from the grassroots in parallel with the current system and replace its worst aspects. This life-centered economic system emphasizes "quality of life" over "quantity of stuff." It implies a more thoughtful use of our time for the things that are truly important, such as, fulfillment of our individual potentials, and our relationships with family, friends and our greater community. Toward a Life-Centered Economy is the 12th QIF Focus Book.

Energy Choices: Opportunities to Make Wise Decisions for a Sustainable Future focuses on steps that we can take as individuals to reduce fossil fuel emissions in our daily lives. Rapid advances in solar and wind energy, electrification of transportation, and energy storage are making the move to clean renewable energy quite feasible and even cheaper in the long run. We can help to stem the tide of climate change, end the air pollution that is inevitable when we burn fossil fuels, and halt the ongoing degradation of land and water caused by unrestrained extraction of fossil fuels. We are never more than a few years away from making a major personal energy decision: when we buy a car or a lawnmower, when the roof needs replacing, when the water heater stops heating water, when the furnace breaks down, or when we move. When we pay our utility bill, we might be able to buy energy generated by wind or solar.Energy Choices is a guide to making these decisions: selecting your next electric vehicle, installing solar panels on your roof or signing up for community solar, replacing your water heater with a heatpump water heater, replacing your furnace with a heatpump, planning your new house. Whether you live in an apartment in an urban area, on a farm, or in a single-family house, Energy Choices will lead you through making the changes needed for a sustainable future.

Oh God, Where Are You? speaks to God's comfort even in terrible times. Readers are offered the spiritual comfort that God loves us, always, just as we are. Written in consultation with child therapists, God's comfort is presented for children who have been traumatized. The author's hope is that adults will read this book with children, prompting discussions with them. All children face difficulties and need reassurance. Some face life-altering trauma. This book speaks of God's continual love for each of us.

101 Birds of Belize is the second edition of 100 Birds of Belize written by Carolyn M. Miller in 1995, which selected 100 out of more than 500 birds found in Belize for illustration and description. The second edition added the Harpy Eagle, which has been successfully reintroduced to Belize. Splendid images painted by Fernando Zala and detailed descriptions by Carolyn M. Miller provide many hours of pleasure for field and armchair birders.