Tim Stevenson

Are you fed up with an activism that isn't truly transformative? Discover a practice that revolutionizes oppressive social arrangements into ones that truly sets people free...including the activist you An activist and community organizer for 55 years, Tim Stevenson has been involved in anti-war and civil rights campaigns, a community newspaper collective, an alternative childcare arrangement, and an activist commune. He has been involved in resistance against a nuclear power plant and a box store invasion, and has struggled alongside women and people of color around issues of male supremacy and white privilege. In 2005 he founded Post Oil Solutions, an award-winning, highly successful climate crisis organization. He is the author of Resilience and Resistance: Building Sustainable Communities for a Post Oil Age. Transformative Activism is an effective guide to growing into the spiritual maturity we need to be effective agents of human liberation and transformative change in a collapsing world. It invites us into spiritual practices that foster the peace, freedom, and social justice we seek. In this book you'll discover: - how to realize your potential as an activist- how to achieve revolutionary change- a way to ground your values in everyday practices- how to become a living representative of the transformed world you aspire toTransformative Activism is precisely what you need to be an agent and exemplar of transformative change. Along with a concrete analysis of the personal/political barriers that prevent you from achieving this success, it provides an in-depth, practical discussion of how to free yourself from these impediments. Transformative Activism is a complete package of life-changing wisdom for the revolutionary activist. Read Transformative Activism and begin a practice of revolution that is truly revolutionary

This third volume of Tim Stevenson's work includes prizewinning stories that have been collected here for the first time from the National Flash-Fiction Day anthologies and elsewhere, and the first collection of his 100 character 'centipieces'. "Tim is not afraid to document the extremes and complexities of both the familiar and the strange: the macro details of people, places, and events put under the microscope for careful scrutiny. He is a master of scene-setting and also engaging, darkly humorous, and lyrical. These stories turn up the volume in the world of flash-fiction." - Jane Roberts. Co-founder and editor at Literary Salmon. Within these pages you will discover, amongst other things, why you should never believe everything you see on TV, why there aren't as many tea shops around as there should be, what squirrels do in the night, and the real story behind the little black dress.

Every significant group accomplishment -- and failure -- in the history of the world can be traced back to leadership. Leaders make things happen. Ideally, leaders make things BETTER. Organizations constantly search for quality leaders, but finding and developing them remains a perpetual challenge. Helpful insights and practical applications for leaders are widely available, but where can you find a comprehensive presentation of the basics of leadership itself, showing from the beginning what it takes to lead effectively? In BETTER: The Fundamentals of Leadership, Tim Stevenson systematically presents the ABCs of leadership, those things that must be known and applied by everyone, from the beginner to the advanced leader. Whether you lead an entire organization or a small team, you will learn what you must know and do if you want others to follow you. Tim draws from his extensive coaching and training experience to present clear principles illustrated by vivid real-life people stories and memorable illustrations. His writing style is conversational and easy-going, making this book a stimulating and inspiring read. BETTER: The Fundamentals of Leadership challenges many of the common assumptions of organizations today, particularly how leaders are chosen. Commonly, a person's professional competence (knowledge & skills) is considered sufficient qualification for leadership, but the high rate of leadership failures demonstrates that something is wrong. Tim Stevenson contends in BETTER that personal conduct (behavior) is just as important, if not more so. The rule of thumb is that many executives rise to leadership on the basis of their professional competence, but fail because they fall short in managing the people side of their roles. BETTER clearly outlines what kind of behaviors are required for leadership success, and provides clear guidance for anyone in a leading role. The book is divided into three parts: Part I consists of three chapters which form the foundation for this investigation, beginning with the elementary question, "What is a leader?" Also addressed is whether or not a particular temperament is necessary, and what is required to win followers. Part II presents the requirements of effective leadership in 10 Leadership Propositions. These are ten assertions explaining essential qualities and practices for successful, long-term leadership. They lay out the cost required in order to lead and awareness needed for the leader's journey. Part III shares insights from an executive coach's perspective and valuable equipment for moving ahead in leadership. These final three chapters present helpful tools for conducting a leadership self-evaluation, making desired behavioral changes, doing essential self-maintenance, and setting and protecting boundaries. Each chapter in the book is followed by a summary of take-aways called "Leading Insights" to help crystallize and capture its major applications. BETTER: The Fundamentals of Leadership shares wisdom and applicable principles for leaders at the highest levels of organizations. At the same time, it can be given to young people at the starting line of their careers to provide them with what they need to know and do to progress and learn how to lead others effectively. In short, BETTER: The Fundamentals of Leadership provides valuable wisdom, necessary understanding, and practical insights for anyone interested in the challenging subject of leadership.

Resilience and Resistance: Building Sustainable Communities for a Post Oil Age is a collection of columns that had their origin in the local Brattleboro newspapers, The Commons and the Reformer. Together with a couple of original pieces, they serve as the contents of this book. They have been arranged, not in the order they were written, but in a way that hopefully suggests the evolution of Post Oil Solutions over its 10 years. From its start (and continuation) as a community organizing project that operates in the belief that a successful transition to a world beyond fossil fuels involves building sustainable communities whose people are adaptable and resilient, collaborative and sufficient. Then to our good fortune at striking a responsive chord with many folks in the larger Windham County, and nearby Massachusetts and New Hampshire region around local food and the many ways it serves to build community. And then most recently has been our focus with climate change, as well as other political issues, like GMOs and food sovereignty, and social justice, in general. All of these are largely dealt with in the three parts of the body, with a Prologue and Epilogue bracketing them, setting the stage and wrapping things up. Founded by a small group of Windham County residents in June, 2005, Post Oil is a community organizing project whose stated mission isto empower the people of the Central Connecticut River Valley bioregion to develop sustainable, collaborative, and socially just communities leading to a self-sufficient post petroleum society. About Post Oil Solutions: Founded in June, 2005 as a community organizing project, Post Oil Solutions is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is “to empower the people of the Central Connecticut River Valley bioregion to develop sustainable, collaborative, and socially just communities leading to a self-sufficient post petroleum society.” During our nearly 10 years, we have particularly emphasized food security and the building of a resilient and redundant local food system through a variety projects that included bringing the localvore movement to our region; initiating three farmers markets in our area and a CSA; hosting monthly workshops and an annual No Gardener Left Behind Expo about gardening, preserving and cooking local food ; running a farm to school program in the area schools; bringing gleaning to southeastern Vermont; starting local food buying clubs; and offering a local food list serve to the public. “In Recognition of Your Outstanding Team Effort to Build Sustainable, Collaborative and Socially Just Communities,” the Vermont Sustainable Agriculture Council gave its annual award in 2010 to Post Oil Solutions.. We currently have been very involved with climate crisis and amongst other things, host a monthly Climate Change CafÉ on the 4th Tuesday of the Month at Brooks Memorial Libraray, Brattleboro, Vermont.

An anthology of flash-fictions inspired by the theme of Geography, produced as part of the celebrations for National Flash-Fiction Day 2015. Over 60 tales of intriguing places and the lives that are lived in them. From the large to the small, from the funny to the heart-rending, these tiny tales will take you on rich journeys for which the destination is never the point. Authors include: Sarah Hilary, Angela Readman, SJI Holliday, Nik Perring, Michelle Elvy, Tim Stevenson, Jonathan Pinnock, Nuala N Chonch ir and NFFD Director, Calum Kerr. The editors are Calum Kerr and Angi Holden.

This, the 3rd annual anthology from National Flash-Fiction Day, sees a wide range of writers telling us their carefully crafted stories about the wonders of the world and beyond. Given the theme of 'The Senses' these writers have responded in unexpected ways to produce tales of love and betrayal, hope and despair, life and death. Writers include sci-fi and crime best-seller Michael Marshall Smith, crime novelist Sarah Hillary, Costa Short-Story Prize 2014 winner Angela Readman, NFFD Director Calum Kerr and a host of others including Nuala N Chonch ir, Nik Perring, Nigel McLoughlin, Cathy Bryant, Tim Stevenson, Tania Hershman and Jon Pinnock. This is a wonderful collection of stories, show-casing the vital state of flash-fiction today.

Sixty-five very short stories. The Book Of Small Changes takes its inspiration from the wisdom of the Chinese I Ching, replacing those ancient fortunes with new stories: where the sea mourns for those it has lost, where encyclopaedia salesmen weave their accidental magic, and where the only true gift for a king is the silence of snow. Tim Stevenson is the winner of the 2013 National Flash-Fiction Competition and his stories have previously appeared in the anthologies "Scraps" and "Jawbreakers". This is the first collection of his work.