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As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol-González, Casa Pueblo’s founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization’s initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This collective translation was undertaken in the spirit of the organization and offers a chronological account of Casa Pueblo’s evolution from a small group of concerned citizens to an internationally recognized model for activism.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page
  2. p. i
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  1. Copyright
  2. p. ii
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  1. Contents
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  1. Member Institution Acknowledgments
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xi-xviii
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  1. Part I: Chronicles of an Anti-mining Campaign
  1. 1 How an Anti-Mining Struggle Gave Shape to Our Community
  2. pp. 3-12
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  1. 2 First Anti-Mining Journey
  2. pp. 13-30
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  1. 3 Puerto Rican Culture: A Tool for Resistance
  2. pp. 31-40
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  1. 4 The Birth of Casa Pueblo
  2. pp. 41-46
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  1. 5 The First Steps toward Sustainability
  2. pp. 47-54
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  1. 6 Its Decided: We Say No to Mining!
  2. pp. 55-78
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  1. Part II: A Territorial Approach to Water and Forests
  1. 7 Moving from Protest to Propositions
  2. pp. 81-96
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  1. 8 The Self-Governing Community Builds Alternatives
  2. pp. 97-118
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  1. 9 From Local to National Territorial Management
  2. pp. 119-140
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  1. 10 From Local Action to Global Connections: Casa Pueblo in the Global Network of Model Forests
  2. pp. 141-148
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  1. Part III: Self-Sustainability with a Planetary Agenda
  1. 11 A Historic Juncture: The Reality of Puerto Rico in 2018
  2. pp. 151-162
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  1. 12 An Alternative Model: Local Action in a Globalized World
  2. pp. 163-174
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  1. 13 Energy Sovereignty: A Common Solar Energy Project for Adjuntas and Adjacent Lands
  2. pp. 175-184
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  1. 14 Casa Pueblo in Times of COVID-19
  2. pp. 185-198
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 199-202
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 203-206
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