New Society Publishers

09/18/2025

🚨 GIVEAWAY 🚨
Close your eyes for a second… 🌿

👉 What’s the very first outdoor memory from your childhood that comes to mind?
Was it climbing trees? Splashing in puddles? Chasing fireflies?

We want to hear YOUR story — and in return, you could win The Wild Path Home 🌍💚, a beautiful new book by Jacob Rodenburg & Cathy Dueck that helps us nurture kids as lifelong nature lovers.

How to enter:
✨ Share your favorite outdoor childhood memory below 🌱
✨ Tag a friend who shared those adventures for an extra entry! 👫

Camp Kawartha

09/17/2025

👣 Imagine walking barefoot on a floor that feels warm, natural, and alive.
That’s the magic of earthen floors ✨ — beautiful, durable, and completely non-toxic.

Our favorite guide to making them is back, revised and updated with step-by-step help, creative ideas, and loads of inspiration from real homes. Whether you’re a DIY-er, a natural builder, or just dreaming of a healthier space, this book will walk you through it all. 💚

We’re so excited to share it with you — and preorders are now open! 🎉

👉 Grab your copy here: https://bit.ly/46knVBp

09/16/2025

Big news, growers! 🎉

We’re celebrating the launch of TWO new books by Jean-Martin Fortier:
📖 Living Soil: A Grower’s Guide – your illustrated roadmap to healthier, more fertile soil.
🥕 Root Vegetables: A Grower’s Guide – explore 20 delicious root crops, from classics to heirloom gems.

To celebrate, we’re giving away the first FOUR books in the Grower’s Guide series! (Tomatoes, Vegetable Garden Tools, and the these two new additions, Living Soil and Root Vegetables. 🙌

👉 To enter, tell us in the comments:
💬 If your soil could talk, what would it say about your garden?

We can’t wait to read your answers — and crown one lucky winner! 🌱

✨ Don’t want to wait?
Explore our bundle options and start your Grower’s Guide collection today (and save while you’re at it!): https://bit.ly/4go9Jfj

Jean-Martin Fortier Market Gardener Institute

09/15/2025

🚸 A new school year isn’t just a fresh start — it’s a chance to rethink what education can be.

In this interview with Jim Rietmulder, author of When Kids Rule the School, we explore how democratic schooling empowers students with choice, voice, and real-world responsibility.

His insights challenge the “sit down, be quiet” model — and show what’s possible when schools trust kids to lead.

👉 Dive into the conversation here: https://bit.ly/4mgCT1m

The Circle School (Harrisburg)

09/14/2025

🌧️💧 It's Sustainable Saturday again, and rainwater harvesting is surging this rainy season! 🌱✨

Have you noticed? More people than ever are setting up rainwater harvesting systems as the wet weather roll in. It’s not just about saving money on water bills — it’s about building resilience, caring for our gardens, and preparing for the dry months ahead.

Our Acquisitions Editor, Rob West, tried it himself at his home on Gabriola Island. Using Essential Rainwater Harvesting by Rob & Michelle Avis of Verge Permaculture as his guide, he installed a system with a clever well top-up feature — and the results were eye-opening.

💡 Imagine turning the rain falling on your roof today into the water that sustains your garden tomorrow. That’s the power of rainwater harvesting.

👉 Read more about the benefits of rainwater harvesting in today’s blog: https://bit.ly/4nefP4o
👉 Then tell us: Have you tried rainwater harvesting, or are you thinking about it this season?

Let’s share tips and ideas below — your comment might inspire someone else to get started! 🌿

09/12/2025

Back-to-school season can feel busy with books, homework, and routines—but kids also need time to recharge, play, and create. 🌿

That’s where the Nature Designs activity from Josette & Ba Luvmour’s Everyone Wins comes in. Using nothing more than sticks, rocks, and leaves, kids can create “art galleries” outdoors while practicing teamwork, problem-solving, and wonder. It’s an easy way to boost learning and well-being.

👉 Try this activity at recess, in the classroom, or at home—get the full how-to in our blog:

Back-to-school season is here, and kids need more than classrooms—they need space to play and create. Nature Designs, from Josette and Ba Luvmour’s Everyone ...

09/11/2025

🔥 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🔥 We’re giving away a copy of "one of the Top Mediation Books of All Time"– BookAuthority.

📘 The Mediator’s Toolkit: Formulating and Asking QUESTIONS for Successful Outcomes – 2nd Edition

Here’s how to enter ⬇️
💭 Answer this in the comments:
“What was the moment in a mediation when you thought: ‘Now THAT question really made a difference?!’”

✨ Your story = your entry!

📦 If winner is in Canada & the U.S, they will receive a print copy
💻 If winner is International , they will receive a digital edition

Tag a colleague who should join too 👥—and let’s celebrate the power of great questions!

Gerry O'Sullivan, O' Sullivan Solutions

09/10/2025

📖 The Wild Path Home is out now! 🌱

Jacob Rodenburg & Cathy Dueck share science, Indigenous wisdom, and 30+ hands-on actions to raise kids who love—and protect—the Earth.

🎥 Watch Jacob explain why this book matters, then dive deeper into the timeless principles of stewardship that guide it all in our latest blog.
👉 https://bit.ly/4nanwIH

Camp Kawartha

09/09/2025

Why are so many young people struggling today?

😬 Anxiety, depression, and self-harm have risen over 60% in the past decade—and too often, the blame falls on kids themselves.

In Kids These Days, experts Will Dobud, PhD & Nevin Harper, PhD reveal why our kids aren’t broken—the system is.

❤️ This book offers fresh, research-backed strategies to build resilience, trust, and real connection with the next generation.

📖 Preorder now and join a movement that’s redefining what it means to raise strong, capable young people: https://bit.ly/3HSWC9j

Will Dobud - Author, Researcher, Practitioner

09/08/2025

📚🍂 Back-to-School, Back-to-Nature!

As homework, screens, and busy schedules return, don’t forget the most important classroom of all — the outdoors. 🌳✨

The Big Book of Nature Activities is packed with creative, hands-on ideas to help kids (and adults!) learn, play, and reconnect with nature year-round. From Hand Lens Hikes to Exploration Dice, these activities spark curiosity and discovery right in your backyard or neighborhood. 🐞☁️🍁

This school year, give your kids the gift of balance: books, yes… but also bugs, birds, and bark rubbings! 🌍💚

Camp Kawartha
👉 Download the free activity sheets and get inspired with more back-to-nature ideas here:

As the school year kicks off, The Big Book of Nature Activities offers simple ways for parents, educators, and caretakers to balance homework and screens wi ...

09/06/2025

🌍 It’s ! With rising costs and a changing climate, building methods that are affordable, sustainable, and resilient matter more than ever.

Cordwood construction—using log-ends and natural mortar—has stood the test of centuries.

Now, Essential Cordwood Building brings this timeless, low-impact craft into today, giving DIYers and pros the tools to build homes that are beautiful, durable, and planet-friendly. 🌲

09/04/2025

Every farm has a face, a family, a heartbeat. 💚 Yet, one-third of U.S. farmland will change hands in the next 15 years — much of it at risk of being lost forever.

🤝 Together, we can honor elder farmers and empower the next generation to carry the legacy forward. 🌱

Learn how you can help protect our farmland and the people who steward it, from our friends at The Farmers Land Trust . 👉

Farmland succession planning is challenging but essential to preserving America’s working farms.