New Society Publishers

11/05/2025

How many times have you heard it? “Kids these days…”
The truth is, young people are not broken.

The “Kids These Days effect” shows that it is often our adult fears and expectations that create distance and misunderstanding.

In Kids These Days, authors Nevin Harper and Will Dobud offer a hopeful, practical guide to reconnect with youth and support their mental health with compassion, curiosity, and courage.

💛 It is time to see kids differently.
Let’s move from blame to understanding, and from frustration to connection.

📘 Kids These Days is available now from New Society Publishers.

👇 Share your thoughts in the comments: What do you think young people need most right now?

Will Dobud

11/04/2025

🌱 Imagine an economy that behaves like a living organism: intelligent, adaptive, and regenerative.

That is the vision at the heart of Regenerative Economics, the groundbreaking new book by John Fullerton, published by New Society Publishers.

Based on living systems science, this powerful work reveals the unseen fatal flaw in our current economic model and offers a hopeful path forward through today’s overlapping crises of climate, inequality, and ecological breakdown.

✅ Learn the Regenerative Design Principles that can transform our economies and communities.
✅ Discover practical actions that go beyond sustainability and circularity, moving toward true systemic health.
✅ Join a growing global movement redefining value and wellbeing.

📘 Preorder your copy today and help shape the next evolution of economics, one that serves people, planet, and the future of life itself. 👉 https://bit.ly/3LjhibQ

11/02/2025

🌿 Sustainable Saturdays! 🌿

What if your next wall could breathe, insulate, and heal the planet — all at once? 🌾

This week we’re featuring Essential Light Straw Clay Construction by Lydia Doleman, a hands-on guide to building naturally with one of the most sustainable materials on Earth.

Light straw clay combines the strength of clay with the insulation of straw to create durable, breathable, high-performance walls — using materials that are renewable, beautiful, and surprisingly simple to work with.

Whether you’re a DIY builder or a professional designer, this fully illustrated guide shows how to create healthy, low-impact spaces that last. 🏡✨

💚 Learn more about this book — and explore the entire Sustainable Building Essentials series — here:
👉 https://bit.ly/3VXo0Gj

10/29/2025

Some people meditate… author Elspeth Hay cracks walnuts. 😂

In this video, Elspeth shows her simple and satisfying technique for cracking fresh walnuts — a little taste of fall and a reminder of how much joy can come from food straight from the land. 🍂💚

Watch, enjoy, and tell us: have you ever cracked your own?

10/28/2025

Ready to grow like a pro? 🌱

Jean-Martin Fortier, one of Canada’s most trusted voices in small-scale farming, shows how smart systems and mindful growing can turn any plot into a thriving garden.�

From soil prep to harvest, learn how to grow more food, waste less, and enjoy every step. 🌾�

📘 Discover the Grower’s Guides from the Market Gardener series and start your pro journey today.👇
https://bit.ly/4go9Jfj

Jean-Martin Fortier Market Gardener Institute

The Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener is a curated collection of 11 practical handbooks designed to provide everyone from novice gardeners to seasoned horticulturalists and farmers with the information they need to grow better, using Jean-Martin Fortier's principles of biointensive, regenerat...

10/25/2025

🌎 SUSTAINABLE SATURDAY THROWBACK 🌎
A few years ago, this beautiful earthen tree came to life through pure creativity and craftsmanship.

Sculpted by the client and Essential Natural Plasters co-author Michael Henry, it was built over a metal lath armature filled with straw and shaped with Camel’s Back Construction’s pigmented earth plaster, enriched with fine h**p sliver.

It is a reminder that sustainability is not just about efficiency. It is also about artistry, connection, and finding beauty in the materials that surround us. 🌿

As we look further into 2025 and beyond, creativity like this continues to inspire a future where natural materials and imagination work hand in hand.

✨ Build beautifully. Build consciously.

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10/24/2025

The pressure on young Canadians has never been greater. 💭

Kids These Days by Nevin Harper and Will Dobud reminds us that what youth need most isn’t more pressure, but more connection, understanding, and belonging. 🌿

If you care about youth mental health in Canada, this is a must-read. 📚

Let’s start helping our kids thrive, not just cope.

Will Dobud

10/23/2025

🎉 BOOK GIVEAWAY! 🎉
What if your home could connect you more deeply to the earth beneath your feet? 🌎

We are giving away Earthen Floors, Second Edition by Sukita Reay Crimmel and James Thomson, a beautifully practical guide to creating natural, durable floors using clay, sand, and straw.

✨ How to Enter:
Comment below ⬇️
💬 What is one step you have taken or want to take toward a more sustainable home?

🗓️ Giveaway runs October 23 to October 30.

Let’s celebrate natural building, craftsmanship, and the beauty of living simply. 🌿

The essential guide to making, installing and living with beautiful, all-natural earthen floors – now fully revised and updated This full-color guide includ ...

10/22/2025

Join us in celebrating Joanna Macy's literary legacy this Friday, October 24th. Facilitated by the Work That Reconnects Network, in collaboration with Parallax Press, Shambhala Publications and New Society Publishers, featuring our Publisher Emeritus Judith Plant.

🌄Click the link to register. Book discounts for attendees.

Join us for a free online gathering to honor the literary legacy of Joanna Macy through readings, dialogue, community reflection and Q&A with a panel of her fellow authors, moderated by Leilani Navar. This gathering will be facilitated by the Work That Reconnects Network, in collaboration with Paral...

10/22/2025

🔥 Flash Sale ends 7am Oct 23 🔥 https://bit.ly/478RSEQ
Sale

Turn your backyard into a thriving homestead — one happy animal at a time. 🐝🐓🐇🐄
For just $60, From Coop to Hive gives you 6 expert guides to raising bees, goats, rabbits, and more — naturally. 🌿

💛 Start your journey today !