Twelve by Twelve (37 page)

soft economy and,
205

at
12
×
12
house,
50–51

in urban environments,
257–58

as varying state,
74

water supply,
27
,
109
,
131

Weenhayek people,
176

Weimar (Germany),
168–70

Whispering in the Giant’s Ear
(Powers),
175

white privilege,
106
,
109

white supremacy,
122

Whitman, Walt,
132

wildcrafting,
93–97
,
154
,
158
,
204–5
,
261–62

wildness,
41–42
,
43–44

Willie of the Western Shoshone,
220

wisdomkeepers,
xiv
,
5
,
180

Wise Ones, xiv

wolves, half-breed,
129–30

workaholism,
157
work ethic,
150
world

improving,
125–27

as rhythm,
137–38

shape of,
4
,
7–9
,
137

World Bank,
209

World Conservation Union,
209
,
247

World Is Flat, The
(Friedman),
6

wu wei
(alert inactivity),
26

Y

yoga,
257

Your Money or Your Life
(Robin and Dominguez),
209

Yugoslavia,
220

Yvonne (neighbor),
229–31
,
244

Z

Zapatistas,
192–95

Zawada, Jerry,
221

Zimbabwe,
123

WILLIAM POWERS
is the author of two critically acclaimed books. His Liberia memoir,
Blue Clay People: Seasons on Africa’s Fragile Edge
(2005) received a
Publishers Weekly
starred review, and
Whis pering in the Giant’s Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia’s War on Globalization
(2006) has been featured on NPR’s
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross and in
Newsweek
. For over a decade Powers has led development aid and conservation initiatives in Latin America, Africa, and Washington, DC. From 2002 to 2004 he managed the socioeconomic components of a project in the Bolivian Amazon that won a prize from Harvard’s JFK School of Government. His essays on global issues have appeared in the
New York Times
, the
Washington Post
,
Slate
, the
Sun
, and the
International Herald Tribune
and have been syndicated to three hundred newspapers around the world. He has appeared on NPR’s
Living on Earth
,
The Leonard Lopate Show
,
West Coast Live
,
Left Jab
, and
World Vision Report
as well as on local public television stations and Book TV. Powers is an increasingly active speaker at think tanks, policy gatherings, and
writers’ conferences. He has worked at the World Bank and Conservation International and holds degrees from Brown and Georgetown. He lives part-time in New York City.

www.williampowersbooks.com
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