Publications
Articles, Lecutres, Interviews | Books | Video Tapes | Audio Tapes | Order Information
The publications, video and audiotapes listed here are available from Commonweal. Additional tapes and books by Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen are available at the ISHI store.
Articles, Lectures, and Interviews with Michael Lerner
An article from the Pacific Sun newspaper Curing What Ails Medicine, a conversation with Keith Thompson, October 2, 2002
An essay by Michael Lerner on "The Age of Extinctions and the Emerging Environmental Health Movement," which explores the potential of environmental public health to draw together constituencies concerned with a sustainable future.
A Steve Heilig interview with Michael Lerner in the Fall 1999 issue of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics on Health Care Without Harm and the Emerging Environmental Health Movement.
The transcript of a keynote address, The Age of Extinctions and the Emerging Environmental Health Movement, was given at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine's conference "COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CARE 2001: Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Therapies", which took place in Arlington, Virginia, Sunday, October 21, 2001.
The transcript of a keynote address to the Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at Columbia University School of Medicine entitled The New Healing Bond: Why Personal and Environmental Health are Inseparable in the 21st Century.
BOOKS
by Michael Lerner, Ph.D.
Choices In Healing:Integrating The Best Of Conventional And Complementary Approaches To Cancer
(Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994) / $17.50
This comprehensive book covers choices in healing, mainstream therapies, complementary therapies, pain control, and dying. The main focus is on complementary therapies, with major sections on spiritual, pharmacological, nutritional, and various specific unconventional treatments.
by Steve Lerner
DiamondA Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor
Cloth / March 2005 Price $27.95
The story of how a mixed-income minority community in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor fought Shell Oil and won.
Eco-Pioneers: Practical Visionaries Solving Today's Environmental Problems(Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997)/ $25.00
This book contains detailed profiles of 25 of America's foremost environmental innovators — eco-pioneers who are exploring sustainable ways to log forests, grow food, save plant species, run cattle, build houses, clean up cities, redesign rural communities, generate power, conserve water, protect rivers and wildlife, treat hazardous waste, reuse materials, and reduce both waste and consumption.
The CYA Report, Part I: Conditions Of Life At The California Youth AuthorityPrice $5.95
The CYA Report, Part II: Bodily Harm-The Pattern Of Fear And Violence At The California Youth AuthorityPrice $4.95
The CYA Report, Part III: Reforming The California Youth Authority-How To End Crowding, Diversify Treatment And Protect The Public Without Spending More MoneyBy Paul Demuro, Anne Demuro & Steve Lerner Price $5.95
The Good News About Juvenile Justice: The Movement Away From Large Institutions and Toward Community-Based ServicesPrice $5.95
Earth Summit: Conversations with Architects of an Ecologically Sustainable FuturePrice $ 9.95
This book includes conversations with Jessica Tuchman Matthews, Bruce Rich, Brent Blackwelder, Frances Spivy-Weber, and others.
Beyond The Earth Summit: Conversations with Advocates of Sustainable DevelopmentPrice $12.50
This book includes conversations with Vice-President Al Gore, Maurice Strong, James Gustave Speth, David Runnalls, Martin Khor, and others.
VIDEO TAPES
Choices In CancerMichael Lerner, Ph.D. / $24.95
Choices in Cancer is intended to enable people with cancer and those who care for them to map the kinds of choices they may face, including: (1) choice in healing; (2) choice in conventional therapies; (3) choice in complementary therapies; (4) choice in pain control; and (5) choice in death and dying. This videotape is a synthesis of the presentations that Michael Lerner. Ph.D., President of Commonweal, gives for participants during the Commonweal Cancer Help Program.
AUDIO TAPES
Deep RelaxationNischala Devi
A step-by-step instruction through the five aspects of a deep full relaxation. Side B offers a complete 30-minute relaxation with gentle music for daily practice and health. / $10.00
Dynamic StillnessNischala Devi
Basic and simple meditation instruction and techniques for beginning, as well as more advanced students wanting to deepen their inner stillness. Side B offers two distinct 15-minute, guided meditations with silent time for deep introspection. / $10.00
Relax, Move and HealNischala Devi
This is an excellent tape that guides the listener through gentle yoga-based movements, breathing practices, and progressive muscle relaxation. Nischala Devi, an experienced yoga teacher, also uses imagery and a background of flute and harp music. / $10.00
Sojourn To HealingNischala Devi
A full explanation of imagery and visualization, including a variety of applications and sample sessions. Side B offers two 15-minute guided imagery sessions with relaxing flute music which can be used for continual and varied daily practice. / $10.00
HOW TO ORDER
To order any of these publication please call Commonweal at (415) 868-0970.