Environmental
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Resilience ImperativeCooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy |
We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place compelled by the intertwining forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 400 | 2012 | View |
 NEW! Saved by ScienceThe Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology |
How can we accelerate the development of vaccines? How do we feed three billion people when 12 million died of hunger in 2019? Does synthetic biology hold the answer? With all the advances in … | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 226 | 2020 | View |
 NEW! The Case for Climate CapitalismEconomic Solutions for a Planet in Crisis |
A warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk: anti-market critics such as Naomi Klein … | Tom Rand | 274 | 2020 | View |
 NEW! The Sea Is Rising and So Are WeA Climate Justice Handbook |
The Sea is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook is an invitation to get involved in the movement to build a just and sustainable world in the face of the most urgent challenge our … | Bill McKibben; Cynthia Kaufman | 193 | 2021 | View |
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From  Foreward, Prefaces and IntroductionFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
The world of money, finance, and investment is ripe for major reform and reinvention. We’re seeing more and more clean food, clean energy, and clean buildings. Now clean money is also on … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 22 | 2017 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! Foreword |
Forward from acclaimed author and environmentalist Bill McKibben. | Bill McKibben | 2 | 2021 | $0.20 Add |
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From NEW! Preface |
Preface | Tom Rand | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 3 | 2020 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 1Intersection From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From  IntroductionFrom: Damming the Peace |
In the Introduction, author Wendy Holm describes the Site C dam project in B.C. and summarizes the impacts and effects of the project which are analyzed and critiqued in other chapters of the … | Wendy Holm | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Introduction |
Introduction | Tom Rand | 16 | 2020 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Introduction |
In the Introduction, author Cynthia Kaufman explains the premise of the book as a helpful guide to anyone wanting to understand the landscape of climate action, specifically those seeking … | Cynthia Kaufman | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2Lessons from Biology From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter OneThe Debate – From Popes to Apologists |
In this chapter, Rand explores the variety of conflicting ideologies and approached to tackling climate change. These include techno-optimists, anti-capitalists and ecomodernists. Rand argues … | Tom Rand | 46 | 2020 | $4.60 Add |
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From Energy Alternatives to the Site C Dam in a Climate-Challenged WorldFrom: Damming the Peace |
Sustainable energy expert Guy Dauncey looks at alternatives to the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley for meeting the electricity needs of British Columbia, and … | Guy Dauncey | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
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From Quest for PurposeFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
Clear mind, honest and healthy relationships, emotional integrity, and “clean living” were cures as well as life tenets. Career, money, and health, must be connected. The affluent may … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
