Environmental
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Escape from OvershootEconomics for a Planet in Peril |
Earth is in overshoot. The cumulative impact of 8 billion humans combined with the relentless pursuit of economic growth has stressed the planet beyond carrying capacity. This richly illustrated … | 322 | 2023 | View | |
 NEW! I Want a Better CatastropheNavigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor |
An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers WITH GLOBAL WARMING projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown … | Andrew Boyd | 422 | 2023 | View |
 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 Prologue and ForewordFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
10 | 2023 | $1.00 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 Overshoot–A Look at the EvidenceFrom: Escape from Overshoot |
In this chapter the author explains the concept of "overshoot", and provides evidence for it. | 36 | 2023 | $3.60 Add |
