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I Want a Better Catastrophe

Navigating 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 … 422 View

Resilience Imperative

Cooperative 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 … ; 400 View
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The 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 … 226 View
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The Case for Climate Capitalism

Economic 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 … 274 View
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The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

A 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 … ; 193 View
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From: Clean Money Revolution

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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 … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Foreword

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Forward from acclaimed author and environmentalist Bill McKibben. 2 $0.20 Add
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Preface

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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Intersection

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Introduction

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

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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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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From: Damming the Peace

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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 … 5 $0.50 Add
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Lessons from Biology

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The Debate – From Popes to Apologists

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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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 … 46 $4.60 Add
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Energy Alternatives to the Site C Dam in a Climate-Challenged World

From: Damming the Peace

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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 … 28 $2.80 Add