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From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Greening the City From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Greening the city refers to strategies and techniques that protect and restore ecology within urban communities. It means a fruit tree-lined street, a creek meandering through an urban …	Marc Roseland	16	2012	$1.60 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Water and Sewage From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Waste Reduction and Recycling From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Reuse and reduction offer the greatest opportunities for eliminating pollution and depletion of natural resources, yet they are often perceived to be at odds with economic development. How does a …	Marc Roseland	13	2012	$1.30 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Energy Efficiency and Renewables From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Canadians and Americans consume more energy per capita than any other nation. Environmental impacts of our consumptive lifestyles include ozone layer depletion, acid rain, smog, potential climate …	Marc Roseland	16	2012	$1.60 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Atmospheric Change and Air Quality From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Although atmospheric change is a complex technical issue, only a few basic concepts are required to comprehend its implications and design community strategies to reduce its threat. This chapter …	Marc Roseland	11	2012	$1.10 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Transportation Planning and Traffic Management From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Unsustainable transport systems not only are a major contributor to atmosphere change, but also lead to increasing congestion, longer commuting times, increasing demands for shorter work hours to …	Marc Roseland	19	2012	$1.90 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Land Use and Urban Form From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Sustainable land use can help invigorate communities, and provide considerable environmental, economic, social, and cultural benefits. Redeveloping and reusing existing buildings and land can …	Marc Roseland	21	2012	$2.10 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Housing and Community Development From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Community development requires good urban design to foster connection and neighborliness, and programs, policies, and initiatives to encourage healthy human interaction, including safety, …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Community Economic Development From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Sustainable community economic development (CED) is a feasible, community-based alternative to the economy we are familiar with — an economy focused on growth rather than development, on …	Marc Roseland	20	2012	$2.00 Add
From Part 2 The Global South from Conquest and Exploitation to Self-Reliant Development Structural Continuity and Economic Dependence in the Capitalist World System From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization View Fernwood Publishing		Kari Polanyi Levitt	20	2013	$2.00 Add
From Part 3 Why is Fake News on the Rise? From: Won't Get Fooled Again View Between The Lines		Alan Spinney; Erin Steuter	54	2020	$5.40 Add
From Part 3 Hitting a Billion From: Billion Dollar Start-Up View ECW Press	This chapter explores the growth of HEXO from a small startup to a company with a valuation of over $1 billion.	Adam Miron; Julie Beun; Sébastien St-Louis	86	2021	$8.60 Add
From Part 3 From: The Winter Market Gardener View New Society Publishers	Part 3 includes the following chapters: Tending to Winter Crops – Fall Harvests for Cold Storage – Growing and Selling Vegetables Year-Round – Conclusion	Catherine Sylvestre; Jean-Martin Fortier	70	2023	$7.00 Add
From Part 3 Conclusion Globalization and Development Decline of the West and Rise of the Rest From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization View Fernwood Publishing		Kari Polanyi Levitt	25	2013	$2.50 Add
From Part 3: Exercises, Games, and Further Rabble Rousing An Alphabet for Workers—and Others From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan which offers a history lesson and a cooperative, entertaining way for people to share their experiences of work, class, and politics. It includes required …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	5	2024	$0.50 Add
From Part 3: Exercises, Games, and Further Rabble Rousing Green City Action Plan From: Roles of Resistance View Between The Lines	This section presents a lesson plan requires students envision ways to build a greener future that puts sustainability and workers’ rights together, using actual land that was in industrial …	John-Henry Harter; Mark Leier	12	2024	$1.20 Add