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The Rules of Resilience

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter explores rules of resilience, which are: to Cultivate diverse networks of reciprocal relationship, to Cultivate regional self-reliance, and to Cultivate the accumulation of … 15 $1.50 Add
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Welcome to the Anthropocene

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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In this chapter, Rand summarizes the challenges facing humanity if it wants to survive the 21st century. He concludes with a letter to his son, giving a vision of a future where climate change is … 20 $2.00 Add
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Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate

From: Resilient Agriculture

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The final chapter of the book looks beyond the farm and assesses ways for the entire food production system – from farm to table – to become more resilient. Everything from … 34 $3.40 Add
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Footprint Calculations

Individualds, Cities, Countries, Products, and Companies

From: Ecological Footprint

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How does the Ecological Footprint approach inform urban planning, country strategies, product development? ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Indigenous Leadership

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 9, Klein explores the leadership and initiative coming from Indigenous communities across Canada to fight for climate action. Klein focuses the chapter through highlight the work of … 28 $2.80 Add
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Is Sustainable Agriculture a Resilient Agriculture?

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter examines the topic of sustainable agriculture, the U.S. food system, food and farming philosophies, and resilience. The chapter draws on real-world case studies. 18 $1.80 Add
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The Climate Movement

PART 4: To Shape a Coming World

From: Worlds at Stake

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Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about. 22 $2.20 Add
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The Mechanic and the Architect

From: The Big Stall

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Describes how neo-liberals came to embrace carbon taxes as well as the neo-liberal approach to carbon taxation. Presents progresive economists’ critique of the BC carbon tax which aruges … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Petroleum Game: New Realities

From: Oil and World Politics

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Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Scrambled Paradise

From: Lost Feast

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In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully … 24 $2.40 Add
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Tipping Points

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

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This chapter explores various climate tipping points that loom in our near future. Topics include the increasing rate of forest fires, the melting of Arctic sea ice, melting permafrost, changing … 23 $2.30 Add
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Civil Society Leadership

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 10, Klein shifts his focus from the political sphere to that of role of civil society primarily through social movements to bring change and mobilize the masses. Focusing on issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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Conclusion

Worlds at Stake

From: Worlds at Stake

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The Conclusion offers the author Saad’s final thoughts on where we might find ourselves in the struggle against climate change and what role or roles we may play in the fight against it. 6 $0.60 Add
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Footprint in Architecture and City Planning

BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel

From: Ecological Footprint

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Architectural examples that have been informed by this thinking ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Honey and Roses

From: Lost Feast

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In this chapter Newman explores the history of honey and mead and how it has maintained a presence and connection to society for millennia’s. 15 $1.50 Add
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Paris

Big Oil Gets Its Deal

From: The Big Stall

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Analyzes the 2015 Paris Accord on climate change and reports on how the proceedings came to be dominated by corporate interests. Analyzes the impact of decades of well funded denialism. Suggests … 22 $2.20 Add