Global Warming

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Pulling the levers of power

Pulling the levers of power

From Lougheed to Klein

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic … 7 $0.70 Add
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Ready to Rally

Ready to Rally

Marshalling Public Opinion, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 3, Klein examines the challenges the Canadian public face when trying to bring about climate action. Klein focuses on increasing widespread awareness through Public Education, … 40 $4.00 Add
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Regenerative Design

Regenerative Design

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: New Design Approaches and Objectives – Design Tools and Frameworks – Building Green Homes, Towns and Cities – BedZED – Greensburg – Växjö … 18 $1.80 Add
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Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

Remaking the Economy, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 6, Klein examines the practically of fundamentally retooling our entire economy by reexamining how it has been done before during the Second World War. Klein focuses much of this … 64 $6.40 Add
Renewal
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Renewal

How Nature Awakens Our Creativity Compassion and Joy

Why spend countless hours indoors in front of screens when being in nature feels so good? In learning why and how to nurture our emotional connection with nature, we can also regenerate the … 210 View
Resilient Agriculture

Resilient Agriculture

Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate

Climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to the productivity and profitability of agriculture in North America. More variable weather, drought and flooding create the most obvious … 370 View
Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition
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Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

Cultivating Food Systems for A Changing Climate

Real world stories from the frontlines of climate change, resilience, and the future of food. CLIMATE CHANGE PRESENTS an unprecedented challenge to food and farming in the U.S. and beyond. … 368 View
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Resilient Agriculture: New Tools for Shaping Change
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Resilient Agriculture: New Tools for Shaping Change

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter summarizes the key innovations and practices that the farmers featured in the book have implemented to deal with climate change and describes the main attributes of a sustainable … 24 $2.40 Add
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Right-Wing Ideology and Climate Change Denialism
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Right-Wing Ideology and Climate Change Denialism

PART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks

From: Worlds at Stake

Chapter 5 critically examines the right wing phenomenon of climate change denialism. 22 $2.20 Add
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Rio to Kyoto

Rio to Kyoto

The Road Not Taken

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the tactic of "greenwashing" and the use of terms like "sustainable development" allowing big business to adopt the language of environmentalism but none of the … 16 $1.60 Add
Runaway Climate
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Runaway Climate

What the geological past can tell us about the coming climate change catastrophe

56 million years ago our planet experienced rapid, intense warming known as the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum, resulting in a global temperature increase of about 7°C. Runaway … 256 View
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Running on empty

Running on empty

Climate and environment

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

The third chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? asserts that deeply recommitting to public transit is a requirement for slowing climate catastrophe. The author demonstrates how each of … 20 $2.00 Add
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Saving Ecosystems

Saving Ecosystems

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: Continental Conservation – Species Protection – Protecting the Land – Conservation Philanthropy – What is Nature Worth? – Conservation Finance … 16 $1.60 Add
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Section A: Changemaking

Section A: Changemaking

From: Changemakers

The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. It tells the story of Anna, which gives us plenty … ; 37 $3.70 Add
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Section B: Stories and Reflections

Section B: Stories and Reflections

PART I

From: Changemakers

The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed … ; 63 $6.30 Add
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Section B: Stories and Reflections

Section B: Stories and Reflections

PART II

From: Changemakers

The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed … ; 45 $4.50 Add