Global Warming

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Rules of Resilience PART 2 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	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 …	Laura Lengnick	15	2022	$1.50 Add
NEW! The Story of Upfront Carbon How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis	When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes Think that buying an electric car or switching to a heat pump is going to save the planet? Think again. We must …		194		View
From NEW! The Way Forward PART 3 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter muses on the way forward from here for our food system, looking to social-ecological resilience thinking, which offers new concepts, a new language and an effective framework for …	Laura Lengnick	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Thinking Together About Changing Everything From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Global Climate and Inequality Crises – This Research Project – Working Towards Decolonial Research Practice – This Book	Jen Gobby	17	2020	$1.70 Add
Thirty Years of Failure Understanding Canadian Climate Policy	Thirty years ago, Canada was a climate leader, designing policy to curb rising emissions and demanding the same of other countries. But in the intervening decades, Canada has become more of a …		192		View
Thriving Beyond Sustainability Pathways to a Resilient Society New Society Publishers	Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million …	Andrés R. Edwards	241	2010	View
From Tipping Points From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate View New Society Publishers	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 …	Steven Earle	23	2021	$2.30 Add
From Tom Gets His Way; Murray Enters the Fray From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses how, by the mid 1990s, the federal Liberals are firmly committed to neo-liberalism. Finance Minister Paul Martin slashes corporate taxes while the party introduces "voluntary" …	Donald Gutstein	14	2018	$1.40 Add
NEW! Toward Sustainable Communities Solutions for Citizens and their Governments	The go-to guide for sustainable community development, from the neighborhood to the regional level.		402		View
From Transformation From: Changing Tides View New Society Publishers	In the Conclusion Frid argues that we are on a knife edge and the time to act is now. Frid stresses how our actions in the next few decades of the 21st Century, will impact our world for the next …	Alejandro Frid	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From Transforming our Politics Bold Leadership, Then, There and Now From: A Good War View ECW Press	In Chapter 12, Klein examines how we must transform our politics and our politicians, how we must vote for leaders who are willing to act and plan like Climate Change is an emergency. Klein …	Seth Klein	28	2020	$2.80 Add
From Two Degrees Too Late (A Shell Game) From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Examines why climate scientists believe it is imperative to limit warming to no more than 2 degrees celsius. Discusses why turning to natural gas, as is advocated by energy corporations and many …	Donald Gutstein	21	2018	$2.10 Add
From NEW! Understanding Adaptive Capacity PART 1 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the concept of adaptive capacity: the ability of a farm to manage human, social, natural, physical, and financial resources to adapt to changes in its environment. The …	Laura Lengnick	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From Understanding Exposure From: Resilient Agriculture View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the ways that climate change impacts different regions and different crops, and outlines the effects that environmental changes will have on the highly delicate balance that …	Laura Lengnick	24	2015	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Understanding Exposure PART 1 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter talks about exposure and dealing with climate change, offering some climate change adaptation concepts that help to clarify options that reduce climate risk and cultivate the climate …	Laura Lengnick	16	2022	$1.60 Add
From Understanding Sensitivity From: Resilient Agriculture View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be …	Laura Lengnick	30	2015	$3.00 Add