Global Warming

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
From NEW! Understanding Sensitivity PART 1 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition 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	13	2022	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Understanding the Crises From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Uneven Impacts of Pipeline Development, Environmental Destruction and Climate Disruption – Structures and Systems that Drive Climate Injustice …	Jen Gobby	22	2020	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Undestanding Past Climates From: Runaway Climate View New Society Publishers	Understanding Past Climates: The ocean sediment record (extracting information from ocean sediment cores), isotope records (documenting temperature changes and tracing carbon sources), …	Steven Earle	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From Urban Water Management From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	What are the opportunities for urban water management in the coming decade, the second of this century? Where should cities be looking for means and methods to meet their water supply …	Jerry Yudelson	22	2010	$2.20 Add
From Vegetables From: Resilient Agriculture View New Society Publishers	This chapter features case studies of vegetable farmers in different regions and describes the methods they use to adapt to the changing climate and promote sustainability on their own farms. …	Laura Lengnick	38	2015	$3.80 Add
From NEW! Vegetables PART 4 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter features case studies of vegetable farmers in different regions and describes the methods they use to adapt to the changing climate and promote sustainability on their own farms. It …	Laura Lengnick	58	2022	$5.80 Add
From NEW! Waking Up to Climate Change PART 1 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	The author talks about climate change, her own experiences and activities in the world of climate action and lessons she’s learned, resilience thinking, and hope. She also introduces the …	Laura Lengnick	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From Water Use in Commercial and Institutional Buildings From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) …	Jerry Yudelson	26	2010	$2.60 Add
From NEW! "We Get There Together or We Don’t Get There at All" From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Centring Justice in Our Relations – Decolonizing Relations – Climate Change as Catalyst for Decolonizing Relations – Note	Jen Gobby	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From We Want a Future Climate Change and How the Youth Are Fighting to Save the Province From: Divided View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter explores the author’s climate activism, and the Fridays for Future strikes inspired by Greta Thunberg.	Sydney Chadwick	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Welcome to the Anthropocene From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	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 …	Tom Rand	20	2020	$2.00 Add