Global Warming

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Border and Rule

Border and Rule

Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

In Border and Rule, one of North America’s foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial … 320 View
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Burning Planet

Burning Planet

From: Getting to Zero

Explores the big picture of ongoing global warming, and the lack of impact to date of the Paris Accord. Summarizes the threat to soil, water, and air. 23 $2.30 Add
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Carbon Pricing

Carbon Pricing

Economists vs. the Public Interest

From: The Big Stall

Reviews competing economic theories about tackling pollution. Explains Edmund Pigou’s work on "externalities" and neo-liberal ideas. An analysis of the two major policy proposals … 21 $2.10 Add
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Catalysts for Change

Catalysts for Change

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: Greening Campuses – The Food Revolution – The Green Economy – Mainstreaming Green – Open Source – Initiatives, Confluence, Scope and Approach – … 26 $2.60 Add
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Catastrophic Collisions

Catastrophic Collisions

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter examines meteor impacts, in particular the Chicxulub Impact near the Yucatan Peninsula. 14 $1.40 Add
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Cautionary Tales

Cautionary Tales

What Not to Do

From: A Good War

In Chapter 11, Klein examines the risk of losing civil liberties through Wartime Measures Acts. Focuses on issues relating to Refugee and Immigration Laws in Canada, Canadian Aid to Other Parts … 22 $2.20 Add
Changemakers

Changemakers

Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World

With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It’s all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. The antidote to fear and … ; 208 View
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Changes in the Oceans During the PETM
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Changes in the Oceans During the PETM

From: Runaway Climate

Changes in the Oceans During the PETM: A pulse of 13 C, depleted carbon, warming, acidification, sea level rise, ocean currents and changes to ocean life during the PETM (high temperature, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Changes on Land During the PETM
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Changes on Land During the PETM

From: Runaway Climate

Changes on Land During the PETM: The land sediment record (global locations with Paleocene-Eocene transition sedimentary rocks, types of rocks) and climate changes on land, … 20 $2.00 Add
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Silphium

Silphium

From: Lost Feast

This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1

Aligning With Nature

From: Renewal

The first chapter discusses the concept of being aligned with nature, and how making an effort to be outwardly aligned with our environment can help us gain internal stability. 18 $1.80 Add
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Chapter 1: The Lens of Upfront Carbon
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Chapter 1: The Lens of Upfront Carbon

From: The Story of Upfront Carbon

What is upfront carbon, and why is it so important? For decades we have been preoccupied with energy consumption, but since the Paris Accord of 2015 we have had to pivot to concern about carbon … 46 $4.60 Add
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The Scrambled Paradise

The Scrambled Paradise

From: Lost Feast

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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Honey and Roses

Honey and Roses

From: Lost Feast

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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The Sex Life of Plants

The Sex Life of Plants

From: Lost Feast

In this chapter Newman continues to focus on the roles of bees, however, this time she explore their role in pollination, crop survival, and the dangers of decline and loss of bee populations … 23 $2.30 Add
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 12

Red Meat

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks … 4 $0.40 Add