Global Warming

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Impossible News

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

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In this chapter, Boyd breaks down the severity of the climate crisis and details the disastrous future that a failure to stop the rise in global temperature makes inevitable. Boyd explains why it … 47 $4.70 Add
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Introduction

From: Human Permaculture

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Guiding Individuals and Groups through the Transition – What Is Your Impact on the Planet? ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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Introduction 16 $1.60 Add
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Confronting Existential Threats, Then and Now

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 1, Klein lays out the methodology of his thesis as he uses the history of Canada’s rapid and successful mobilization efforts in the Second World War as a road map to guide … 22 $2.20 Add
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Section B: Stories and Reflections

PART I

From: Changemakers

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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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Face Climate Truth

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

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This chapter asks the reader to engage with the truth about climate change: That scientific consensus agrees that a climate emergency and ecological crisis presents an imminent existential threat … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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The Climate And Inequality Crises in Canada

From: More Powerful Together

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This chapter contains the following readings: Climate Crisis and Oil and Gas Development in Canada – Ongoing Impacts of Settler Colonialism in Canada – Social Movements in Canada 14 $1.40 Add
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The Path We’re On

From: Future on Fire

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Chapter 1 reflects on our current policies toward climate change and what is at risk if we maintain this status quo. Topics discussed include current government policies for reducing carbon … 18 $1.80 Add
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Understanding Exposure

From: Resilient Agriculture

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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 … 24 $2.40 Add
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Across the Seas of Grass

From: Lost Feast

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In this chapter Newman reflects on her travels to the Yukon to explore northern cuisine during which she reflects on the local bison, their preservation, and the history of the decline of … 17 $1.70 Add
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Awe and Beauty

From: Renewal

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This chapter discusses how it is important, in our otherwise orderly and meticulous world to seek out and experience moments of awe and beauty. 14 $1.40 Add
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The Debate – From Popes to Apologists

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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In this chapter, Rand explores the variety of conflicting ideologies and approached to tackling climate change. These include techno-optimists, anti-capitalists and ecomodernists. Rand argues … 46 $4.60 Add
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Climate Justice

PART 1: Essential Groundwork

From: Worlds at Stake

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Chapter 3 focuses on the concept of climate justice. 19 $1.90 Add
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Containing Environmentalism

From: The Big Stall

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Describes the business lobby’s tactics to contain environmentalism propaganda, including the use of think tanks, during the 1970s and 1980s. Details the rise of neo-liberalism via the Mont … 24 $2.40 Add
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Ecological Hinterland

How much Biocapacity Does a City Need?

From: Ecological Footprint

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This chapter uses the city lens – explaining a city metabolism and its requirement of distant ecosystems  to operate. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Global Economy

From: Getting to Zero

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Analyzes the impact of neo-liberalism, globalization, and free trade on global warming. Presents an analysis of corporate power as the key obstacle to meaningful climate action by governments and … 28 $2.80 Add