Global Warming

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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
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Greening Commerce

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

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Topics include: The New Bottom Lines – The Drivers – Implementing Nature’s Strategies – The Trilogy – Growth, Consumption and Pollution – Creating New … 26 $2.60 Add
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Part 1

The Keys to Human Permaculture

From: Human Permaculture

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Definitions and Foundations of Classic Permaculture – The Contribution of Human Permaculture – Change the World, Starting with Yourself – Reconnecting with Our Deep Belonging to … ; 47 $4.70 Add
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Section B: Stories and Reflections

PART II

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 … ; 45 $4.50 Add
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Sliding Plates and Colliding Continents

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

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In this chapter, Earle explores the role of plate techtonics in the Earth’s climate. Key factors include albedo, continent drift, volcanism, and the formation of mountain ranges. 14 $1.40 Add
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Step Two

Welcome Fear, Grief, and Other Painful Feelings

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

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This chapter suggests that readers must be willing to accept and cope with the feelings of fear and grief that accompany the thought of climate change. By not allowing these negative feelings to … ; 24 $2.40 Add
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The Five Stages of Climate Grief

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

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In this chapter, Boyd discusses climate grief and the six stages that accompany this process; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and gallows humour. This chapter includes an … 43 $4.30 Add
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Understanding Exposure

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Understanding Sensitivity

From: Resilient Agriculture

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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 … 30 $3.00 Add
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Understanding the Crises

From: More Powerful Together

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This chapter contains the following readings: Uneven Impacts of Pipeline Development, Environmental Destruction and Climate Disruption – Structures and Systems that Drive Climate Injustice … 22 $2.20 Add
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What We’re Up Against

The New Climate Denialism in Canada

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 2, Klein examines the present day political, economic, and cultural barriers we face in our efforts to begin to meaningfully fight climate change and climate emergences. The chapter … 32 $3.20 Add
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Will Capitalists Save Us? What about Governments?

From: Future on Fire

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Chapter 2 considered who we should look to for guidance in fighting climate change and how we can not leave it in the hands of the market. Topics discussed include the media industries … 11 $1.10 Add
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Adaptive Capacity

From: Resilient Agriculture

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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. 32 $3.20 Add