Global Warming

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Conclusion
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Conclusion

From: Human Permaculture

Becoming Artisans of Change – Next Steps in Human Permaculture ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

Forward to Victory! or Making Peace with our Planet

From: A Good War

In the Conclusion, Klein offers his final call to action, asking his readers to begin to take steps towards a Climate Mobilization Plan for Canada, bringing us all together and for our collective … 14 $1.40 Add
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Confederation Quagmire

Confederation Quagmire

Regional Differences, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 5, Klein examines the challenges the federal government faces while trying to secure sufficient collaboration across the various levels of government to confront the climate crisis. … 24 $2.40 Add
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Containing Environmentalism

Containing Environmentalism

From: The Big Stall

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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Cooling and Warming from Volcanic Eruptions

Cooling and Warming from Volcanic Eruptions

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter is about why we have volcanic eruptions, how they differ in style and in size and why that’s important, and how they affect the Earth’s climate both on a short time … 22 $2.20 Add
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Croplands, Forests, and Oceans

Croplands, Forests, and Oceans

How Much Biocapacity Do We Have?

From: Ecological Footprint

This is the other side of the coin: what nature is able to deliver. It explains why regeneration is the mother of all material constraints. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate

Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate

From: Resilient Agriculture

The final chapter of the book looks beyond the farm and assesses ways for the entire food production system – from farm to table – to become more resilient. Everything from … 34 $3.40 Add
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Degrowth
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Degrowth

PART 3: The System-Changing Frameworks

From: Worlds at Stake

Chapter 8 explores the idea of degrowth, as opposed to the role of perpetual economic growth which had led to the current ecological crisis. 20 $2.00 Add
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Ditching our Climate-Wrecking Stories

Ditching our Climate-Wrecking Stories

From: Changing Tides

We are well-poised to ditch “what has been our most venerated and engrained story since the mid-1700s. The one in which we tell ourselves that burning more fossil fuels is synonymous with … 8 $0.80 Add
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Earth's Orbital Variations

Earth’s Orbital Variations

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter examines the role of the Earth’s orbital variations in determining the world’s climate. The tilt of the Earth’s axis and our irregular elliptical orbit around the … 15 $1.50 Add
Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint

Managing Our Biocapacity Budget

Our economy is running a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme with the planet. We use future resources to run the present, using more than Earth can replenish. Like any such scheme, this works for a … 290 View
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Ecological Hinterland

Ecological Hinterland

How much Biocapacity Does a City Need?

From: Ecological Footprint

This chapter uses the city lens – explaining a city metabolism and its requirement of distant ecosystems  to operate. ; 17 $1.70 Add
Ecology for the 99%

Ecology for the 99%

Twenty Capitalist Myths Debunked

Ecology for the 99% provides inspiration for building grassroots environmental movements through a lively discussion of the most persistent capitalist myths. It presents compelling evidence for … ; ; ; ; 276 View
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Ecosocialism
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Ecosocialism

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 5 examines a future guided by ecosocialism. Topics discussed include the transition away from corporate, consumer, and crony capitalism, what makes ecosocialism a good alternative to … 9 $0.90 Add
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Ecosocialism
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Ecosocialism

PART 3: The System-Changing Frameworks

From: Worlds at Stake

Chapter 9 examines the argument for ecosocialism, its framework, and offers several critiques of existing capitalism, and encourages the reader to raid a critical eye towards the present system … 16 $1.60 Add