Global Warming

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Ready to Rally

Marshalling Public Opinion, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 3, Klein examines the challenges the Canadian public face when trying to bring about climate action. Klein focuses on increasing widespread awareness through Public Education, … 40 $4.00 Add
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Regenerative Design

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: New Design Approaches and Objectives – Design Tools and Frameworks – Building Green Homes, Towns and Cities – BedZED – Greensburg – Växjö … 18 $1.80 Add
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Rio to Kyoto

The Road Not Taken

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the tactic of "greenwashing" and the use of terms like "sustainable development" allowing big business to adopt the language of environmentalism but none of the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Running on empty

Climate and environment

From: Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

The third chapter of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? asserts that deeply recommitting to public transit is a requirement for slowing climate catastrophe. The author demonstrates how each of … 20 $2.00 Add
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Section C: Changemakers’ Manual

From: Changemakers

This chapter is a hands-on workshop for those who want to build change. There may be a need in your community that you want to respond to, or you may have already started implementing a change … ; 23 $2.30 Add
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Step Three

Reimagine Your Life Story

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

This chapter asks us to reassess the purpose of our lives in the context of facing the climate emergency. We must recast ourselves as the heroes of this story and start to act accordingly. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Beast in the Jaktorów Forest

From: Lost Feast

In this chapter Newman explores the history of the cow, both as a animal and a food source. 19 $1.90 Add
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Understanding Sensitivity

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Undestanding Past Climates

From: Runaway Climate

Understanding Past Climates:  The ocean sediment record (extracting information from ocean sediment cores), isotope records (documenting temperature changes and tracing carbon sources), … 16 $1.60 Add
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“Even a Ravaged Planet Is Worth Fighting For”

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 4 reflects on what a world that suffers the consequences of large-scale climate change would look like and if it is still worth fighting for. Topics discussed include the 2030 deadline to … 14 $1.40 Add
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Burger 2.0

From: Lost Feast

In this chapter Newman explores the possible future of alternative meat, through examining the history of veggie burgers, Beyond Meat products, and the next generation of agricultural innovation … 16 $1.60 Add
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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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Chapter 4

Mentor and Provider

From: Renewal

This chapter explores in which nature guides and teaches us, whether as a source of creative inspiration or as a wealth of systems to explore and understand 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter Three

Price and the Need for Speed

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

In this chapter, Rand discusses carbon pricing as a way to limit emissions. He discusses the history of carbon pricing policies, and provides case studies of places where these policies have been … 33 $3.30 Add
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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
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Facilitation Techniques

From: Changemakers

Suggestions for facilitation techniques. ; 6 $0.60 Add