Climate Change

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Political Institutions

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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Right-Wing Ideology and Climate Change Denialism

PART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks

From: Worlds at Stake

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Chapter 5 critically examines the right wing phenomenon of climate change denialism. 22 $2.20 Add
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Saving Ecosystems

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

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Topics include: Continental Conservation – Species Protection – Protecting the Land – Conservation Philanthropy – What is Nature Worth? – Conservation Finance … 16 $1.60 Add
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Step Four

Understand and Enter Emergency Mode

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

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This chapter asks the reader to reassess how they establish priorities in order to enter a state of focus and determination to tackle the climate emergency. ; 20 $2.00 Add
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The unbearable whiteness of being (an environmentalist)

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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Aknowledging his perspective as a white, heterosexual man, the author examines social crises being amplified by a colonialism and systemic racism, and their intersection with the climate crisis, … 16 $1.60 Add
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Tom Gets His Way; Murray Enters the Fray

From: The Big Stall

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Discusses how, by the mid 1990s, the federal Liberals are firmly committed to neo-liberalism. Finance Minister Paul Martin slashes corporate taxes while the party introduces "voluntary" … 14 $1.40 Add
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Understanding Adaptive Capacity

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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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. The … 14 $1.40 Add
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Urban Water Management

From: Dry Run

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What are the opportunities for urban water management in the coming decade, the second of this century? Where should cities be looking for means and methods to meet their water supply … 22 $2.20 Add
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Vegetables

From: Resilient Agriculture

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This chapter features case studies of vegetable farmers in different regions and describes the methods they use to adapt to the changing climate and promote sustainability on their own farms. … 38 $3.80 Add
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Who Owns Water?

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers discusses international law surrounding water use as well as legislation passed on a national level. 15 $1.50 Add
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4. The Inequality Turnaround

“Sharing the Dividends”

From: Earth for All

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Chapter 4 explores the challenges of the growing inequality across the globe. Topics discussing include economic inequality, privatization,  the creation of progressive taxation for … ; ; ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

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Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
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Canada’s Carbon Record

From: About Canada: The Environment

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Chapter 5

Nature’s Intelligence

From: Renewal

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This chapter explores the concept of intelligence and the ways in which the natural world displays a systemic ability to solve problems and overcome obstacles. 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter Four

White Hats and Black Hats: Getting Corporate Leaders in the Fight

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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In this chapter, Rand argues that cutting emissions is good business. He provides reasons that should motivate business owners to tackle climate change. 26 $2.60 Add