Climate Change

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Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate

From: Resilient Agriculture

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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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Epilogue and Epi-Epilogue

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

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In the epilogue, Boyd reflects on how climate change has worsened since he began researching for this book. He provides a brief update of each interviewee and whether their opinions have changed … 12 $1.20 Add
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Footprint Calculations

Individualds, Cities, Countries, Products, and Companies

From: Ecological Footprint

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How does the Ecological Footprint approach inform urban planning, country strategies, product development? ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Indigenous Leadership

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 9, Klein explores the leadership and initiative coming from Indigenous communities across Canada to fight for climate action. Klein focuses the chapter through highlight the work of … 28 $2.80 Add
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Is Sustainable Agriculture a Resilient Agriculture?

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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This chapter examines the topic of sustainable agriculture, the U.S. food system, food and farming philosophies, and resilience. The chapter draws on real-world case studies. 18 $1.80 Add
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Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. 16 $1.60 Add
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References

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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Feminism + The Economy

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

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Scene 5 explores the role of feminism. Discussing unpaid labour, GDP, economic growth, and more. ; ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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The Climate Movement

PART 4: To Shape a Coming World

From: Worlds at Stake

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Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about. 22 $2.20 Add
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The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another

The Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change

From: Peak Everything

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The historic global shift from a regime of cheap fossil fuel energy sources to one of declining and expensive fossil fuels and scarce replacements will impact every living person, every … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Mechanic and the Architect

From: The Big Stall

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Describes how neo-liberals came to embrace carbon taxes as well as the neo-liberal approach to carbon taxation. Presents progresive economists’ critique of the BC carbon tax which aruges … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Petroleum Game: New Realities

From: Oil and World Politics

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Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology

From: The Memory We Could Be

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One of the major obstacles to ecological realism lies in the strength of orthodox visions of the economy, entirely segregated from issues of ecology. These framings offer us simplistic diagnoses … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Scrambled Paradise

From: Lost Feast

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In this chapter Newman describes her time travelling through Hawaii and the biodiversity she witnessed there. Newman describes how after centuries of plant and animal invasions, both purposefully … 24 $2.40 Add
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Tipping Points

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

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This chapter explores various climate tipping points that loom in our near future. Topics include the increasing rate of forest fires, the melting of Arctic sea ice, melting permafrost, changing … 23 $2.30 Add