Climate Change

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A Mosaic of Alternatives

A Mosaic of Alternatives

From: The Memory We Could Be

What follows is not an exact formula or a plotted route to climate safety. It is a brief map of 12 terrains of possibility, which may represent existing and potential pathways for a transition. 46 $4.60 Add
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A New Way to Think About Solutions
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A New Way to Think About Solutions

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter discusses climate change as a major threat to our food system and various possible solutions for tackling this threat. It expands on the concept of resilience and also touches on the … 17 $1.70 Add
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A New World Upon Us
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A New World Upon Us

PART 1: Essential Groundwork

From: Worlds at Stake

Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the book and discusses what the world will look like as it continues to be affected by climate change. 8 $0.80 Add
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A Plague of Humans

A Plague of Humans

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

In this chapter Earle turns to the role of humanity in changing our planet’s climate. Important forces include agriculture, fossil fuel consumption, and total population. 14 $1.40 Add
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A Plausable Future: Approaching Apocalypse

A Plausable Future: Approaching Apocalypse

From: The Memory We Could Be

Climate change represents the extinction of predictability, a demolition of certainties. By the end of the 21st century, the environmental conditions on up to a third of the Earth’s surface … 24 $2.40 Add
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A Possible Future: The World We Can Win

A Possible Future: The World We Can Win

From: The Memory We Could Be

From a climatic perspective, our transformation requires two axes: a massive reduction of emissions and a massive reduction of injustice. We must diminish vulnerabilities, reduce the drivers of … 23 $2.30 Add
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A Slowly Warming Sun

A Slowly Warming Sun

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter considers the role of the sun in climate change. While the sun seems constant to human perception, in reality it has been slowly getting hotter for billions of years. When compared … 15 $1.50 Add
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A theory of the deep state

A theory of the deep state

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft introuces the concepts of institutional capture and deep state and links them together to outline a theory of the deep state, as background for a … 16 $1.60 Add
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A Thriveable Future

A Thriveable Future

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: The SPIRALS Framework – Scalable – Place-making – Intergenerational – Resilient – Accessible – Life-affirming – Self-care – Moving … 17 $1.70 Add
About Canada: The Environment

About Canada: The Environment

As the Earth veers toward a biological tipping point, as resources like water, fish, oil and natural gas become scarcer and as climate change threatens our survival, how is Canada responding? … 176 View
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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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Adaptive Capacity

Adaptive Capacity

From: Resilient Agriculture

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
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Adding Resilience to the Menu
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Adding Resilience to the Menu

PART 3

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

The author talks about the new greater awareness if climate change, popular solutions (which she critiques), and food system resilience. This chapter touches on the regional roots of resilience … 16 $1.60 Add
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Africa

Africa

Protecting One's Resources

From: Ecological Footprint

How can Ecological Footprint accounting help frame risks and opportunities in countries with low income, and sometimes also low biocapacity? ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Afterword
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Afterword

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

The afterword from Tara Cullis. 4 $0.40 Add
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Another End of the World is Possible
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Another End of the World is Possible

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

In this chapter, Boyd explains why he tackles the climate crisis with " tragic optimism and a pair of not-at-all-rosy “can-do pessimism” goggles." 9 $0.90 Add