Climate Change

Showing 417–432 of 481 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From
The Newest Normal
NEW!

The Newest Normal

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Things have never been so good for humanity, yet so dire for the planet. On one side of the ledger: practically any quantifiable aspect of human well-being, on the other: All the life that … 13 $1.30 Add
From
The Path We’re On
NEW!

The Path We’re On

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 1 reflects on our current policies toward climate change and what is at risk if we maintain this status quo. Topics discussed include current government policies for reducing carbon … 18 $1.80 Add
From
The Petroleum Game: New Realities

The Petroleum Game: New Realities

From: Oil and World Politics

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
From
The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology

The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology

From: The Memory We Could Be

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
From
The Qualities and Behaviours of Resilient Systems
NEW!

The Qualities and Behaviours of Resilient Systems

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter explores the qualities and behaviours of resilient systems, which come in different shapes, kinds, and sizes. The author explores qualities that cultivate resilience such as … 24 $2.40 Add
From
The Return of Mass Flight

The Return of Mass Flight

From: The Return of History

From The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century 61 $6.10 Add
From
The Rise & Fall of Canada's Climate Leadership

The Rise & Fall of Canada’s Climate Leadership

From: Thirty Years of Failure

6 $0.60 Add
From
The Rules of Resilience
NEW!

The Rules of Resilience

PART 2

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter explores rules of resilience, which are: to Cultivate diverse networks of reciprocal relationship, to Cultivate regional self-reliance, and to Cultivate the accumulation of … 15 $1.50 Add
From
The State of Our Groundwater

The State of Our Groundwater

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores how many parts of the world are being impacted or will be impacted by rapidly diminishing and increasingly polluted groundwater sources. 17 $1.70 Add
The Story of Upfront Carbon
NEW!

The Story of Upfront Carbon

How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis

When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes Think that buying an electric car or switching to a heat pump is going to save the planet? Think again. We must … 194 View
From
The suspension of disbelief
NEW!

The suspension of disbelief

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

This chapter examines the phenomena of news presented as two opposing sides and the role of unregulated social media and fake news. It suggests that conspriacy theories and denial of climate … 21 $2.10 Add
From
The unbearable whiteness of being (an environmentalist)
NEW!

The unbearable whiteness of being (an environmentalist)

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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
From
The Velocity of Perception
NEW!

The Velocity of Perception

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Through the intersectionality of multiple crises such as the near-civil war following the 2007 Kenya election, the Covid-19 pandemic, global economic collaspe, the Black Lives Matter movement, … 22 $2.20 Add
From
The Way Forward
NEW!

The Way Forward

PART 3

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter muses on the way forward from here for our food system, looking to social-ecological resilience thinking, which offers new concepts, a new language and an effective framework for … 8 $0.80 Add
From
The Way of the Engineer

The Way of the Engineer

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores new technologies and innovative solutions to water shortages, and shows how we can engineer more efficient ways to use our limited water supply. 18 $1.80 Add