Climate Change
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Preface & IntroductionAn unwitting experiment From: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an unique and personal view on the hold oil companies have on our democratic institutions. He goes on to provide a brief history of … | Kevin Taft | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
From Prologue |
“Just as we can pollute the natural environment, we can pollute public conversations.” While the experts disagree about why this is happening, they concur when it comes to the damage … | James Hoggan | 6 | 2016 | $0.60 Add |
From Prologue |
This section contains the prologue and a brief introduction. | Margaret Klein Salamon; Molly Gage | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Prologue |
In the prologue, Andrew Boyd describes his experience at the 2015 climate march in New York and the 2021 climate conference in Glasgow. Boyd discusses the concept of hope in connection to the … | Andrew Boyd | 11 | 2023 | $1.10 Add |
From Resilience: The 21st Century ImperativeFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Humans face profound challenges over the next century – climate change, peak oil, a growth-addicted global financial system, gross inequity. Simply tweaking the way we do things will not be … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 41 | 2012 | $4.10 Add |
From Section A: ChangemakingFrom: Changemakers |
The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. It tells the story of Anna, which gives us plenty … | Fay Weller; Mary Wilson | 37 | 2018 | $3.70 Add |
From SilphiumFrom: Lost Feast |
This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. | Lenore Newman | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
From Sustaining Agriculture in a Changing ClimateFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter provides a brief history of agricultural practices and outlines the different crops and livestock that are cultivated in different environments. The chapter goes on to discuss how … | Laura Lengnick | 40 | 2015 | $4.00 Add |
From NEW! The Newest Normal |
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 … | Arno Kopecky | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
From NEW! Thinking Together About Changing EverythingFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: Global Climate and Inequality Crises – This Research Project – Working Towards Decolonial Research Practice – This Book | Jen Gobby | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
From NEW! Waking Up to Climate ChangePART 1 |
The author talks about climate change, her own experiences and activities in the world of climate action and lessons she’s learned, resilience thinking, and hope. She also introduces the … | Laura Lengnick | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
From What Controls the Earth’s Climate? |
This chapter presents an overview of the forces that determine the Earth’s climate, the feedback loops that amplify them, and how slow geological processes can have huge implications. | Steven Earle | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From A Slowly Warming Sun |
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 … | Steven Earle | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
From Area as CurrencyHow Much Biocapacity Does a Person Need? From: Ecological Footprint |
A deeper introduction to the Footprint, explaining the underlying physical principles and idea of accounting. | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
From Big Oil Takes ControlFrom: The Big Stall |
Analyzes the rise of neo-liberalism think tanks in Canada and their impact on energy policy through the 1970s and 1980s. Trudeau’s Keynesian interventions such as the NEP and Petro Canada … | Donald Gutstein | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From Burning PlanetFrom: Getting to Zero |
Explores the big picture of ongoing global warming, and the lack of impact to date of the Paris Accord. Summarizes the threat to soil, water, and air. | Tony Clarke | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |