Environmental Humanities

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Principle of Beauty From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author provides a critique of the Darwinian notion of "nature as a survival machine."	Andreas Weber	32	2016	$3.20 Add
From The Pull From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	The process of the medium, of i-tech itself, is what is attractive; it draws us in. And this draw, or pull effect, is what has the potential to alter behavior. For example, the central concept in …	Mari K Swingle	9	2019	$0.90 Add
From The Question in the Eyes of the Wolf From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author describes his journey to study the Ethiopian wolf; this story is the basis for Weber’s meditation on the connections between living beings.	Andreas Weber	21	2016	$2.10 Add
From The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines socially constructed definitions of “good” vs “bad” drugs and narcotic prohibition in Canada. The unequal enforcement of drug laws and how this …	Susan C. Boyd	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From The Shift From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	Every era has an innovation that changes the face of society: the way we think, the way we act and interact as individuals, as a community, and as a culture. As the innovation is introduced, it …	Mari K Swingle	11	2019	$1.10 Add
From The Silvery Sea From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults.	Andreas Weber	17	2016	$1.70 Add
From The Story of Alpha From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, I will discuss my discovery of the signature for modern excess: a form of brain deregulation purely associated with excessive use of i-media.	Mari K Swingle	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From NEW! The suspension of disbelief From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma View ECW Press	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 …	Arno Kopecky	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From The Tipping point From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	There are other alterations in behavior that don’t quite qualify as illness, but ones we should also be watching: Of note are increases in self-orientation and self-concern. From …	Mari K Swingle	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From NEW! The unbearable whiteness of being (an environmentalist) From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma View ECW Press	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, …	Arno Kopecky	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From The Vancouver Agreement From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter highlights the formation Vancouver Caucus, comprising of Mayor Philip Owen, Jenny Kwan and Dr Hedy Fry, and the subsequent signing of the Vancouver Agreement. The agreement about a …	Travis Lupick	27	2017	$0.54 Add
From NEW! The Velocity of Perception From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma View ECW Press	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, …	Arno Kopecky	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From The Weekend Alcoholic From: About Face View Breakwater Books	On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these …	Gareth Mitton	6	2019	$0.60 Add
From Toledo, Ohio From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	The city of Toledo, Ohio, wakes up to a growing ‘public health crisis’. In 2014, over a thousand people died of heroin-related overdoses in the state of Ohio. A disproportionate …	Travis Lupick	20	2017	$0.40 Add
From Transformation From: Changing Tides View New Society Publishers	In the Conclusion Frid argues that we are on a knife edge and the time to act is now. Frid stresses how our actions in the next few decades of the 21st Century, will impact our world for the next …	Alejandro Frid	10	2019	$1.00 Add
From Treating Addiction as a Problem of Meaning From: About Face View Breakwater Books	The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction.	Geoff Thompson	9	2019	$0.90 Add