Environmental Management

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Meditations for the Great Turning From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	To heal our society, our psyches must heal as well. Haunted by the desperate needs of our time and beset by more commitments than we can easily carry, we may wonder how to find the time and …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	19	2014	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Monday, July 22, 2024 From: Jasper on Fire View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Scace examines the night of July 22, 2024, when Jasper, Alberta, faced a rapid mass evacuation after multiple wildfires threatened the town simultaneously.	Matthew Scace	12	2025	$1.20 Add
From Navigating the Confluence From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability View New Society Publishers	Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action	Andrés R. Edwards	16	2010	$1.60 Add
From Notes From: Unearthing Justice View Between The Lines		Joan Kuyek	42	2019	$4.20 Add
From Novel From: Finding Our Niche View Fernwood Publishing	In Novel, the fifth chapter of Finding Our Niche, the author discusses novel ecosystems, such as La Cienega de Santa Clara, a wetland created from the damming of the Colorado River, which hosts …	Philip A. Loring	27	2020	$2.70 Add
From NEW! On Becoming an Environmental Activist From: Bit Player on Big Stages View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Turene discusses his experiences with environmental activism in Manitoba, beginning in 1991.	Roger Turene	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition Five Axioms of Sustainability From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	My aim in this chapter is to explore the history of the terms sustainable and sustainability, and their various published definitions, and then to offer a set of five axioms (self-evident truths) …	Richard Heinberg	14	2010	$1.40 Add
From On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition Population, Resources, and Human Idealism From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	No steady rate of growth in population or resource consumption is sustainable. During the course of the lecture, he asks, “Well, what can we do about this? What makes the population problem …	Richard Heinberg	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From One Planet: Ecological Limits and Then What? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	Once we compare demand (footprint) with supply (biocapacity) it becomes clear which countries run ecological deficits. It begs the question – are ecological deficits an economic risk? …	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From Origins From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	8	2018	$0.80 Add
Overrun Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis ECW Press	Intelligent investigative writing meets experiential journalism in this important look at one of North America’s most voraciously invasive species. Politicians, ecologists, and government …	Andrew Reeves	387	2019	View
From Part 1: Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Planet Toward Sustainable Communties From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	This chapter examines sustainability at the community level. It begins with a look at communities in developed and developing parts of the world, proceeds to investigate some of the reasons why …	Marc Roseland	14	2012	$1.40 Add
From Part 1: Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Planet Making Community Policy From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	For communities to move effectively toward sustainability, citizens and their governments should understand the range of policy instruments available to them and the wider context of how …	Marc Roseland	12	2012	$1.20 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Greening the City From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Greening the city refers to strategies and techniques that protect and restore ecology within urban communities. It means a fruit tree-lined street, a creek meandering through an urban …	Marc Roseland	16	2012	$1.60 Add
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks Waste Reduction and Recycling From: Toward Sustainable Communities View New Society Publishers	Reuse and reduction offer the greatest opportunities for eliminating pollution and depletion of natural resources, yet they are often perceived to be at odds with economic development. How does a …	Marc Roseland	13	2012	$1.30 Add
From Patterns of Water Use From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, …	Jerry Yudelson	13	2010	$1.30 Add