Environmental Management

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The Sword of Reason and the Power of the Law

The Sword of Reason and the Power of the Law

The Legal Right to a Healthy Environment

From: Damming the Peace

How most other nations have legislation on their books that would have allowed British Columbians to stop the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, using an example … 7 $0.70 Add
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The TPP and the Environment

The TPP and the Environment

From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

Argues that the TPP’s Environmental Protection Standards are not what they claim to be and are not effectively enforceable as exemplified by opposition fron Environmental Organizations. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Well-Being Community

The Well-Being Community

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* The Edmonton Social Health Index * Measuring the Well-Being of Valleyview, Alberta * Edmonton’s Well-Being Index and Measuring the Well-Being Return on Taxes * Community Asset and … 23 $2.30 Add
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The Well-Being Workplace

The Well-Being Workplace

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* Well-Being at Work * Businesses That Operate on Well-Being Principles * The Well-Being Corporation * Doing Well By Doing Good: The Flourishing Well-Being Enterprise * Well-Being: The Best … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Work That Reconnects with Children and Teens

The Work That Reconnects with Children and Teens

From: Coming Back to Life

Many adults, especially parents and teachers, face an agonizing dilemma: how to talk with our children about the Great Unraveling, knowing they will suffer its effects in their lifetimes. We want … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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The World at 1°C: A Guide to Climate Violence

The World at 1°C: A Guide to Climate Violence

From: The Memory We Could Be

Climate violence is always the result of a collision between acute weather conditions and acute social realities. Poverty, inequality, state neglect, improper planning and abandonment lay the … 21 $2.10 Add
Thirty Years of Failure

Thirty Years of Failure

Understanding Canadian Climate Policy

Thirty years ago, Canada was a climate leader, designing policy to curb rising emissions and demanding the same of other countries. But in the intervening decades, Canada has become more of a … 192 View
Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Pathways to a Resilient Society

Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million … 241 View
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To Choose Life

To Choose Life

From: Coming Back to Life

Our political economy requires ever-increasing extraction and consumption of resources. To the Industrial Growth Society, the Earthi s supply house and sewer. The planet’s body is not only … ; 19 $1.90 Add
Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests

Their natural heritage and local history

No matter where you are in Toronto, you are close to a ravine. In these often-hidden places you can find an astonishing diversity of birds, flowers, and trees. Jason Ramsay-Brown has spent twenty … 200 View
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Tragedy of the White Amur

Tragedy of the White Amur

From: Overrun

This chapter discusses efforts by the United States government to regulate the transport and breeding of non-native species. 26 $2.60 Add
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Transformation

Transformation

From: Changing Tides

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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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Trouble with Fishing

Trouble with Fishing

From: Overrun

In this chapter, the author travels to Illinois to meet with commercial fishermen who fish the rivers and lakes of the Midwest. Topics discussed include the methods that fishers use to attempt to … 28 $2.80 Add
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Understand Emissions: Where, Who, What, When and How

Understand Emissions: Where, Who, What, When and How

From: The Memory We Could Be

Beyond the rich debates surrounding complexity in climate science, when it comes to emissions, there are five major discussions: where, who, what, when and how? Where are emissions coming from? … 21 $2.10 Add
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UNESCO

UNESCO

Downstream Impact on the Athabasca Delta

From: Damming the Peace

Journalist Andrew Nikiforuk explores the linkages between the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, fracking in the adjacent Moberly Field, and the potential impact on … 8 $0.80 Add