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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() An Economy of Well-BeingCommon-sense tools for building genuine wealth and happiness |
In the face of political, financial, and environmental upheaval, it’s difficult to slow down and build lives of mindfulness and joy. These things are within reach, but how can we go about … | Mark Anielski | 242 | 2018 | View |
![]() Damming the PeaceThe hidden costs of the Site C Dam |
Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley has been touted by BC Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province’s … | Wendy Holm | 272 | 2018 | View |
![]() NEW! Making Shift HappenDesigning for Successful Environmental Behavior Change |
The changemaker’s guide to catalyzing environmental behaviour change for a healthy future. To tackle our urgent environmental problems and achieve positive, durable change, we must design … | Ashleigh Kellerman; Lauren Highleyman; Nya Van Leuvan; Rod Fujita | 546 | 2022 | View |
![]() OverrunDispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis |
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 |
![]() The Memory We Could BeOvercoming Fear to Create Our Ecological Future |
Heal the great separation between humans and nature, and help create a future worth remembering. The Memory We Could Be moves beyond the sterile, technical language around climate change and … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 338 | 2018 | View |
![]() Thirty Years of FailureUnderstanding 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 … | Robert MacNeil | 192 | 2019 | View |
![]() Thriving Beyond SustainabilityPathways 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 … | Andrés R. Edwards | 241 | 2010 | View |
From ![]() AcknowledgementsFrom: Thirty Years of Failure |
- | Robert MacNeil | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() ForewardFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
Looking ahead, one thing is clear: the path we are on is coming to an end. Projections of the coming decades — whether they focus on food supplies, conflicts or weather patterns — … | Raoul Martinez | 2 | 2018 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionA New Economic Paradigm Based on Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being |
This book is meant to engender hope that a dark age ahead can be avoided and the current system of economic malaise transcended with a more compelling economic future based on the goal of … | Mark Anielski | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Overrun |
In the introduction, the author describes how he first learned about the threat of Asian carp to North American ecosystems. This chapter also provides a brief overview of the introduction of … | Andrew Reeves | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! IntroductionFrom: Making Shift Happen |
- | Ashleigh Kellerman; Lauren Highleyman; Nya Van Leuvan; Rod Fujita | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
From ![]() Lessons from Our Ancestors |
Topics include: Cultural Indicators – Tibetan Nomads – Balinese Water Temples – Inuit Traditional Knowledge – The Kogi: Guardians of the Planet – The Value of … | Andrés R. Edwards | 18 | 2010 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() PrefaceFraming the Shot From: Damming the Peace |
B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of … | Alex Harris | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 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 ![]() NEW! FoundationsFrom: Making Shift Happen |
This chapter looks at the Foundations for shaping our behaviour towards facing environmental challenges. This chapter explores issues such as the ethics, scarcity, and equity of designing and … | Ashleigh Kellerman; Lauren Highleyman; Nya Van Leuvan; Rod Fujita | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |