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Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

From: The Memory We Could Be

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 The story of climate change is one of the rise to dominance of a particular human relationship with nature, defined by callousness. Today we are blinded by that relationship, locked in its logic … 37 $3.70 Add
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Ideas & Culture

Ideas & Culture

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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In the Beginning

In the Beginning

From: Overrun

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 In this chapter, the author explores the history of the Asian carp in North America beginning with its introduction in the mid 20th century. The chapter explores aquaculture in the Mississippi … 33 $3.30 Add
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Index

Index

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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Introduction

Introduction

A New Economic Paradigm Based on Well-Being

From: An Economy of Well-Being

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 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 … 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Damming the Peace

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 In the Introduction, author Wendy Holm describes the Site C dam project in B.C. and summarizes the impacts and effects of the project which are analyzed and critiqued in other chapters of the … 5 $0.50 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Overrun

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 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 … 16 $1.60 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: Making Shift Happen

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Is Site C Really Past “The Point of No Return”?

Is Site C Really Past “The Point of No Return”?

From: Damming the Peace

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 What was meant by former B.C. premier Christy Clark’s promise to bring the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to the “point of no return,” … 14 $1.40 Add
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Lessons from Our Ancestors

Lessons from Our Ancestors

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

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 Topics include: Cultural Indicators – Tibetan Nomads – Balinese Water Temples – Inuit Traditional Knowledge – The Kogi: Guardians of the Planet – The Value of … 18 $1.80 Add
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Little Limestone Lake
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Little Limestone Lake

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

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 In this chapter, Turene traces the two-decade campaign, culminating in 2011, to secure protection for Little Limestone Lake, a remarkable marl lake in northwestern Manitoba. 12 $1.20 Add
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Lives Lived, The Globe and Mail, December 31, 1999
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Lives Lived, The Globe and Mail, December 31, 1999

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

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 This tribute, published in the Globe and Mail on December 31, 1999, memorializes Alice Katrina Chambers, a Manitoba microbiologist and environmental advocate. 3 $0.30 Add
Making Shift Happen
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Making Shift Happen

Designing 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 … 546 View
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Navigating the Confluence

Navigating the Confluence

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

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 Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action 16 $1.60 Add
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On Becoming an Environmental Activist
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On Becoming an Environmental Activist

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

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 In this chapter, Turene discusses his experiences with environmental activism in Manitoba, beginning in 1991. 14 $1.40 Add
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Origins

Origins

From: The Memory We Could Be

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 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 … 8 $0.80 Add