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From  Growing a Finer FutureFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores the future of sustainable agriculture and the ways that we can ensure everyone has enough to eat. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Honoring Our Pain for the WorldFrom: Coming Back to Life |
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh was asked, “What do we most need to do to save our world?” His questioners probably expected him to identify the best strategies to pursue, but Thich Nhat … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
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From  New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting AbroadPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 9 MacDonald Stainsby explores the rise of “extreme” fossil energy extraction such as for oil shale and fracking for “tight” oil and natural gas. The chapter … | MacDonald Stainsby | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sandsFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against … | Kevin Taft | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and BeingFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The End of One Era, The Beginning of AnotherBridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism From: Peak Everything |
The problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. Climate Change has to do with carbon emissions and their effects — including the impacts on … | Richard Heinberg | 19 | 2010 | $1.90 Add |
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From  TransformationFrom: 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 … | Alejandro Frid | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From  UNESCODownstream 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 … | Andrew Nikiforuk | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Via ChicagoFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Chicago to explore the city’s waterways as another possible vector for Asian carp populations to access the Great Lakes | Andrew Reeves | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add |
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From At Home in the Great LakesFrom: Overrun |
This chapter explores the current state of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and the future of the Great Lakes ecosystem. | Andrew Reeves | 29 | 2019 | $2.90 Add |
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From Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon CreePart II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 10 Melina Laboucan-Massimo explores the struggles of the Lubicon Cree of Northern Alberta who face challenges from the encroachment of massive oil and gas development without their consent. | Melina Laboucan-Massimo | 5 | 2014 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Chapter 10Conclusion |
Conclusion | Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From  ChinaA New Model of Development From: Ecological Footprint |
What’s the trajectory for China? | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park PartnershipFrom: Common Threads |
In order for projects described in this book to have happened, a strong relationship with municipal partners was required. Issues such as delivery, storage and material access have been hang-up … | Sharon Kallis | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Green WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter, you’ll learn about opportunities for conserving the use of potable water in landscape, ways to integrate stormwater management with landscaping and systems for reusing … | Jerry Yudelson | 12 | 2010 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Oil Sands Binges, RebrandsFrom: The Big Stall |
Analyzes the relationship between the oil industry and the Alberta government. The industry’s approach shifted to accepting a cap on carbon emissions which permitted ongoing operations and … | Donald Gutstein | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
