Natural Resources

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Ring of Fire High-Stakes Mining in Lowlands Wilderness ECW Press	In this colorful tale, Virginia Heffernan draws on her bush and newsroom experiences to illustrate the complexities of resource development at a time when Indigenous rights are becoming enshrined …	Virginia Haffernan	220	2023	View
From Savoring the Biosphere From: Secret Life of Your Microbiome View New Society Publishers	Microbes are at the origins of all life on our planet, silent partners to the evolution of every form of life and long, long before Homo sapiens arrived on the scene. We are only now learning of …	Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott	22	2017	$2.20 Add
From Scientific Salvation From: Overrun View ECW Press	In this chapter, the author travels to Minnesota to interview researchers at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC). Topics discussed include different non-physical …	Andrew Reeves	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From Beautiful Protest From: Changing Tides View New Society Publishers	This chapter will draw on the parallels between BC’s coastal First Nations and other Indigenous groups who have been integrating the traditional and the modern (including science) to …	Alejandro Frid	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 26 Stephan D’Arcy examines strategies to tar sand resistance by Indigenous communities, environmental NGOs, trade unions, and community defence organizations, and how to bring it …	Stephen D'Arcy	11	2014	$1.10 Add
Secret Life of Your Microbiome Why Nature and Biodiversity are Essential to Health and Happiness New Society Publishers	The Secret Life of Your Microbiome presents a revolutionary new paradigm, backed by vast science; we’re deeply connected to the biodiversity of nature through our microbiomes — the …	Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott	387	2017	View
From Seeing With New Eyes From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	We move into the next stage of the Spiral as we realize from personal experience that it is from our connectivity that our pain for the world arises. The very distress that, when we hid it, …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	34	2014	$3.40 Add
From Seeking Social Licence for the Site C Dam: A Planner’s Perspective from the Peace River Waterfront From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	A Peace River Valley planner on the concept of social license, why it’s important for major projects, and how, in the case of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River …	Reg Whiten	12	2018	$1.20 Add
From Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency From: Resilience Imperative View New Society Publishers	Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	19	2012	$1.90 Add
From Series Editors From: Development in Latin America View Fernwood Publishing		Maristella Svampa	1	2019	$0.10 Add
From Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall? From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than …	Ann Edminster	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From Social Upheaval From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter 6 discusses the many ways in which the development of the tar sands has become a caldron that is brewing with social conflicts and tensions: (a) social conflicts: ranging from the …	Tony Clarke	39	2008	$3.90 Add
From Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages From: Development in Latin America View Fernwood Publishing		Maristella Svampa	22	2019	$2.20 Add
Standing on High Ground Civil Disobedience on Burnaby Mountain Between The Lines	What am I doing to address the climate crisis? How far will I go to defend the earth? What price am I willing to pay for climate justice? Since 2014, hundreds of people have been arrested while …	Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray	332	2024	View
NEW! Still Hopeful Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism ECW Press	“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that …	Maude Barlow	240	2022	View
From Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	This chapter examines the use of "little trees," i.e., the stalks of straw that support seed crops.	Chris Magwood; Massey Burke	12	2017	$1.20 Add