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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Suppression of Indigenous Sovereignty in Canada’s “Consent-by-Default” Industry From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 3, author Aedan Alderson reflects on the role of dispossession in Canada’s land use planning industry by drawing on case studies that highlight the techniques, processes, and …	Aedan Alderson	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From Sustainability or Collapse? From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Sustainability or Collapse? argues that there are at least three critical technological challenges that must be met in order to produce long-term sustainability: avoiding serious environmental …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	34	2011	$3.40 Add
From NEW! Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our Way From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: What’s Working and What’s Not Working in Our Movements – The Barriers to Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Canada – Note	Jen Gobby	39	2020	$3.90 Add
From Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 28 Brian Tokar explores lessons from the past and how this can be used in fighting the tar sands, discussing topics including the “No Nukes” movement in North America, …	Brian Tokar	11	2014	$1.10 Add
Tar Sands Showdown Canada and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change	Canada’s oil patch is booming. The Alberta tar sands have become the next big oil source for the United States, replacing Saudi Arabia. Within the next 15 years, Canada will be pumping four …		312		View
From Techniques From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	As you begin to work with natural fibers you will realize how much of the knowledge is transferable from one fiber to another. As you pick up a new plant, first try what you already know. …	Sharon Kallis	51	2014	$5.10 Add
From Technology and Localization: Trends at Play From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building.	Bruce King	9	2017	$0.90 Add
From Tell Me A Better Story Regenerative Economics From: A Finer Future View Collection: Rethinking our Economy: Looking Beyond Capitalism New Society Publishers	This chapter outlines the systemic changes to our economy that are necessary for a sustainable future.	Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis	29	2018	$2.90 Add
From Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, I propose a 10-step program of measures that water activists can unite behind, from the immediately possible to long-term fixes that will depend on the water issues in a specific …	Jerry Yudelson	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From “That’s How We See It”: Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in …	Andrew MacLeod	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From The Basic Miracle: Our True Nature and Power From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	Perhaps we made our biggest error in thinking of the world as made of “stuff ” to begin with. Fortunately — and paradoxically — our very search for mastery and knowledge …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	27	2014	$2.70 Add
From The Big Lie: Why and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam …	Joan Sawicki	9	2018	$0.90 Add
NEW! The Case for Climate Capitalism Economic Solutions for a Planet in Crisis ECW Press	A warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk: anti-market critics such as Naomi Klein …	Tom Rand	274	2020	View
From NEW! The Climate And Inequality Crises in Canada From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Climate Crisis and Oil and Gas Development in Canada – Ongoing Impacts of Settler Colonialism in Canada – Social Movements in Canada	Jen Gobby	14	2020	$1.40 Add
From The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and Being From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	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
From The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation From: Civilizing the State View New Society Publishers	The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation begins with an examination of the loss of groundwater in Chennai, India, looking at the political, economic and land-use histories leading to it. The …	John Restakis	17	2021	$1.70 Add