Natural Resources
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From  The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline CommunitiesPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 5 Dave Vasey reflects on the deep historical narrative of activism, examining the relationship between environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and tar sands campaigns, and … | Dave Vasey | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
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From  The Exuberance of HerringFrom: Changing Tides |
This chapter is based on Frid’s research collaborations with coastal First Nations and academics on herring. | Alejandro Frid | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Fight Against Corporate Control of Water |
In this reading, the author provides the background on how she became involved in water activism. She goes on to discuss how government deregulation has allowed corporations to exploit water as a … | Maude Barlow | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fight for Water JusticeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Four Barlow focuses on the fight for water justice and her own activism. The chapter focuses on topics such as the commercialization of Canadian water, the North American Free Trade … | Maude Barlow | 41 | 2022 | $4.10 Add |
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From  The First World War and the Twenties, 1911–1929 |
Describes Ottawa’s efforts to supersede provincial powers especially concerning natural resources from 1911-1929. | Ed Whitcomb | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The Future of the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
There is much more that can be said about the commons — in greater depth, with greater precision, from different cultural perspectives, and with the wisdom of historians, poets and artists. … | David Bollier | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Glorious GateFrom: Overrun |
This chapter discusses efforts by un United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct a barrier to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. | Andrew Reeves | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From  The Greatest Danger – The Deadening of Heart and MindFrom: Coming Back to Life |
perils facing life on Earth are so massive and unprecedented they are hard even to take in. The very danger signals that should rivet our attention, summon up the blood and bond us in collective … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Last Tar Sands PipelineFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
A Pipeline Runs Through It – Sandpiper Timeline – Not Minnesota Nice – Palisade: Let’s Be Good Neighbors – The Necessity Defense – Whispering Dirty Secrets: … | Winona LaDuke | 110 | 2020 | $11.00 Add |
 The New Carbon ArchitectureBuiding to Cool the Climate |
"Green buildings" that slash energy use and carbon emissions are all the rage, but they aren’t enough. The hidden culprit is embodied carbon — the carbon emitted when … | Bruce King | 186 | 2017 | View |
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From NEW! The Next Steps to TakeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Five Barlow examines alternative approaches to the current framing of global commerce and business, which is dominated by the narratives of neoliberalism and corporate interests. She … | Maude Barlow | 54 | 2022 | $5.40 Add |
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From  The Rise of New Ontario, 1889–1918From: North of Superior |
Through wheat, wood, and transportation improvements this became a region in transformation. Looks at the natural resources of the area and gold fever, pulp paper and electrical power, the cost … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 22 | 2010 | $2.20 Add |
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From The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 3 Ryan Katz-Rosene examines how federal and provincial governments alongside industry and high-profile apologists have constructed narratives by reframing environmental concerns. … | Ryan Katz-Rosene | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Rise of the Native Rights–Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and EarthPart III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 22 Clayton Thomas-Muller examines how the present environmental framework is being developed from native rights, discussing the cost of loss of ecosystems, the global climate crisis, … | Clayton Thomas-Muller | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! The Rising of the WomenFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Two Barlow reflects on the three interrelated but distinct stages of her own social justice journey from first working within the women’s movement with Canada, the international … | Maude Barlow | 33 | 2022 | $3.30 Add |
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From  The Story that Got Us in TroubleFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter outlines the factors that have led society to the precipice of collapse: institutionalized greed, increased stratification of wealth and unregulated economic growth. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
