Natural Resources

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Urban Water Management

Urban Water Management

From: Dry Run

What are the opportunities for urban water management in the coming decade, the second of this century? Where should cities be looking for means and methods to meet their water supply … 22 $2.20 Add
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Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining
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Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining

From: Testimonio

Essays in this section: Reclaiming Democracy, Realizing Self-Determination: Consultas as a Tool to Defend Human Rights and the Environment in Guatemala’s Genocidal Shadow – … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Via Chicago

Via Chicago

From: 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 33 $3.30 Add
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Water Export

Water Export

The Site C End-Game

From: Damming the Peace

Investigative journalist Joyce Nelson links the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to continental water-sharing plans. Her analysis is that the Site C dam is being … 15 $1.50 Add
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Water Use in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

Water Use in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

From: Dry Run

Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) … 26 $2.60 Add
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Water Use in the Home

Water Use in the Home

From: Dry Run

Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet … 17 $1.70 Add
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"We Get There Together or We Don't Get There at All"
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"We Get There Together or We Don’t Get There at All"

From: More Powerful Together

This chapter contains the following readings: Centring Justice in Our Relations – Decolonizing Relations – Climate Change as Catalyst for Decolonizing Relations – Note 18 $1.80 Add
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Weaving Community Milestones

Weaving Community Milestones

From: Common Threads

So how can this interest in getting together for a common purpose fit within a concept of celebrating life’s milestones? How do we support each other in those moments when we need our … 10 $1.00 Add
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Welcome to the Anthropocene
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Welcome to the Anthropocene

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

In this chapter, Rand summarizes the challenges facing humanity if it wants to survive the 21st century. He concludes with a letter to his son, giving a vision of a future where climate change is … 20 $2.00 Add
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Welcome to the Clean Growth Century

Welcome to the Clean Growth Century

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies and his alliance with Rachel Notley. Liberal Party policies speak about capitalizing on the opportunities of a low carbon economy, but fail … 20 $2.00 Add
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What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement

What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 24 Emily Coats focuses on Indigenous-led movements in Northern Alberta, discussing climate change, climate injustices, pollution, the Crown and Canadian law, and the UN Declaration on … 12 $1.20 Add
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What is the Work that Reconnects?

What is the Work that Reconnects?

From: Coming Back to Life

As we stand now at the brink of destroying our planet as a home for conscious life, contemporary science and ancient spiritual traditions bring us insights into the basic miracle of our … ; 11 $1.10 Add
Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

Taking Water Protection into Public Hands

The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; … 161 View
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Why Impermanence Matters

Why Impermanence Matters

From: Common Threads

Most creative projects made with green waste and natural materials are meant to have a short life-span and then return to the earth. This goes against everything a Western European sensibility … 14 $1.40 Add
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Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the Iceberg

Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the Iceberg

From: Damming the Peace

David Schindler, one of the world’s foremost water ecologists, explains the role of major dams, like Site C in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, in Canada’s climate change strategy. He … 11 $1.10 Add
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Winners and Losers

Winners and Losers

Strategies for Countries to Consider

From: Ecological Footprint

If we take resource security seriously, how does it shift development strategies? How will our ability to succeed shift in a world of climate change and resource constraints? ; 17 $1.70 Add