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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Urban Water Management From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	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 …	Jerry Yudelson	22	2010	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Using Law and Democracy to Resist Predatory Mining From: Testimonio View Between The Lines	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 – …	Cory Wanless; J.P. Laplante	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From Via Chicago From: Overrun View ECW Press	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
From Water Export The Site C End-Game From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Joyce Nelson	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Water Use in Commercial and Institutional Buildings From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	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) …	Jerry Yudelson	26	2010	$2.60 Add
From Water Use in the Home From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	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 …	Jerry Yudelson	17	2010	$1.70 Add
From NEW! "We Get There Together or We Don’t Get There at All" From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Centring Justice in Our Relations – Decolonizing Relations – Climate Change as Catalyst for Decolonizing Relations – Note	Jen Gobby	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From Weaving Community Milestones From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	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 …	Sharon Kallis	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Welcome to the Anthropocene From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	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 …	Tom Rand	20	2020	$2.00 Add
From Welcome to the Clean Growth Century From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	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 …	Donald Gutstein	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From 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 View Between The Lines	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 …	Emily Coats	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From What is the Work that Reconnects? From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	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 …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	11	2014	$1.10 Add
Whose Water Is It, Anyway? Taking Water Protection into Public Hands ECW Press	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; …	Maude Barlow	161	2019	View
From Why Impermanence Matters From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	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 …	Sharon Kallis	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the Iceberg From: Damming the Peace View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World James Lorimer and Company	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 …	David Schindler	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From Winners and Losers Strategies for Countries to Consider From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	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?	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	17	2019	$1.70 Add