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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chapter 9 Radiation in War From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You View Between The Lines	This chapter includes the following sections: Nuclear Roulette: Three Case Studies – Radiation at Sea – “Depleted Uranium” – Nuclear Weapons – Nuclear War …	Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck	22	2014	$2.20 Add
From NEW! Chapter Five Market Interventions – Accelerating Clean Technologies From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	This chapter explores a variety of policies that can be implemented to stimulate investment in green technologies and accelerate the implementation of these technologies. Policies discussed …	Tom Rand	43	2020	$4.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter Four White Hats and Black Hats: Getting Corporate Leaders in the Fight From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	In this chapter, Rand argues that cutting emissions is good business. He provides reasons that should motivate business owners to tackle climate change.	Tom Rand	26	2020	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter One The Debate – From Popes to Apologists From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	In this chapter, Rand explores the variety of conflicting ideologies and approached to tackling climate change. These include techno-optimists, anti-capitalists and ecomodernists. Rand argues …	Tom Rand	46	2020	$4.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter Six From People to the Planet – How Sovereign is Sovereign? From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	In this chapter, Rand discusses the question of sovereignty. He argues that we must look beyond national borders and begin thinking on a global level to address climate change.	Tom Rand	18	2020	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Chapter Three Price and the Need for Speed From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	In this chapter, Rand discusses carbon pricing as a way to limit emissions. He discusses the history of carbon pricing policies, and provides case studies of places where these policies have been …	Tom Rand	33	2020	$3.30 Add
From NEW! Chapter Two Capitalism: Caveats and Critics From: The Case for Climate Capitalism View ECW Press	This chapter explores the capitalist system. Rand discusses the pitfalls of unrestricted growth and the warnings of the Club of Rome. Rand concludes that capitalist systems can and must be …	Tom Rand	27	2020	$2.70 Add
Charging Ahead Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity Baraka Books	Hydro-Québec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a stunning renewable energy rate of 99.8 …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	320	2019	View
From China: A New Model of Development From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	What’s the trajectory for China?	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	7	2019	$0.70 Add
From Reawakening From: Changing Tides View New Society Publishers	In this chapter Frid explores how members of the Wuikinuxv village on Oweekeno Lake are reclaiming their agency by reconnecting to their cultural memory and long history from before colonization. …	Alejandro Frid	8	2019	$0.80 Add
NEW! Cobalt Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower House of Anansi Press	The world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this “demon metal” has a horrific present and a troubled history. The modern …	Charlie Angus	336	2022	View
From Code Grey: A Cautionary Tale of Renewable Extraction From: Hot Mess View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Wiebe examines the ecological and social costs beneath the clean-energy transition, discussing the extractive harm from cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, nickel …	Sarah Marie Wiebe	17	2024	$1.70 Add
Coming Back to Life The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects New Society Publishers	Authors Joanna Macy and Molly Brown address the anguish experienced by those who would confront the harsh realities of our time. In this fully updated edition of Coming Back to Life, they show …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	379	2014	View
From Coming from Gratitude From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	We have received an inestimable gift. To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	14	2014	$1.40 Add
Common Threads Weaving Community through Collaborative Eco-Art New Society Publishers	Common Threads is a unique guide to engaging community members in communal handwork for the greater good. Author Sharon Kallis provides a wealth of ideas for: * Working with unwanted natural …	Sharon Kallis	283	2014	View
From Common Threads From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	Weaving unmistakably weaves us all together regardless of what culture we come from. There are three kinds of woven cloth that can be found worldwide — everything comes back to tabby, twill …	Sharon Kallis	12	2014	$1.20 Add