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From  IntroductionDrawing a Line in the Tar Sands From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In the Introduction the editors explain the premise of the book, which serves as a tool for use in classrooms, a guide for activist strategy, and a way to share the historic and present struggle … | Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Introduction: The CradleFrom: Cobalt |
The Introduction provides a brief history of Cobalt, Ontario and its legacy on the Canadian mining industry worldwide. | Charlie Angus | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Omaa Akiing: Here On EarthFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
Winter Count – How to Be Better Ancestors – The Holy Land Is Here – The Month You Remember Me | Winona LaDuke | 17 | 2020 | $1.70 Add |
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From  PrefaceFrom: Peak Everything |
In titling this book Peak Everything, I was suggesting that humanity has achieved an unsustainable pinnacle of population size and consumption rates, and that the road ahead will be mostly … | Richard Heinberg | 12 | 2010 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Resisting Least ResistanceFrom: Changing Tides |
This chapter follows Frid’s own personal evolution in dealing with Inside Knowledge—the heaviness of knowing, in intimate detail, the damage caused by human actions on the planet. In … | Alejandro Frid | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Savoring the Biosphere |
Microbes are at the origins of all life on our planet, silent partners to the evolution of every form of life and long, long before Homo sapiens arrived on the scene. We are only now learning of … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 22 | 2017 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Series Editors |
- | Maristella Svampa | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Climate And Inequality Crises in CanadaFrom: More Powerful Together |
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 |
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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! Timeline of Key EventsFrom: Testimonio |
A thorough timeline of some key events in Guatemalan history starting in 1523 and stretching to 2020. | Catherine Nolin; Grahame Russell | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Work With What You Have at HandFrom: Common Threads |
In most environmental stewardship practice, conversations about invasive and native species are inclined to dualistic thinking: invasive plant = bad. But what if invasive species could be useful … | Sharon Kallis | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From  "Ecology’s Helper"From: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author explores the spread of the Asian carp through the rivers of the Arkansas delta region. Topics discussed in this chapter also include the Green Revolution of the 1970s … | Andrew Reeves | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add |
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From  A Triple CrisisFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
This chapter discusses the convergence of three global and potentially deadly crises with implications for the development of the tar sands: (a) peak oil: the end of cheap, abundant supplies of … | Tony Clarke | 38 | 2008 | $3.80 Add |
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From Building for Change From the Ground UpFrom: Common Threads |
Beyond food, what if we began to make some of the things that we need for ourselves again as a cultural and social norm? And what if our cities and towns supported this behavior; what would that … | Sharon Kallis | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Chapter 1Historical Background |
This chapter includes the following sections: Mysterious Sickness – Discovery – Early Effects on Health – Radiation Protection Measures – Effect of Hiroshima and Nagasaki … | Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 2Mining from Colony to Nation From: Mining Country |
This chapter discusses mining in Canada throughout the 19th century. Topics discussed include coal mining in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon gold rush. The authors discuss the political, … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 42 | 2021 | $4.20 Add |
