Natural Resources
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From ![]() ConclusionFrom: Standing on High Ground |
This section outlines the financial and enviromnetal costs for the pipeline, calling for further nonviolent action to confront corporations and the government from those who fought agaisnt the TMX. | Adrienne Drobnies; Rosemary Cornell; Tim Bray | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() Conclusion:Cars, Canadians and the Twenty-first Century From: Car Nation |
Looks at the interconnectedness of the car to the great political, environmental and economic questions of our time as a testament to the automobile’s continuing centrality in both our … | Dimitry Anastakis | 8 | 2008 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() ConclusionFrom: Overrun |
Conclusion | Andrew Reeves | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ConclusionThe History and Future of Mining in Canada From: Mining Country |
Conclusion | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! ConclusionVisions of a Way Forward From: Testimonio |
Catherine Nolin; Grahame Russell | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! Conclusion: Rabbit Decolonizes El DoradoFrom: Cobalt |
The conclusion reflects on the need to gain a deeper knowledge about the convergence of environment, resources, community, and Indigeneity as well as discusses how lessons from Cobalt can help us … | Charlie Angus | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Conclusions and omissionsFrom: Between Doom and Denial |
In this chapter, Leach examines Canada’s responsibility in the global energy transition, arguing that the country must confront the collision between fossil fuel demand and climate action. | Andrew Leach | 4 | 2023 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock |
In this chapter, the authors turn to concrete, and suggest that the natural resources used to make it – lime, sand, and gravel – are in short supply. Moreover, the production of … | Fernando Martirena; Paul Jaquin | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Confront the Myth of GrowthFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter debunks the myth that indefinite growth is necessary for our economy to sustain itself. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Confronting Goldcorp at Every Step of the Destruction and RepressionFrom: Testimonio |
Essays in this section: Is Canada to Blame for Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala? – Diodora Hernandez and Goldcorp Inc.: A Stark Contrast – Goldcorp Inc.’s Marlin Mine—A … | Annie Hylton; James Rodriguez | 33 | 2021 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() Corporate TransformationFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores ways in which the underlying corporate structure upon which our economy is built will need to reorganize and refocus towards long term sustainability. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It |
This chapter draws upon the results of Life Cycle Assessment studies to summarize what we know about whole building embodied carbon, and to highlight best opportunities for innovation and … | Barbara Rodriquez Droguett; Catherine De Wolf; Kathrina Simonen | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Legal Billy Club |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines how court injunctions are used by government and industry when Indigenous people take a stand for their land rights. He uses his personal experience as … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Critical Development Studies Series |
Maristella Svampa | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Croplands, Forests, and Oceans: How Much Biocapacity Do We Have?From: Ecological Footprint |
This is the other side of the coin: what nature is able to deliver. It explains why regeneration is the mother of all material constraints. | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Crude AwakeningFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
This chapter covers the early development of the tar sands with the following subsections: (a) black gold: the pioneers who developed the technology to extract oil from the tar sands; (b) land … | Tony Clarke | 38 | 2008 | $3.80 Add |
















