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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Conclusion The History and Future of Mining in Canada From: Mining Country View James Lorimer and Company	Conclusion	Arn Keeling; John Sandlos	4	2021	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Conclusion Visions of a Way Forward From: Testimonio View Between The Lines		Catherine Nolin; Grahame Russell	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Conclusion: Rabbit Decolonizes El Dorado From: Cobalt View House of Anansi Press	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
From Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	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
From Confront the Myth of Growth From: A Finer Future View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Confronting Goldcorp at Every Step of the Destruction and Repression From: Testimonio View Between The Lines	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
From Corporate Transformation From: A Finer Future View Collection: Income Inequality in Canada: In Search of a Fairer Future New Society Publishers	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
From Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	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
From The Legal Billy Club From: The Reconciliation Manifesto View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Critical Development Studies Series From: Development in Latin America View Fernwood Publishing		Maristella Svampa	2	2019	$0.20 Add
From Croplands, Forests, and Oceans How Much Biocapacity Do We Have? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	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
From Crude Awakening From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Culture Works Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 15 Christine Leclerc and Rex Weyler explore the power and devastation of the tar sands in a project called “The Enpipe Line: 70,000+ kilometres,” poetry written in …	Christine Leclerc; Rex Weyler	6	2014	$0.60 Add
Damming the Peace The hidden costs of the Site C Dam	Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley has been touted by BC Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province’s …		272		View
From Defending Mother Earth From: The Reconciliation Manifesto View James Lorimer and Company	Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the qualifications of Indigenous people to weigh in on climate matters and promote clean energy policies and relates this to economic decisions in Canada.	Arthur Manuel	5	2017	$0.50 Add
From Deep Time – Reconnecting with Past and Future Generations From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	People of today relate to time in a way that is surely unique in history. The technologies and economic forces unleashed by the Industrial Growth Society radically alter our experience of time, …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	23	2014	$2.30 Add