Natural Resources

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Conclusion
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Conclusion

The History and Future of Mining in Canada

From: Mining Country

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Conclusion

Visions of a Way Forward

From: Testimonio

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Conclusion: Rabbit Decolonizes El Dorado
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Conclusion: Rabbit Decolonizes El Dorado

From: 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 … 5 $0.50 Add
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Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock

Concrete: The Reinvention of Artificial Rock

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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 … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Confront the Myth of Growth

Confront the Myth of Growth

From: A Finer Future

This chapter debunks the myth that indefinite growth is necessary for our economy to sustain itself. ; ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Confronting Goldcorp at Every Step of the Destruction and Repression
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Confronting Goldcorp at Every Step of the Destruction and Repression

From: 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 … ; 33 $3.30 Add
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Corporate Transformation

Corporate Transformation

From: 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. ; ; ; 26 $2.60 Add
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Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It

Counting Carbon: What We Know and How We Know It

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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 … ; ; 15 $1.50 Add
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The Legal Billy Club

The Legal Billy Club

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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 … 5 $0.50 Add
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Critical Development Studies Series

Critical Development Studies Series

From: Development in Latin America

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Croplands, Forests, and Oceans

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. ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Crude Awakening

Crude Awakening

From: 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 … 38 $3.80 Add
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Culture Works

Culture Works

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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 … ; 6 $0.60 Add
Damming the Peace

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
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Defending Mother Earth

Defending Mother Earth

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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. 5 $0.50 Add
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Deep Time - Reconnecting with Past and Future Generations

Deep Time – Reconnecting with Past and Future Generations

From: Coming Back to Life

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, … ; 23 $2.30 Add