Natural Resources
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From  NEW! Mining in the Wake of GenocidesFrom: Testimonio |
Essays in this section: Mining in the Guatemalan Mafia State – When You Benefit from Destruction: United Church of Canada Pension Fund and Goldcorp | Jackie McVicar; Sandra Cuffe | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsFifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything |
There are reasons to think that our current anomalous abundance of inexpensive food may be only temporary; if so, present and future generations may become acquainted with that old, formerly … | Richard Heinberg | 20 | 2010 | $2.00 Add |
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From  One PlanetEcological Limits and Then What? From: Ecological Footprint |
Once we compare demand (footprint) with supply (biocapacity) it becomes clear which countries run ecological deficits. It begs the question – are ecological deficits an economic risk? Where are … | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksWater and Sewage |
North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to … | Marc Roseland | 14 | 2012 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Part III: Class ConflictFrom: Cobalt |
Part III contains Chapter 9: Class War in Cobalt, Chapter 10: A Place Called Hell, Chapter 11: Empire Ontario and Temagami, and Chapter 12: The Birth of an Industry. | Charlie Angus | 45 | 2022 | $4.50 Add |
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From  Research BackwaterFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author visits the Louisiana Bayous and meets with researchers studying Asian carp. Topics include the challenges researchers face in collecting usable data to understand the … | Andrew Reeves | 31 | 2019 | $3.10 Add |
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From  Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy SufficiencyFrom: Resilience Imperative |
Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we … | Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty | 19 | 2012 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages |
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From  Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest |
This chapter examines the use of "little trees," i.e., the stalks of straw that support seed crops. | Chris Magwood; Massey Burke | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Tell Me A Better StoryRegenerative Economics From: A Finer Future |
This chapter outlines the systemic changes to our economy that are necessary for a sustainable future. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 29 | 2018 | $2.90 Add |
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From  The Exuberance of HerringFrom: Changing Tides |
This chapter is based on Frid’s research collaborations with coastal First Nations and academics on herring. | Alejandro Frid | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fight for Water JusticeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Four Barlow focuses on the fight for water justice and her own activism. The chapter focuses on topics such as the commercialization of Canadian water, the North American Free Trade … | Maude Barlow | 41 | 2022 | $4.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Last Tar Sands PipelineFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
A Pipeline Runs Through It – Sandpiper Timeline – Not Minnesota Nice – Palisade: Let’s Be Good Neighbors – The Necessity Defense – Whispering Dirty Secrets: … | Winona LaDuke | 110 | 2020 | $11.00 Add |
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From  The Rise of New Ontario, 1889–1918From: North of Superior |
Through wheat, wood, and transportation improvements this became a region in transformation. Looks at the natural resources of the area and gold fever, pulp paper and electrical power, the cost … | Chris Southcott; Michel S. Beaulieu | 22 | 2010 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 3 Ryan Katz-Rosene examines how federal and provincial governments alongside industry and high-profile apologists have constructed narratives by reframing environmental concerns. … | Ryan Katz-Rosene | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From  To Choose LifeFrom: Coming Back to Life |
Our political economy requires ever-increasing extraction and consumption of resources. To the Industrial Growth Society, the Earthi s supply house and sewer. The planet’s body is not only … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
