Environmental Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Toledo, Ohio From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	The city of Toledo, Ohio, wakes up to a growing ‘public health crisis’. In 2014, over a thousand people died of heroin-related overdoses in the state of Ohio. A disproportionate …	Travis Lupick	20	2017	$0.40 Add
From Understanding Exposure From: Resilient Agriculture View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the ways that climate change impacts different regions and different crops, and outlines the effects that environmental changes will have on the highly delicate balance that …	Laura Lengnick	24	2015	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Wants and Needs From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action.	Sami Grover	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Work With What You Have at Hand From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	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
From "Ecology’s Helper" From: Overrun View ECW Press	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
From NEW! 1. Earth for All Five Extraordinary Turnarounds for Global Equity on a Healthy Planet From: Earth for All View New Society Publishers	Chapter 1 begins the book by examining the present challenges of the 21st century, and how this turbulence presents a unique moment in time where humanity can work together to create a better …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	26	2022	$2.60 Add
From 2. Starving the Poor Introduction World Hunger, Agribusiness, Food Sovereignty (Ian Angus) A New International Order is Needed (Esteban Lazo Hernández) The Food Crisis is Systemic and Structural (José Ramón Machado Ventura) 'Peasants and Small Farmers Can Feed the World' (La Vía Campesina) 'Our Heritage as Food Producers is Critical to the Future of Humanity' (Nyeleni Forum) 'The Rich Do Not Know Hunger' (Fidel Castro) From: The Global Fight for Climate Justice View Fernwood Publishing	-	Fidel Castro; Ian Angus; José Ramón Machado Ventura; Juan Esteban Lazo Hernández	27	2010	$2.70 Add
From A History of Violence From: There's Something in the Water View Fernwood Publishing	Indigenous and Black Conquest, Dispossession, and Genocide in Settler-Colonial Nations	Ingrid R.G. Waldron	16	2018	$1.60 Add
From NEW! A Next-Generation Assessment Framework for Examining the Impact Assessment Act From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter outlines a next-generation assessment framework that incorporates international learning as well as key themes in the Canadian deliberations surrounding the assessment law and policy …	Meinhard Doelle; Robert B. Gibson	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From A Roadmap to Well-Being From: An Economy of Well-Being View New Society Publishers	* Can Well-Being Be Measured? * The Science of Well-Being: What We Measure Affects What We Do * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and an Indigenous Model of Well-Being * The Util: Measuring Real …	Mark Anielski	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From A Triple Crisis From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Across the Seas of Grass From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman reflects on her travels to the Yukon to explore northern cuisine during which she reflects on the local bison, their preservation, and the history of the decline of …	Lenore Newman	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From Arenas of Appropriation From: Fair Future Fernwood Publishing	-	Tilman Santarius; Wolfgang Sachs	36	2005	$3.60 Add
From Building for Change From the Ground Up From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Chapter 1 Altona Forest From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests View James Lorimer and Company	Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Altona Forest, an ecologically-rich natural area in the Petticoat Creek watershed on the border of Pickering and Toronto. He uses Altona to reflect upon …	Jason Ramsay-Brown	5	2020	$0.50 Add
From Chapter 1 Historical Background From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You View Between The Lines	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