Environmental Studies
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From  NEW! Part I: DiscoveryFrom: Cobalt |
Part I contains Chapter 1: Origin Stories, Chapter 2: The El Dorado of the North, Chapter 3: Cobalt as Imagined by Wall Street, and Chapter 4: Follow the Money. | Charlie Angus | 39 | 2022 | $3.90 Add |
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From  Patterns of Water UseFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, … | Jerry Yudelson | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Petro-Capitalism and the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 1 Angela Carter uses petro-capitalism as a lens to capture the scale and complexity of the tar sands industry, focusing on our economic, political, and environmental costs of fossil … | Angela V. Carter | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Pigeon PoliticsFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the complex relationship between human society and pigeons. The chapter includes a brief overview of the history of pigeons in urban spaces and … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Power in the PleistoceneOn Spears, Fires, Furs, Words, and Flutes - And Why Men Are Such Power-Hogs From: Power |
This chapter describes prehistoric forms of human power, including stone tools, fire, animal skins, and language. | Richard Heinberg | 43 | 2021 | $4.30 Add |
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From  Preface by Joanna MacyFrom: Coming Back to Life |
This is a guidebook. It maps ways into our innate vitality and determination to take part in the self-healing of our world. It presents a form of group work that has grown steadily since the … | Joanna Macy | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Principle A – Involve EveryoneFrom: Building Community |
The Cornerstone of Society – Research Corner – Why Public Participation Is Essential – Case Study: Citizen-Powered Climate Action, Keene, New Hampshire, USA – Case Study: … | James S. Gruber | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
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From  PristineFrom: Finding Our Niche |
In the second chapter of Finding Our Niche, Pristine, Loring describes how he first landed in Alaska and how his experiences there reshaped his ideas of how humans engage with the natural world, … | Philip A. Loring | 29 | 2020 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Quest for PurposeFrom: Clean Money Revolution |
Clear mind, honest and healthy relationships, emotional integrity, and “clean living” were cures as well as life tenets. Career, money, and health, must be connected. The affluent may … | Joel Solomon; Tyee Bridge | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Reasons for HopeFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
Life goes on whether we choose to show up for it or not. Living from a stance of hope is the only positive and constructive course of action. In my own life, I often feel overwhelmed and hopeless … | Kate Davies | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Rebuild: What You Build Matters, What You Don’t Build Matters More |
In this chapter, the authors explore the difference between net-zero energy buildings and buildings with a low carbon footprint. | Larry Strain | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! RelativesFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
Seeds of Hope: Mino Gitigaaning – Omaakaakii: In Praise of Frogs – I Miss You – Free the Snake – How Do We Grieve the Death of a River? – Amazon Should Save the … | Winona LaDuke | 58 | 2020 | $5.80 Add |
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From  Section B: Stories and ReflectionsPART II From: Changemakers |
The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed … | Fay Weller; Mary Wilson | 45 | 2018 | $4.50 Add |
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From  SeperationFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
No matter where we may be, we are inseparable from nature. We live in nature, we live with nature, we rely on nature, and we are part of nature. Yet our language hides this. When we use words … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Sliding Plates and Colliding Continents |
In this chapter, Earle explores the role of plate techtonics in the Earth’s climate. Key factors include albedo, continent drift, volcanism, and the formation of mountain ranges. | Steven Earle | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsThe Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner |
When we look at the miserable state of public discourse today and how we are polluting the public square, it’s plain to see that many people believe the problem derives from evil on … | James Hoggan | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
