Environmental Studies

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Being Allies

From: Uprooting Racism

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Acting as an ally to people of color is one of the most important things white people can do. Ally is not an identity, it is a practice. An ally is someone who not only shows up, but one who … 47 $4.70 Add
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Bhutan, Edmonton and Alberta: Models of Well-Being Economics

From: An Economy of Well-Being

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* Back to Edmonton: The City that Could * The Promise of Alberta * Alberta’s Preliminary Asset Accounts 18 $1.80 Add
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Blue Communities Take Root in Canada

From: Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

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In this reading, the author narrows her focus to look at water activism within Canada. The chapter explores the work of a variety of water activists across Canada. Particular focus is placed on … 25 $2.50 Add
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Challenging Corporate Rule

From: Still Hopeful

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In Chapter Three Barlow discusses the importance of challenging authority– all authority. The chapter discusses topics including institutional power, networks and political structures, … 50 $5.00 Add
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Rouge Park

From: Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

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Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown introduces Rouge National Urban Park, one of Toronto’s largest natural areas, which dominates some 13 per cent of the Rouge River watershed. He describes how … 9 $0.90 Add
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Radiation Science

From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

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This chapter includes the following sections: Atoms – Radioactive Decay – Types of Radiation – Half-Life – Background Radiation – Units of Measurement ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Mining and the Industrial Boom

From: Mining Country

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This chapter discusses the peak of mining in Canada during the early 20th century. Topics discussed in this chapter include mining disasters that occurred during the early 20th century, the … ; 52 $5.20 Add
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Health and Well Being

From: Renewal

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This chapter explores the therapeutic effects of engaging with the natural world. 14 $1.40 Add
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Man-Made

From: Saved by Science

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Capitalism: Caveats and Critics

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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This chapter explores the capitalist system. Rand discusses the pitfalls of unrestricted growth and the warnings of the Club of Rome. Rand concludes that capitalist systems can and must be … 27 $2.70 Add
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Complexity

From: Radical Transformation

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Readings in Part 1 of this title entitled "The Crisis of Civilization" explore the factors that have brought our society to the brink of collapse, from the increasingly complex systems … 9 $0.90 Add
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Cooling and Warming from Volcanic Eruptions

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

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This chapter is about why we have volcanic eruptions, how they differ in style and in size and why that’s important, and how they affect the Earth’s climate both on a short time … 22 $2.20 Add
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Croplands, Forests, and Oceans

How Much Biocapacity Do We Have?

From: Ecological Footprint

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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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Ecology

Part Two

From: Earthkeeping

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Part Two contains the sections: Peeper Spring, Cornsequences, Chipmunk Penance, Nova Scotia’s 2003 Floods, A Calendar of Roadside Flowers, Tough Little Trees of the Fringe, Leaf Thief I and Leaf … 37 $3.70 Add