Environmental Studies
Showing 353–368 of 1250 results
| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
From  Adaptive CapacityFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter explores the concept of adaptive capacity: the ability of a farm to manage human, social, natural, physical, and financial resources to adapt to changes in its environment. | Laura Lengnick | 32 | 2015 | $3.20 Add |
|
From  NEW! An Overview of the Impact Assessment Act |
This chapter provides a high-level overview of the IAA by examining the five key elements of the IAA regime design: triggering the assessment process, scoping, process options and design, … | Meinhard Doelle | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
|
From  NEW! Another World Is Possible |
In Chapter 2, Kaufman provides a glimpse of what a post transition world might look like after we move away from a society built on burning fossil fuels and on exploitative of the third world, to … | Cynthia Kaufman | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
|
From  Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 2 Randolph Haluza-DeLay summarizes some of the key methods used to represent the tar sands and build public consent, to the continuing destruction they cause. Topics include public … | Randolph Haluza-Delay | 9 | 2014 | $0.90 Add |
|
From  Being AlliesFrom: Uprooting Racism |
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 … | Paul Kivel | 47 | 2017 | $4.70 Add |
|
From  Bhutan, Edmonton and Alberta: Models of Well-Being EconomicsFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Back to Edmonton: The City that Could * The Promise of Alberta * Alberta’s Preliminary Asset Accounts | Mark Anielski | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
|
From  Blue Communities Take Root in Canada |
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 … | Maude Barlow | 25 | 2019 | $2.50 Add |
|
From  NEW! Challenging Corporate RuleFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Three Barlow discusses the importance of challenging authority– all authority. The chapter discusses topics including institutional power, networks and political structures, … | Maude Barlow | 50 | 2022 | $5.00 Add |
|
From  NEW! Chapter 2Rouge Park |
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 … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
|
From  Chapter 2Radiation Science |
This chapter includes the following sections: Atoms – Radioactive Decay – Types of Radiation – Half-Life – Background Radiation – Units of Measurement | Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
|
From  Chapter 2The Mining Sequence From: Unearthing Justice |
This chapter provides a summary the life of a mine, beginning with initial claims and exploration,continuing through operation and extraction, and ending with the eventual closure and reclamation … | Joan Kuyek | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
|
From  NEW! Chapter 3Mining and the Industrial Boom From: Mining Country |
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 … | Arn Keeling; John Sandlos | 52 | 2021 | $5.20 Add |
|
From  NEW! Chapter 3Health and Well Being From: Renewal |
This chapter explores the therapeutic effects of engaging with the natural world. | Andres R. Edwards | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
|
From  NEW! Chapter 3Man-Made From: Saved by Science |
- | Dr. Mark J. Poznansky | 11 | 2020 | $1.10 Add |
|
From  NEW! Chapter 4: Everything Connects |
Many talk about how we might change our housing, transportation, work or diet, but here we see that they are all tied together and interconnected; our food supply is dependent on our … | Lloyd Alter | 15 | 2024 | $1.50 Add |
|
From  NEW! Chapter TwoCapitalism: Caveats and Critics |
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 … | Tom Rand | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
