Environmental Studies
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From  NEW! The suspension of disbelief |
This chapter examines the phenomena of news presented as two opposing sides and the role of unregulated social media and fake news. It suggests that conspriacy theories and denial of climate … | Arno Kopecky | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The View from the RoadRecreation and Tourism From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores the intersections between recreation, tourism, and the environment. The chapter includes 11 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 36 | 2019 | $3.60 Add |
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From  The Weekend AlcoholicFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Gareth Mitton | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Tragedy of the White AmurFrom: Overrun |
This chapter discusses efforts by the United States government to regulate the transport and breeding of non-native species. | Andrew Reeves | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Transforming AgricultureWomen Farmers Define a Food Sovereignty Policy for Canada |
- | Annette Aurelie Desmarais; Carla Roppel | 21 | 2010 | $2.94 Add |
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From  Turning the Bull Loose |
- | Linda Pannozzo | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! UncoverFrom: Making Shift Happen |
This chapter explores how to Uncover ways to change our behaviour using the Behavioral Drivers Analysis (BDA), an analytic tool for uncovering evidence-based drivers in different people. The … | Ashleigh Kellerman; Lauren Highleyman; Nya Van Leuvan; Rod Fujita | 65 | 2022 | $6.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Understanding SensitivityPART 1 |
This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be … | Laura Lengnick | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Untrammelled LandscapesFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Four focuses on Louise’s move to Canada. The chapter explores Louise’s joining of the Canadian Red Cross Outpost Service, her settling in Bonfield, Northern Ontario, her … | Merilyn Simonds | 27 | 2022 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Urban Water CrisesFrom: Dry Run |
Urban water crises are not just a thing of the future, they are happening all around us as long-term reductions in rainfall and runoff tie in with short-term multiyear droughts. In this chapter, … | Jerry Yudelson | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Where Does Agroecological Food Come From |
This chapter begins by considering food produced by the industrial food system that has been called “food from nowhere". In contrast, agroecological food comes from … | Dana James | 38 | 2021 | $3.80 Add |
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From  Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the IcebergFrom: Damming the Peace |
David Schindler, one of the world’s foremost water ecologists, explains the role of major dams, like Site C in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, in Canada’s climate change strategy. He … | David Schindler | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Wood: Like Never Before |
This chapter explores the role of wood in building efficient and modern buildings. | Andrew Lawrence; Francis Yang | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From  You Are What You EatFrom: Consuming Sustainability |
- | Ella Haley; Kierstin Hatt; Richard Tunstall | 31 | 2005 | $3.10 Add |
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From  NEW! “Even a Ravaged Planet Is Worth Fighting For”From: Future on Fire |
Chapter 4 reflects on what a world that suffers the consequences of large-scale climate change would look like and if it is still worth fighting for. Topics discussed include the 2030 deadline to … | David Camfield | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From “That’s How We See It”Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace |
Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in … | Andrew MacLeod | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
