Environmental Studies
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From  NEW! The Commons: Dispossession and ReclamationFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation begins with an examination of the loss of groundwater in Chennai, India, looking at the political, economic and land-use histories leading to it. The … | John Restakis | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The Local GarbagemanFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter explores Richmond Township’s geology, goegraphy, and history, as well as the story of Fred Sutcliffe. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
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From  The Physics of CreationFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, Weber examines how complex natural patterns reveal the interrelated nature of life and the anorganic environment. | Andreas Weber | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From  The PullFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
The process of the medium, of i-tech itself, is what is attractive; it draws us in. And this draw, or pull effect, is what has the potential to alter behavior. For example, the central concept in … | Mari K Swingle | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Story that Got Us in TroubleFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter outlines the factors that have led society to the precipice of collapse: institutionalized greed, increased stratification of wealth and unregulated economic growth. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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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 |
