Environmental Studies
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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 |
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From  NEW! 3. Saying Goodbye to PovertyFrom: Earth for All |
Chapter 3 focuses on the methods and theories for how to eradicate poverty across the globe. Topics discussed include "extreme poverty", challenges to economic growth within low-income … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  4. The Fantasy of Green CapitalismIntroduction The Failures of Green Economics (Joel Kovel) Sustainable Capitalism (David Travis) The Limits of Green Keynesianism (Sean Thompson) Capitalism's Anti-ecology Treadmill (Terry Townsend) |
- | David Travis; Joel Kovel; Sean Thompson; Terry Townsend | 33 | 2010 | $3.30 Add |
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From  A Moment in TimeFrom: 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 … | Ann Dwyer Galway | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Activating a New GenerationFrom: Engage, Connect, Protect |
This chapter identifies the opportunties for young people of color to work in all areas of the environmental sector. The author then shifts her focus to explaining how her Greening Youth … | Angelou Ezeilo | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Being PresentFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
The first habit of hope I’d like to discuss is being present. This means paying attention to whatever is going on and not getting sidetracked or distracted — in other words, living … | Kate Davies | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Biodiversity: Getting it Under Your Skin |
Humans often need to see threats to the environment, and, by extension to their health and survival. Progressive losses over time can dilute urgency and awareness. So can progressive gains. One … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 24 | 2017 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Blue Communities Give Hope in Europe |
This reading takes a country by country look at water activism in Europe. The beginnings of the Blue Community movement in Switzerland is discussed, followed by a discussion of the spread of … | Maude Barlow | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Burger 2.0From: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman explores the possible future of alternative meat, through examining the history of veggie burgers, Beyond Meat products, and the next generation of agricultural innovation … | Lenore Newman | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Canada’s Changing Environment |
- | Linda Pannozzo | 24 | 2016 | $2.40 Add |
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From  Chapter 3Key Environmental Impacts From: Unearthing Justice |
In this chapter, the author describes the various environmental impacts that mining operations have. These include the release of toxic chemicals such as mercury and radon into water bodies, as … | Joan Kuyek | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 3Colonel Danforth Park and Lower Highland Creek Parkk |
Naturalist Jason Ramsay-Brown describes Colonel Danforth and Lower Highland Creek Parks, located in Toronto’s Highland Creek watershed. He uses these parks to introduce local native fungi … | Jason Ramsay-Brown | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
