Environmental Studies

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Part 3

Caring For the Earth

From: Human Permaculture

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Biodiversity, the Key to Balance – Water Is Life – Soil, Too, Is Life – Forest: Bridge between Land and Sky ; 44 $4.40 Add
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Part III: Class Conflict

From: Cobalt

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Part III contains Chapter 9: Class War in Cobalt, Chapter 10: A Place Called Hell, Chapter 11: Empire Ontario and Temagami, and Chapter 12: The Birth of an Industry. 45 $4.50 Add
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Political Institutions

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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Power in the Anthropocene

The Wonderful World of Fossil Fuels

From: Power

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This chapter details forms of fossil fuel power such as coal, oil, and gas. Heinberg suggests that through the development and exercise of these fossil fuel powers, we have changed not only the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Research Backwater

From: Overrun

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In this chapter, the author visits the Louisiana Bayous and meets with researchers studying Asian carp. Topics include the challenges researchers face in collecting usable data to understand the … 31 $3.10 Add
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Right-Wing Ideology and Climate Change Denialism

PART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks

From: Worlds at Stake

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Chapter 5 critically examines the right wing phenomenon of climate change denialism. 22 $2.20 Add
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Saving Ecosystems

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

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Topics include: Continental Conservation – Species Protection – Protecting the Land – Conservation Philanthropy – What is Nature Worth? – Conservation Finance … 16 $1.60 Add
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Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency

From: Resilience Imperative

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Our energy diet has put us between a rock and a hot place. On one hand, we are hooked on oil and demand is increasing. On the other hand, if we do not radically reduce our fossil-fuel use, we … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Socioenvironmental Conflicts and Valuation Languages

From: Development in Latin America

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Space, the Canadian Frontier?

Landscape, Identity, and Power

From: Consuming Sustainability

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Step 3: Developing Strategies – Self-Perception Theory

Commitment: From Good Intentions to Action

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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Self-Perception Theory intriguingly suggests that if we can provide opportunities for people to engage in sustainable behaviors conveniently, the very act of engaging in those behaviors will … 18 $0.18 Add
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Step Four

Understand and Enter Emergency Mode

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

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This chapter asks the reader to reassess how they establish priorities in order to enter a state of focus and determination to tackle the climate emergency. ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Stratification

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 … 10 $1.00 Add
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Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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This chapter examines the use of "little trees," i.e., the stalks of straw that support seed crops. ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Tell Me A Better Story

Regenerative Economics

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter outlines the systemic changes to our economy that are necessary for a sustainable future. ; ; ; 29 $2.90 Add