Environmental Studies

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Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Fostering Sustainable Behavior

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

Behavior change is the cornerstone of sustainability. Whether you are working on protecting wetlands, enhancing water or energy efficiency, altering modal transportation choices, or any of the … 13 $0.13 Add
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From Digital Natives to i-Kids

From Digital Natives to i-Kids

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

In this chapter, I am going to speak of a critical dynamic that i-media has with play, learning, and creativity. This is a dynamic that concerns mostly digital natives, and the now very young: … 12 $1.20 Add
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From Environmental Crisis to Business Transition

From Environmental Crisis to Business Transition

From: The Big Stall

Discusses how corporations came to recognize climate change as a profitable opportunity, and how public policy shifted from regulation of carbon emissions to measures that corporate leaders … 16 $1.60 Add
From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

A Primer on Radiation and Health

The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, brought radiation to international attention but the exact nature of what had been unleashed was still unclear to most. The 1986 meltdown at the … ; 216 View
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From Housing to Harm Reduction

From Housing to Harm Reduction

From: Fighting For Space

This chapter highlights the synergy between VANDU and PHS as they grappled to establish basic facilities for the homeless population in Vancouver. Caught in the sparring between the health board … 26 $0.52 Add
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From i-Kids to i-Brains

From i-Kids to i-Brains

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

In this chapter, I would like to speak to my greater concern. Not changes in temporary brain state(s), or vulnerabilities that leave us all somewhat liable, not even the differences in … 17 $1.70 Add
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From Reserve to Microenvironment

From Reserve to Microenvironment

Nature Parks and Zoos

From: The Culture of Nature

This chapter focuses on the convergence of park creation, development, and tourism through an examination of zoos, and national and nature parks. The chapter includes 10 photos and images. 37 $3.70 Add
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From the Heart

From the Heart

The Golden Rule with Karen Armstrong and Joan Halifax

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Compassion is a virtuous cycle, and practicing the Golden Rule yields an expanded sense of self, which yields ever more compassionate behavior.philosophers and religious leaders such as … 7 $0.70 Add
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From the Heart

From the Heart

Speak the Truth, but not to Punish with Thich Nhat Hanh

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Thich Nhat Hanh used the example of a pine tree and suggested, what if that tree asked us what it could do to help the world? Our answer would be very clear: “You should be a beautiful, … 10 $1.00 Add
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From the Heart

From the Heart

We Need Warmheartedness with The 14th Dalai Lama

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Tibet offers an acute lesson in interconnectedness that is hard to miss when you’re there. Tibet showed me precisely how an area can suffer when climate change is on fast forward. I also … 12 $1.20 Add
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From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 27, Greg Albo and Lilian Yap discuss the ecological and social implications climate change has—or should have— in becoming a central parameter for all discussions of work … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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From Vital Addiction to Fatal Distraction

From Vital Addiction to Fatal Distraction

From: About Face

The readings in the second section of the book discuss other forms of addictions that are not narcotics based. These include sex, video games, gambling and social media. The readings in this … 20 $2.00 Add
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Fruits and Nuts

Fruits and Nuts

From: Resilient Agriculture

This chapter features case studies of fruit and nut growers and describes the ways in which they adapt to climate change and promote sustainable growing practices. These include using overhead … 30 $3.00 Add
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Fruits and Nuts
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Fruits and Nuts

PART 4

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

This chapter features case studies of fruit and nut growers and describes the ways in which they adapt to climate change and promote sustainable growing practices. It features various resilience … 23 $2.30 Add