Environmental Studies
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From  In Search of Solutions II: Efficiency ImprovementsFrom: Techno-Fix |
In Search of Solutions II: Efficiency Improvements analyzes a wide range of historical data to demonstrate that most efficiency improvements have not been able to halt or reverse the growth in … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 31 | 2011 | $3.10 Add |
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From  Indigenous Food SovereigntyA Model for Social Learning |
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From  NEW! InvertebrataPart Four From: Earthkeeping |
Part Four contains the sections: Spider Love, Of Mayflies & Millennia,Potato Bug Waltz, The Hornet Dilemma, Bumblebee Hotel, Ticked!. Topics discussed include spiders, the lifespan of … | Gary Saunders | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Is There Hope? |
In this chapter, Boyd explores the philosophical question of which disposition is best suited to take on the climate crisis. Boyd discusses hope, optimism, pessimism, and stoicism. This chapter … | Andrew Boyd | 54 | 2023 | $5.40 Add |
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From  Jail for Heroin Users Ramps Up: The 1950sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter explores the increase in convictions under the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act in the 1950s and discusses the Oakalla Prison Farm and the Mimico Reformatory in Ontario, where some … | Susan C. Boyd | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Let’s get drunk and celebrate the future |
This chapter is a call to change the world to a sustainable one through celebration. A world that uses our creative energy and intelligence and ambition and puts it wherever we want, other than … | Arno Kopecky | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Managing Climate Risk: Adaptation StoriesPART 1 |
This book shares the adaptation stories of more than 40 sustainable farmers and ranchers growing food across the U.S.. Sections include: Farmers and Ranchers in the Northwest and Southwest … | Laura Lengnick | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! miyo-wîcihtowinUniting to Build a Caring Economy for All From: The End of This World |
Chapter 5 focuses on Canada’s undervaluing of “care work” (ie: child-rearing, cooking, cleaning, emotional support, eldercare, etc.). Topics discussed include rising costs of … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 22 | 2023 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Moving Heat with Ocean Currents |
In this chapter Earle details the impact of ocean currents on the Earth’s climate. | Steven Earle | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Nature at HomeA Social Ecology of Postwar Landscape Design From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores post-second world war landscape design, including the explosion of suburbs and the gendered nature of the urban environment. The chapter includes 13 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Navigating the Confluence |
Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action | Andrés R. Edwards | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NovelFrom: Finding Our Niche |
In Novel, the fifth chapter of Finding Our Niche, the author discusses novel ecosystems, such as La Cienega de Santa Clara, a wetland created from the damming of the Colorado River, which hosts … | Philip A. Loring | 27 | 2020 | $2.70 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts(post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics From: Peak Everything |
Will industrial production survive in the post-hydrocarbon era? The answer will of course depend on how much energy humans will have at their disposal. The total amount, as well as the per capita … | Richard Heinberg | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From  OverpoweredThe Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into From: Power |
In this chapter the author focuses primarily on power dilemmas that are less frequently discussed, but that may be even more important for us to understand, especially in the 21st century. These … | Richard Heinberg | 60 | 2021 | $6.00 Add |
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From  OvershootFrom: Radical Transformation |
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 … | Kevin MacKay | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksWaste Reduction and Recycling |
Reuse and reduction offer the greatest opportunities for eliminating pollution and depletion of natural resources, yet they are often perceived to be at odds with economic development. How does a … | Marc Roseland | 13 | 2012 | $1.30 Add |
