Environmental Studies
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From  Sculpted by River and StoryFrom: Changing Tides |
Frid explores the impact of the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) which despite being hard to see itself, its impacts are being felt and seen across coast British Columbia. Frid examines the … | Alejandro Frid | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Step 3: Developing Strategies – Norms & Sustainable BehaviourSocial Norms: Building Community Support |
To date too little attention has been given to the significant impact that norms can have upon the adoption of sustainable behavior. If we are to make the transition to a sustainable future, it … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 13 | 2011 | $0.13 Add |
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From  Step FiveJoin the Climate Emergency Movement |
This chapter gives a series of ideas and outlines for individuals who want to combat the climate emergency. This includes organizations to join and resources to make use of. | Margaret Klein Salamon; Molly Gage | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Sustainability in the Arctic Borderlands |
This chapter focuses on environmental change, which has quickly become the most important project of border security in the North. Water governance is a key. The focus remains on how cross-border … | Heather Nicol; Justin Barnes | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms?From: Emergent Agriculture |
Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an … | Gary S. Kleppel | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our WayFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: What’s Working and What’s Not Working in Our Movements – The Barriers to Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Canada – Note | Jen Gobby | 39 | 2020 | $3.90 Add |
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From  The Air up ThereFrom: Consuming Sustainability |
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From  The Big ShiftFrom: Getting to Zero |
Discusses the urgent need to shift from carbon intensive activities in three sectors: energy (bitumen to be declared a "sunset" industry), transportation (to shift from private internal … | Tony Clarke | 37 | 2018 | $3.70 Add |
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From  The Biological ScienceWhat's Really Going on in Our Brains? From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I am going to get down to the hard science: what really goes on in our brains when we overengage in i-tech. To this end, I will introduce modalities that permit us to examine the i-phenomenon at … | Mari K Swingle | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  The Greatest Danger – The Deadening of Heart and MindFrom: Coming Back to Life |
perils facing life on Earth are so massive and unprecedented they are hard even to take in. The very danger signals that should rivet our attention, summon up the blood and bond us in collective … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! The Large-Scale Solutions |
In Chapter 4 Kaufman provides an overview of the large-scale societal changes that need to happen to build a just and sustainable world. This chapter discusses topics such as transforming the … | Cynthia Kaufman | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Living WindFrom: Lost Feast |
In this chapter Newman provides an overview on the rise and fall of the passenger pigeon in North America. Through this Newman examines how during the shift from agricultural to industrial … | Lenore Newman | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Next Steps to TakeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Five Barlow examines alternative approaches to the current framing of global commerce and business, which is dominated by the narratives of neoliberalism and corporate interests. She … | Maude Barlow | 54 | 2022 | $5.40 Add |
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From  NEW! This Gentle ArtFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Six explores Louise’s growing interest in birds. The chapter discusses Louise’s first recordbook of bird watching, her relationship with Percy Traverner, the evolution of her … | Merilyn Simonds | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Underground EcologiesFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of pollution on the animal world and the forms of pollution our society creates as a byproduct of pharmaceutical production, power … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Water Use in Commercial and Institutional BuildingsFrom: Dry Run |
Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
