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From Weaving Community Milestones From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	So how can this interest in getting together for a common purpose fit within a concept of celebrating life’s milestones? How do we support each other in those moments when we need our …	Sharon Kallis	10	2014	$1.00 Add
From Well-Being for First Nations From: An Economy of Well-Being View New Society Publishers	* Measuring What Matters to Community Well-Being * Why a Community Asset Assessment? * Natural Capital Assessment * The Well-Being Community Planning Process * Benefits of a Well-Being-Based …	Mark Anielski	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Your Microbial Orchestra From: Secret Life of Your Microbiome View New Society Publishers	Microbes have been with humans for every step of our evolutionary journey. Symbiosis describes living in close proximity with mutual advantage — an apt description of our relationship with …	Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott	39	2017	$3.90 Add
From NEW! 5. The Empowerment Turnaround “Achieving Gender Equity” From: Earth for All View New Society Publishers	Chapter 5 examines the challenges of achieving gender equity and empowerment. Topics discussed include financial independence and economic security, family size and affordability, access and …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From 6. Voices From the Global South Introduction Respect Mother Earth! (Evo Morales) A New Era is Beginning (Cochabamba Declaration) We Demand Full and Effective Participation (Bali Declaration) Mother Earth in Crisis (Anchorage Declaration) Two Statements by Climate Justice Now! Statement at the 2009 Americas Summit (ALBA) Rich Countries Must Pay Their Ecological Debt (Bolivia) To Save Humanity We Must Return to Our Roots (Hugo Bianco) From: The Global Fight for Climate Justice View Fernwood Publishing	-	Evo Morales; Hugo Bianco	41	2010	$4.10 Add
From A Failure to Communicate Facts are not Enough with George Lakoff From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Lakoff described frames as metaphors and conceptual frameworks that we use to interpret and understand the world. They give meaning to the words we hear more than the other way around, because …	James Hoggan	7	2016	$0.70 Add
From NEW! A New Way to Think About Solutions PART 2 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter discusses climate change as a major threat to our food system and various possible solutions for tackling this threat. It expands on the concept of resilience and also touches on the …	Laura Lengnick	17	2022	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Advice for Action From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We View Between The Lines	In Chapter 5 Kaufman offers advice for understanding how social change happens. This chapter discusses topics including personal lifestyle changes, shifting community culture, protests, …	Cynthia Kaufman	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Afterword From: Still Hopeful View ECW Press	In the Afterword Barlow reflects on the process of making this book. The chapter discusses topics including reflections on the exploitation of natural resources for profit, violence and …	Maude Barlow	3	2022	$0.30 Add
From Afterword From: Whose Water Is It, Anyway? View ECW Press	Afterword	Maude Barlow	2	2019	$0.20 Add
From AG-GAG From: Constructing Ecoterrorism View Fernwood Publishing	-	John Sorenson	27	2016	$2.43 Add
From Are Dams Really that Bad? From: Back to the Well View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers discusses the controversies surrounding dams and hydroelectricity. Using a variety of case studies, he explores their benefits, as well as their impacts on both …	Marq de Villiers	28	2018	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government Part Two: Dispossession Abroad From: Capitalism and Dispossession View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 7, author Sakura Saunders presents a historical account of how Canadian civil actors have attempted to compel the Canadian government to hold Canadian mining companies to account for …	Sakura Saunders	28	2022	$2.80 Add
From Beautiful Protest From: Changing Tides View New Society Publishers	This chapter will draw on the parallels between BC’s coastal First Nations and other Indigenous groups who have been integrating the traditional and the modern (including science) to …	Alejandro Frid	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Becoming Indigenous From: About Canada: The Environment View Fernwood Publishing	-	Linda Pannozzo	28	2016	$2.80 Add
From Boxed In Anxiety in the Masses From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	Anxiety and its little buddy stress are on the rise in adults and, most troubling, increasingly also in children, adolescents, and youth. We are all now consistently revving at much, much higher …	Mari K Swingle	17	2019	$1.70 Add