Environmental Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Social UpheavalFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
Chapter 6 discusses the many ways in which the development of the tar sands has become a caldron that is brewing with social conflicts and tensions: (a) social conflicts: ranging from the … | Tony Clarke | 39 | 2008 | $3.90 Add |
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – Social DiffusionSocial Diffusion: Speeding the Adoption of New Behaviors |
Both the mundane and important decisions of our lives are strongly affected by a process known as social diffusion or diffusion of innovations. In contrast with what nonpersonal sources of … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 11 | 2011 | $0.11 Add |
From Sustainability or Collapse?From: Techno-Fix |
Sustainability or Collapse? argues that there are at least three critical technological challenges that must be met in order to produce long-term sustainability: avoiding serious environmental … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 34 | 2011 | $3.40 Add |
From The Basic Miracle: Our True Nature and PowerFrom: Coming Back to Life |
Perhaps we made our biggest error in thinking of the world as made of “stuff ” to begin with. Fortunately — and paradoxically — our very search for mastery and knowledge … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 27 | 2014 | $2.70 Add |
From The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline CommunitiesPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 5 Dave Vasey reflects on the deep historical narrative of activism, examining the relationship between environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and tar sands campaigns, and … | Dave Vasey | 12 | 2014 | $1.20 Add |
From The Limits of Farmer-ControlFood Sovereignty and Conflicts over the Canadian Wheat Board |
- | Andre Magnan | 20 | 2010 | $2.80 Add |
From The Question in the Eyes of the WolfFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
In this chapter, the author describes his journey to study the Ethiopian wolf; this story is the basis for Weber’s meditation on the connections between living beings. | Andreas Weber | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add |
From The Transportation Equipment IndustryFrom: Climate@Work |
- | Austin Hracs; John Holmes | 19 | 2013 | $1.90 Add |
From The Well-Being WorkplaceFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Well-Being at Work * Businesses That Operate on Well-Being Principles * The Well-Being Corporation * Doing Well By Doing Good: The Flourishing Well-Being Enterprise * Well-Being: The Best … | Mark Anielski | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
From Towards Neoextractivism in Extremis |
- | Maristella Svampa | 17 | 2019 | $1.70 Add |
From Trouble with FishingFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Illinois to meet with commercial fishermen who fish the rivers and lakes of the Midwest. Topics discussed include the methods that fishers use to attempt to … | Andrew Reeves | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
From NEW! UNDRIP, Decision Making, and the Role of Indigenous Peoples |
This chapter explores establishment of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Rediscovery of a Post-colonial Canada (UNDRIP) and its impact following its adoption … | Sara Mainville | 21 | 2021 | $2.10 Add |
From Water Use in the HomeFrom: Dry Run |
Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet … | Jerry Yudelson | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
From What is Europe Worth?From: Fair Future |
- | Tilman Santarius; Wolfgang Sachs | 15 | 2005 | $1.50 Add |
From NEW! What is Still Worth Doing? |
In this chapter, Boyd explores if we have personal obligations to make environmentally considerate choices during the late stages of the climate crisis. Boyd discusses which individual … | Andrew Boyd | 74 | 2023 | $7.40 Add |
From NEW! Work & Play & FoodPart Five From: Earthkeeping |
Part Five contains the sections: Down to Earth, A Salmon for Supper, Of Seals and Cod and Us, Oatmeal Shenanigans, Part Surgeon, Part Seamstress: A Fly-Tying Memoir, Dike-Land Rambles, Chaga … | Gary Saunders | 51 | 2022 | $5.10 Add |