Environmental Studies

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Learning Into the Future

Learning Into the Future

Listen Deeply with Otto Scharmer and Anne Giardini

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

When Scharmer joined the MIT Learning Center founded by Peter Senge, he focused on what they call learning from the emerging future as opposed to the past, “and only then did I start to tap … 12 $1.20 Add
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Learning, Play, and Parenting

Learning, Play, and Parenting

Conflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

With a little walk through history, and a little more developmental theory, I will explore larger cultural shifts in parenting and family systems, expand on the blurred lines of learning and … 22 $2.20 Add
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Learning to Think

Learning to Think

Mirroring the Other

From: The Biology of Wonder

This chapter explores cognition in infants, toddlers, and animals. 30 $3.00 Add
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Learning with Communities of Color

Learning with Communities of Color

From: Coming Back to Life

We decided to offer workshops that would be only for young activists of color and that would train them to become facilitators of the Work That Reconnects in their own communities. At the date of … ; ; ; ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Leave the Leaves
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Leave the Leaves

From: Messy Cities

Lorraine Johnson writes about the benefits of leaf litter to local ecology in residential areas, and the ways this essential habitat is endangered in cities. 7 $0.70 Add
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Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s

From: Heroin

This chapter examines the division between legal and illegal heroin during 1950s-1970s. The role of law enforcement and the pharmaceutical industry are explored, as well as the Narcotic Control … 23 $2.30 Add
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Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 16, the authors examine Keystone XL (or KXL) and the Tar Sands Action. ; ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Lessons from Our Ancestors

Lessons from Our Ancestors

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: Cultural Indicators – Tibetan Nomads – Balinese Water Temples – Inuit Traditional Knowledge – The Kogi: Guardians of the Planet – The Value of … 18 $1.80 Add
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Lest Living Lose Its Zest
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Lest Living Lose Its Zest

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Sixteen focuses on Louise’s attempts to write about her first husband Gleb and their time in Russian. The chapter discusses the professional writing process during Louise’s … 19 $1.90 Add
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Let’s get drunk and celebrate the future
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Let’s get drunk and celebrate the future

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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 … 7 $0.70 Add
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Level The Playing Field

Level The Playing Field

From: A Finer Future

This chapter explores methods for addressing inequality in our society and asks whether basic income or job guarantees could be effective solutions. ; ; ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Like the White Wings of Angels
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Like the White Wings of Angels

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter Seven focuses on the connections Louise had been making during the Second World War while Len was away. The chapter explores Louise’s relationship with Murray and Doris Speirs, her … 23 $2.30 Add
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Listening to Black and Indigenous Women and Debunking the Myth of Whiteness
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Listening to Black and Indigenous Women and Debunking the Myth of Whiteness

From: The Story is in Our Bones

This chapter explores the intersection of race, gender, and disability in relation to social and environmental issues. Lake discusses how white supremacy weakens progressive movements by … 17 $1.70 Add
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Livestock

Livestock

From: Resilient Agriculture

This chapter features case studies of livestock ranchers in different climates and highlights the effects they are feeling from climate change and the innovations they are using to adapt and … 40 $4.00 Add