Environmental Studies

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Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

April 9, 2020

From: The World After Covid

Malcolm Gladwell and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and America’s response to it. Topics include social inequality, health care, ethics, human social behaviours, climate change, and … 11 $1.10 Add
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Males and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Males and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

From Media Images to Anorexia and Bigarexia

From: About Face

The readings in the third section of the book discuss food related mental illnesses including body dysmorphia and eating disorders. The readings in this section include firsthand accounts from … 8 $0.80 Add
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Managing Climate Risk: Adaptation Stories
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Managing Climate Risk: Adaptation Stories

PART 1

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

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 … 17 $1.70 Add
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Many Galaxies of Commons

Many Galaxies of Commons

From: Think Like a Commoner

Indigenous peoples were there first. They refined the art of commoning long before hackers began to share software code and social scientists developed complicated theories about the commons. And … 20 $2.00 Add
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Mass Movements: Our Only Hope
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Mass Movements: Our Only Hope

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 3 examines how mass movements, the actions of millions of everyday people have played a role in changing our society for the better and can become the method to bring real change and … 22 $2.20 Add
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Meditations for the Great Turning

Meditations for the Great Turning

From: Coming Back to Life

To heal our society, our psyches must heal as well. Haunted by the desperate needs of our time and beset by more commitments than we can easily carry, we may wonder how to find the time and … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Meet Basic Needs for All

Meet Basic Needs for All

From: A Finer Future

This chapter looks at the variety of policies that must be implemented to ensure equal access to resources for everyone in the future. ; ; ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Melody of the Soul

Melody of the Soul

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, Weber explores natural beauty through birdsong and music 25 $2.50 Add
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Message from the Dalai Lama

Message from the Dalai Lama

From: Coming Back to Life

We live at a time when human actions have developed a creative and destructive power that has become global in scope. And yet we fail to cultivate a corresponding sense of responsibility. Most of … 2 $0.20 Add
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Messaging That Encourages Action
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Messaging That Encourages Action

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

In Chapter 3 Kaufman focuses how we talk about action in content to combating the climate crisis and explores how messaging effects the actions and willingness for others to join the fight. The … 11 $1.10 Add
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Mickey Mouse is All Right
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Mickey Mouse is All Right

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

This chapter begins by asking how much oil is in the ground, how much carbon can the sky absorb, and how fast will we go before we finally slow down? Through the story of a family trip to … 11 $1.10 Add
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Migrant Justice and the Tar Sands Industry

Migrant Justice and the Tar Sands Industry

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

Chapter 7 is an interview with Harsha Walia by John Kahn Russell. ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs

Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. 16 $1.60 Add
Mining Country
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Mining Country

A History of Canada's Mines and Miners

Mining has had a significant presence in every part of Canada — from the east to west coasts to the far north. This book tells the stories of those who built Canada’s mining industry. … 226 View
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Mining in the Wake of Genocides
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Mining in the Wake of Genocides

From: Testimonio

Essays in this section: Mining in the Guatemalan Mafia State – When You Benefit from Destruction: United Church of Canada Pension Fund and Goldcorp ; 28 $2.80 Add