Environmental Studies

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Experiments on the Verge

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

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In this chapter, Boyd takes both a spiritual and philosophical approach to climate catastrophe. He explores various exercises, experiments, meditations, and philosophical provocations that can be … 30 $3.00 Add
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Facing and Resisting KCA / Radius Gold and Tahoe Resources on the Ground

From: Testimonio

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Essays in this section: Interview: Yuri Melini, ILO 169 and Community Defence – Tahoe Resources’ Violent Mining Operation – The Peaceful Encampment at La Puya – Guatemalan … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Finding Our Path

From: Finding Our Niche

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The seventh and final chapter of Finding Our Niche, Finding Our Path, begins with the assertion that evidence for how to live within the harmony and limits of nature is all around us, and that it … 24 $2.40 Add
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From Digital Natives to i-Kids

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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In this chapter, I am going to speak of a critical dynamic that i-media has with play, learning, and creativity. This is a dynamic that concerns mostly digital natives, and the now very young: … 12 $1.20 Add
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From Environmental Crisis to Business Transition

From: The Big Stall

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Discusses how corporations came to recognize climate change as a profitable opportunity, and how public policy shifted from regulation of carbon emissions to measures that corporate leaders … 16 $1.60 Add
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Going Places

Efficiency in Vehicles

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter explores ways in which transportation could become more efficient. ; ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Harm Reduction Comes to Canada: The 1980s and 1990s

From: Heroin

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This chapter examines the introduction of harm reduction practices to Canada during the 1980s and 1990s. Grassroots harm reduction programs such as safe injection sites and legal programs such as … 20 $2.00 Add
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Highlight norms to leverage BELONGING

From: Making Shift Happen

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This chapter begins the Section 2 of the book Behavioral Building Blocks with each letter of the word “BEHAVIORAL’’ corresponding to a chapter that explores a collection of related behaviour … ; ; ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Householding

Part Six

From: Earthkeeping

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Part Six contains the sections: This Old House: Honeymoon & After, Getting to Know You, Old House, Window Talk, Gone to a Better Place: A Wood Stove Memoir, Winter Woodchuck Woes, Fire from … 45 $4.50 Add
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Inside job

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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Kopecki profiles NDP MLA Heather McPherson, whose party held the balance of power in the 2020 Canadian Liberal minority government, and describes Alberta’s relationship to its oil … 30 $3.00 Add
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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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Livestock

From: Resilient Agriculture

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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
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Mobilizing Labour

Just Transition, Then and Now

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 7, Klein examines the role of labour in the fight for climate action. Klein argues that through examining the mobilization of the labor and work force during and after the Second World … 36 $3.60 Add
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Nothing Happens Haphazardly

From: Woman, Watching

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Chapter Eight explores Louise’s journey writing her "Little Bird Book." The chapter follows the writing and publishing of her first book and Len’s homecoming from the war. 10 $1.00 Add
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Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks

Atmospheric Change and Air Quality

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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Although atmospheric change is a complex technical issue, only a few basic concepts are required to comprehend its implications and design community strategies to reduce its threat. This chapter … 11 $1.10 Add