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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The First World War and the Twenties, 1911–1929 From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces View James Lorimer and Company	Describes Ottawa’s efforts to supersede provincial powers especially concerning natural resources from 1911-1929.	Ed Whitcomb	17	2017	$1.70 Add
From The Forest Industry From: Climate@Work View Fernwood Publishing	-	John Holmes	17	2013	$1.70 Add
From The Future of Power Learning to Live Happily Within Limits From: Power View New Society Publishers	In the concluding chapter, Heinberg explores the territory between human self-annihilation and sufficient self-restraint.	Richard Heinberg	63	2021	$6.30 Add
From The Great Burning From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	Humans have caused enough upheaval to heat the entire world — its seas and its skies — by over an entire degree Celsius. Just that one degree of temperature has been enough to trigger …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From The Pear King From: Lost Feast View ECW Press	In this chapter Newman reflects on the history of her favorite fruit, the pear. She explores the act of domestication, the shift from small scale local production and the evolution to the …	Lenore Newman	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From NEW! The Qualities and Behaviours of Resilient Systems PART 2 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the qualities and behaviours of resilient systems, which come in different shapes, kinds, and sizes. The author explores qualities that cultivate resilience such as …	Laura Lengnick	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From The Road Up Ahead From: There's Something in the Water View Fernwood Publishing	-	Ingrid R.G. Waldron	22	2018	$2.20 Add
From To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, …	Andrew Thomson; Pete Walker	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From What is the Work that Reconnects? From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	As we stand now at the brink of destroying our planet as a home for conscious life, contemporary science and ancient spiritual traditions bring us insights into the basic miracle of our …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From What We Don’t Know About Fracking From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers explores the risks and unknowns surrounding the process of hydraulic fracturing or fracking. He explores whether the economic potential is real and whether it is …	Marq de Villiers	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From Where to From Here? Trudeau’s Climate Policy & Beyond From: Thirty Years of Failure View Fernwood Publishing	-	Robert MacNeil	11	2019	$1.10 Add
From Winners and Losers Strategies for Countries to Consider From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	If we take resource security seriously, how does it shift development strategies? How will our ability to succeed shift in a world of climate change and resource constraints?	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	17	2019	$1.70 Add
From NEW! 7. The Energy Turnaround “Electrifying Everything” From: Earth for All View New Society Publishers	Chapter 7 focuses on energy consumption and a clean energy future, discussing clean power technologies, fairness of pushing expensive clean energy, fossil fuel industry’s power, the …	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From A Mountain of Garbage From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter traces developments in this case, and the work of citizens to fight against the landfill expansion.	Poh-Gek Forkert	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From A Plague of Humans From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate View New Society Publishers	In this chapter Earle turns to the role of humanity in changing our planet’s climate. Important forces include agriculture, fossil fuel consumption, and total population.	Steven Earle	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! A Strong Wall around Me From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	Chapter Nine looks at the remaking of Louise and Len’s life and relationship after the war. The chapter discusses the 1946 publication of The Loghouse Nest, Len finding work, and …	Merilyn Simonds	20	2022	$2.00 Add