Environmental Studies
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From ![]() Nature at HomeA Social Ecology of Postwar Landscape Design From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores post-second world war landscape design, including the explosion of suburbs and the gendered nature of the urban environment. The chapter includes 13 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() Nature Education and PromotionFrom: The Culture of Nature |
The chapter examines the growing desire to educate the public, in particular school-aged children, about the preservation and conservation of nature and the environment. The chapter includes 15 … | Alexander Wilson | 40 | 2019 | $4.00 Add |
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From ![]() Navigating the Confluence |
Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action | Andrés R. Edwards | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Neoliberalism and the World-Saving MarketPART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 4 reflects on the current neoliberal system and its primarily market-oriented solutions to tackle climate change. | Aaron Saad | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Net-Zero ChallengeFrom: Getting to Zero |
Indentifies how Canada, in contrast to several other countries, has failed to develop a credible plan of action for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Proposes that an … | Tony Clarke | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Never a Day Alike to the OtherFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Eighteen wraps up the story of Louise’s life by reflecting on her accomplishments. The chapter includes the author’s last encounter with Louise, reflections on her legacy, and … | Merilyn Simonds | 28 | 2022 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting AbroadPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 9 MacDonald Stainsby explores the rise of “extreme” fossil energy extraction such as for oil shale and fracking for “tight” oil and natural gas. The chapter … | MacDonald Stainsby | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() New Times, New ToolsManaging For Resilience From: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter summarizes the key innovations and practices that the farmers featured in the book have implemented to deal with climate change and describes the main attributes of a sustainable … | Laura Lengnick | 42 | 2015 | $4.20 Add |
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From ![]() New WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter, we’ll learn more about two sources of "new water" from technologies not typically in widespread use today throughout the US, desalination of seawater and expanded … | Jerry Yudelson | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Niall Ferguson in Conversation with Rudyard GriffithsMay 6, 2020 From: The World After Covid |
Niall Ferguson and Rudyard Griffiths discuss history and possible political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the pandemic. Topics include historical precedence, public response, … | Rudyard Griffiths | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Nicotine in Blood, Serum/Plasma, Urine, Sweat, Saliva, Breast Milk, Hair, and Postmortem Tissues |
Chapter Three includes the following topics: Methods of Analysis – Blood/ Plasma/ Serum/ Breat Milk – Urine – Saliva – Hair – Postmortem | James G. Wigmore | 26 | 2023 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Nicotine Metabolites/Chemicals |
Chapter Nine includes the following topics: Cotinine – Other Metabolites/Chemicals | James G. Wigmore | 17 | 2023 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Nicotine: The Drug |
Chapter One includes the following topics: History of Cultivation of Tobacco – Addiction – Other Adverse Effects – Poisonings – Fatalities – Other Sources of Nicotine | James G. Wigmore | 88 | 2023 | $8.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! No More Broken PromisesAsserting Indigenous Sovereignty From: The End of This World |
Chapter 1 begins by situating the discussion of just transition in its historic contexts, present contexts, and future context in Canada where Indigenous rights and sovereignty are upheld. Topics … | Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest | 22 | 2023 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Blockading a Mine |
Using the Red Chris Mine in British Columbia as an example Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel reveals how the legal system fails Indigenous people when they work to stop development that … | Arthur Manuel | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() Nonextractivism and Development |
Maristella Svampa | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
















