Environmental Studies

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Nature at Home

Nature at Home

A 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. 32 $3.20 Add
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Nature Education and Promotion

Nature Education and Promotion

From: 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 … 40 $4.00 Add
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Navigating the Confluence

Navigating the Confluence

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action 16 $1.60 Add
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Neoliberalism and the World-Saving Market
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Neoliberalism and the World-Saving Market

PART 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. 22 $2.20 Add
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Net-Zero Challenge

Net-Zero Challenge

From: 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 … 18 $1.80 Add
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Never a Day Alike to the Other
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Never a Day Alike to the Other

From: 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 … 28 $2.80 Add
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New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad

New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad

Part 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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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New Times, New Tools

New Times, New Tools

Managing 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 … 42 $4.20 Add
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New Water

New Water

From: 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 … 13 $1.30 Add
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Niall Ferguson in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

Niall Ferguson in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

May 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, … 14 $1.40 Add
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Nicotine in Blood, Serum/Plasma, Urine, Sweat, Saliva, Breast Milk, Hair, and Postmortem Tissues

Nicotine in Blood, Serum/Plasma, Urine, Sweat, Saliva, Breast Milk, Hair, and Postmortem Tissues

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter Three includes the following topics: Methods of Analysis – Blood/ Plasma/ Serum/ Breat Milk – Urine – Saliva – Hair – Postmortem 26 $2.60 Add
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Nicotine Metabolites/Chemicals

Nicotine Metabolites/Chemicals

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter Nine includes the following topics: Cotinine – Other Metabolites/Chemicals 17 $1.70 Add
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Nicotine: The Drug

Nicotine: The Drug

From: Wigmore on Nicotine and its Drug Delivery Systems

Chapter One includes the following topics: History of Cultivation of Tobacco – Addiction – Other Adverse Effects – Poisonings – Fatalities – Other Sources of Nicotine 88 $8.80 Add
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Nonextractivism and Development

Nonextractivism and Development

From: Development in Latin America

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