Environmental Studies

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Power in the Anthropocene

Power in the Anthropocene

The Wonderful World of Fossil Fuels

From: Power

This chapter details forms of fossil fuel power such as coal, oil, and gas. Heinberg suggests that through the development and exercise of these fossil fuel powers, we have changed not only the … 46 $4.60 Add
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Power in the Holocene

Power in the Holocene

The Rise of Social Inequality

From: Power

In this chapter, Heinberg explores physical as well as social power, as well as the ways in which humans have obtained power over each other, including warfare, predation, the wealth pump, state … 67 $6.70 Add
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Power in the Pleistocene

Power in the Pleistocene

On Spears, Fires, Furs, Words, and Flutes - And Why Men Are Such Power-Hogs

From: Power

This chapter describes prehistoric forms of human power, including stone tools, fire, animal skins, and language. 43 $4.30 Add
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Preface

How This Book Came to Be

From: Standing on High Ground

Rosemary Cornell, Adrienne Robnies, and Tim Bray, discuss how this book came to be. First of their meeting while resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) in 2018, and the work it … ; ; 2 $0.20 Add
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From: Tar Sands Showdown

Outlines the author’s fascination with the tar sands, the three trips that he has taken to them, why the third trip was exponential different due to the changes in Canada, outlines the … 6 $0.60 Add
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Preface

From: Peak Everything

In titling this book Peak Everything, I was suggesting that humanity has achieved an unsustainable pinnacle of population size and consumption rates, and that the road ahead will be mostly … 12 $1.20 Add
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Preface

Framing the Shot

From: Damming the Peace

B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of … 9 $0.90 Add
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Preface

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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NEW!

Preface

From: Human Permaculture

Preface – The Eagle ; 5 $0.50 Add
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Preface

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

Preface 8 $0.80 Add
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Preface

From: Saved by Science

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Preface

From: A Good War

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Preface

From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

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Preface and Foreword
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Preface and Foreword

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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Preface and Introduction to Part 1
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Preface and Introduction to Part 1

From: Runaway Climate

This section contains the preface and the introduction to part 1 of this book. 3 $0.30 Add