Environmental Studies

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Climate Hyprocrites Unite!

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

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In this chapter Grover ties together the themes of the book, and suggests how climate activists can best accomplish their goals. 12 $1.20 Add
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Conclusion

Pandora's Gift

From: Intrinsic Hope

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Intrinsic hope is a choice we can each make every moment of our lives. We can’t choose the circumstances of our birth and we may not have much choice about the circumstances of our death, … 5 $0.50 Add
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Worlds at Stake

From: Worlds at Stake

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The Conclusion offers the author Saad’s final thoughts on where we might find ourselves in the struggle against climate change and what role or roles we may play in the fight against it. 6 $0.60 Add
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Dangerous opportunities

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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The author describes world leaders and thinkers who posit: never let a good crisis go to waste. He continues: conflict is an essential driver of human progress, so long as it is managed … 14 $1.40 Add
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Designing Group Projects

From: Common Threads

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When I am building a project I try to have entry points for all three (head, heart, hand) so that people can enter from whichever is their comfort zone: • Someone comes into the project … 12 $1.20 Add
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Footprint in Architecture and City Planning

BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel

From: Ecological Footprint

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Architectural examples that have been informed by this thinking ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Growing a Finer Future

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter explores the future of sustainable agriculture and the ways that we can ensure everyone has enough to eat. ; ; ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Honey and Roses

From: Lost Feast

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In this chapter Newman explores the history of honey and mead and how it has maintained a presence and connection to society for millennia’s. 15 $1.50 Add
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Honoring Our Pain for the World

From: Coming Back to Life

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Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh was asked, “What do we most need to do to save our world?” His questioners probably expected him to identify the best strategies to pursue, but Thich Nhat … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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Index

From: Thirty Years of Failure

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New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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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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Not Today, But Someday, I Will Break Free

From: About Face

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On Morphine. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … 3 $0.30 Add
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Of Systems and Process

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … 24 $2.40 Add
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On the Frontiers of Capital

Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures

From: The Culture of Nature

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The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images. 39 $3.90 Add
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Our Drug Policy Is Killing People: Decriminalizing and Legalizing Heroin Use

From: Heroin

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This chapter explores the process to decriminalize and legalize Heroin. The social movements for drug policy and drug law reform are discussed. 9 $0.90 Add