Environmental Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From Of Systems and ProcessFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
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 … | Mari K Swingle | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
From On the Frontiers of CapitalNuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 39 | 2019 | $3.90 Add |
From Our Drug Policy Is Killing People: Decriminalizing and Legalizing Heroin UseFrom: Heroin |
This chapter explores the process to decriminalize and legalize Heroin. The social movements for drug policy and drug law reform are discussed. | Susan C. Boyd | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
From ParisBig Oil Gets Its Deal From: The Big Stall |
Analyzes the 2015 Paris Accord on climate change and reports on how the proceedings came to be dominated by corporate interests. Analyzes the impact of decades of well funded denialism. Suggests … | Donald Gutstein | 22 | 2018 | $2.20 Add |
From Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksHousing and Community Development |
Community development requires good urban design to foster connection and neighborliness, and programs, policies, and initiatives to encourage healthy human interaction, including safety, … | Marc Roseland | 14 | 2012 | $1.40 Add |
From Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sandsFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against … | Kevin Taft | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
From NEW! Principle I – Practice LeadershipFrom: Building Community |
Critical Leadership Actions – Research Corner – Case Study: Local Community Collaboration in the Apuseni Mountains, Huedin, Romania – Case Study: Inner City Urban Recovery, … | James S. Gruber | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
From NEW! Purpose, Need, and Alternatives Through the Lens of Sustainability and the Public Interest |
This chapter focuses on four key Section 22 factors that inform IA processes for projects within federal jurisdiction that are designated for assessment under the Act: the purpose of the project, … | Arlene Kwasniak | 24 | 2021 | $2.40 Add |
From NEW! Resilient Agriculture: New Tools for Shaping ChangePART 2 |
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 | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
From NEW! Scene 6The Kiss |
Scene 6 revisits David and Tara’s early years together. It discusses the ‘Outies’ and ‘Innies’, university, lectures, marriage, and a kiss. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
From Step 3: Developing Strategies – BarriersConvenience: Making it Easy to Act |
If the behavior is unpleasant or time-consuming, for example, no matter how well you address internal barriers your community-based social marketing strategy will be unsuccessful. The first step … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 9 | 2011 | $0.90 Add |
From Sustainable Development at the Local Level |
This chapter tackles sustainable development at the local level and highlights some projects undertaken under municipal mandates. This study is limited to the Nordic capitals — Stockholm, … | Dominique Côté; Marie-France Raynault; Sébastien Chartrand | 23 | 2015 | $2.30 Add |
From The Body of the SeaFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life. | Andreas Weber | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
From The Commons as a Different Way of Seeing and BeingFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
Our tacit metaphysical commitments are the very basis for our “free market” economic and political structures. What’s so intriguing is that many scientists are starting to see … | David Bollier | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
From The Consumer in a Changing Food SystemFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, … | Gary S. Kleppel | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of AnotherBridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism From: Peak Everything |
The problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. Climate Change has to do with carbon emissions and their effects — including the impacts on … | Richard Heinberg | 19 | 2010 | $1.90 Add |