Environmental Studies

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Pristine

Pristine

From: Finding Our Niche

In the second chapter of Finding Our Niche, Pristine, Loring describes how he first landed in Alaska and how his experiences there reshaped his ideas of how humans engage with the natural world, … 29 $2.90 Add
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Privatization and Its Discontents

Privatization and Its Discontents

From: Back to the Well

In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which … 45 $4.50 Add
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Progressive Place and the Double Recovery Program

Progressive Place and the Double Recovery Program

From: About Face

The final section of the book discusses a variety of organizations that work to help people suffering from addictions. 5 $0.50 Add
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Putting Multi-Jurisdictional Impact Assessment into Action Under the Impact Assessment Act
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Putting Multi-Jurisdictional Impact Assessment into Action Under the Impact Assessment Act

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter reviews, explains, and assesses traditional approaches to address Multi-jurisdictional Impact Assessment (MJIA) in order to place and evaluate the methods set out in the Impact … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

This section contains the prologue and a brief introduction. ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Prologue
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Prologue

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

In the prologue, Andrew Boyd describes his experience at the 2015 climate march in New York and the 2021 climate conference in Glasgow. Boyd discusses the concept of hope in connection to the … 11 $1.10 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

“Just as we can pollute the natural environment, we can pollute public conversations.” While the experts disagree about why this is happening, they concur when it comes to the damage … 6 $0.60 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

The Parable of the Caterpillar

From: A Finer Future

The prologue uses a brief analogy to compare humanities current situation to that of a caterpillar undergoing metamorphosis. ; ; ; 1 $0.10 Add
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Protect and extract
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Protect and extract

The Trudeau government’s conflicted legacy on nature and conservation

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter addresses the Trudeau government’s legacy on conservation, environmental protection and safeguarding of endangered species and habitats. 13 $1.30 Add
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Protected Areas and Endangered Species

Protected Areas and Endangered Species

From: Environmental Law, 5/e

Discusses legal safeguards for endangered spaces and species, including conservation mechanisms for private lands, the protection of endangered species, the federal Species at Risk Act and animal … 32 $3.20 Add
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Pseudo World

Pseudo World

From: About Face

On Narcotics. 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 … 15 $1.50 Add
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Pulling the levers of power

Pulling the levers of power

From Lougheed to Klein

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Scope and Focus of Cumulative Effects and Regional Assessment
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The Scope and Focus of Cumulative Effects and Regional Assessment

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter examines the provisions for cumulative effects and regional assessment under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA) in light of established standards and suggests actions needed … ; 16 $1.60 Add