Environmental Studies

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From i-Kids to i-Brains

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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In this chapter, I would like to speak to my greater concern. Not changes in temporary brain state(s), or vulnerabilities that leave us all somewhat liable, not even the differences in … 17 $1.70 Add
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Industry captures the oil sands

From: Oil’s Deep State

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Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the Oil Industry’s capture of the oil sands in Alberta as a way to boost the economic interests of the province. 19 $1.90 Add
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Hope is the Thing with Feathers

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

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Emily Dickinson’s "’Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers." 2 $0.20 Add
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Level The Playing Field

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter explores methods for addressing inequality in our society and asks whether basic income or job guarantees could be effective solutions. ; ; ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Leverage our need for consistent IDENTITY

From: Making Shift Happen

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This chapter provides tools to leverage your audience’s drive to be consistent with their Identity to encourage environmental behaviours. Topics discusses include highlighting identities that … ; ; ; 24 $2.40 Add
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Notley

A New Deal?

From: The Big Stall

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Analyzes the Alberta NDP government of Rachel Notley and its policies in response to climate change. Concludes that these policies guarantee that the oil industry’s extraction will continue … 15 $1.50 Add
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Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments

Governing Sustainable Communities

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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This chapter is about governing sustainable communities, and explores both governance and government in this context. In particular, it focuses on public participation, decision-making, the role … 17 $1.70 Add
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Picture Credits

From: The Culture of Nature

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Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers asks whether water shortages lead to war, under what circumstances these conflicts occur, and where in the world they are most likely to spark. 35 $3.50 Add
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Step 4: Piloting

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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Think of a pilot as a “test run,” an opportunity to work out the bugs before committing to carrying out a strategy broadly. As noted in the chapters on developing strategies, the … 7 $0.70 Add
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The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another

A Letter From the Future

From: Peak Everything

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Greetings to you, people of the year 2007! You are living in the year of my birth; I am one hundred years old now, writing to you from the year 2107. I am using the last remnants of the advanced … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Silvery Sea

From: The Biology of Wonder

In this chapter, Weber explores metaphorphosis, and the idea that juvenile forms of animals may actually belong to different species than adults. 17 $1.70 Add
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Toxic Substances

From: Environmental Law, 5/e

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Considers the challenge that toxic substances pose and discusses the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the issue of transporting dangerous goods, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), … 25 $2.50 Add
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Transforming our Politics

Bold Leadership, Then, There and Now

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 12, Klein examines how we must transform our politics and our politicians, how we must vote for leaders who are willing to act and plan like Climate Change is an emergency. Klein … 28 $2.80 Add