Environmental Studies

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Step One

Step One

Face Climate Truth

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

This chapter asks the reader to engage with the truth about climate change: That scientific consensus agrees that a climate emergency and ecological crisis presents an imminent existential threat … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Step Three

Step Three

Reimagine Your Life Story

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

This chapter asks us to reassess the purpose of our lives in the context of facing the climate emergency. We must recast ourselves as the heroes of this story and start to act accordingly. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Step Two

Step Two

Welcome Fear, Grief, and Other Painful Feelings

From: Facing the Climate Emergency

This chapter suggests that readers must be willing to accept and cope with the feelings of fear and grief that accompany the thought of climate change. By not allowing these negative feelings to … ; 24 $2.40 Add
Still Hopeful
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Still Hopeful

Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism

“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that … 240 View
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Impact Assessment for Projects on Federal Lands and Outside Canada
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Impact Assessment for Projects on Federal Lands and Outside Canada

The “Federal Projects” Process

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter explores the process set out in the Assessment Act (IAA) for the assessment of projects on federal lands and projects outside Canada; how this process differs from the rest of the … 24 $2.40 Add
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Stratification

Stratification

From: Radical Transformation

Readings in Part 1 of this title entitled "The Crisis of Civilization" explore the factors that have brought our society to the brink of collapse, from the increasingly complex systems … 10 $1.00 Add
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Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest

Straw and Other Fibers: A Second Harvest

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter examines the use of "little trees," i.e., the stalks of straw that support seed crops. ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Struggling for Heroin-assisted Treatment: The 2000s

Struggling for Heroin-assisted Treatment: The 2000s

From: Heroin

This chapter discusses Canada’s first federally sanctioned supervised injection site that opened in Vancouver in 2003. The efficacy of heroin assisted treatment programs in other countries … 17 $1.70 Add
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Substance Use and Abuse

Substance Use and Abuse

The Role that Drugs and Alcohol Play in the Lives of Criminalized Women

From: About Face

The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Sunshine Coast Health Center

Sunshine Coast Health Center

From: About Face

The final section of the book discusses a variety of organizations that work to help people suffering from addictions. 9 $0.90 Add
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“Super, Natural”

“Super, Natural”

The Potential for Food Sovereignty in British Columbia

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Suppression of Indigenous Sovereignty in Canada’s “Consent-by-Default” Industry
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Suppression of Indigenous Sovereignty in Canada’s “Consent-by-Default” Industry

Part One: Dispossession at Home

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 3, author Aedan Alderson reflects on the role of dispossession in Canada’s land use planning industry by drawing on case studies that highlight the techniques, processes, and … 25 $2.50 Add