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From NEW! Considering the Potential for Meaningful Public Participation Under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter examines the provisions for meaningful participation in the IAA and provides a more critical analysis of the limitations of public participation and discusses action needed to …	A. John Sinclair	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Sustainability in the Arctic Borderlands From: North America's Arctic Borders View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter focuses on environmental change, which has quickly become the most important project of border security in the North. Water governance is a key. The focus remains on how cross-border …	Heather Nicol; Justin Barnes	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From Sustainability or Collapse? From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Sustainability or Collapse? argues that there are at least three critical technological challenges that must be met in order to produce long-term sustainability: avoiding serious environmental …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	34	2011	$3.40 Add
From Sustainable Development at the Local Level From: Scandinavian Common Sense View Baraka Books	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 Sustainable Meat – A Contradiction in Terms? From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	Among the most complex and contentious issues surrounding the debate about what is sustainable and what is not, is the question of meat. Can it be produced sustainably? Should we eat it? As an …	Gary S. Kleppel	3	2014	$0.30 Add
From Sustaining Agriculture in a Changing Climate From: Resilient Agriculture View New Society Publishers	This chapter provides a brief history of agricultural practices and outlines the different crops and livestock that are cultivated in different environments. The chapter goes on to discuss how …	Laura Lengnick	40	2015	$4.00 Add
From NEW! Swimming Upstream From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence …	Sami Grover	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Swinish Multitudes From: Being and Swine View Between The Lines	In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir provides a brief overview of the history of pigs in agriculture in Europe. The chapter also includes a discussion of the ways in which pigs have acted as a …	Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes	29	2020	$2.90 Add
From Taking Action From: Intrinsic Hope View New Society Publishers	If we can accept that the global eco-social crisis is human caused, we have the possibility of taking effective action. Taking action is one of the best ways to nurture intrinsic hope. …	Kate Davies	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From Taking it Day By Day From: About Face View Breakwater Books	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 …	Jenine Glynn	3	2019	$0.30 Add
From Taking Stock of Canada’s Ecosystems From: About Canada: The Environment View Fernwood Publishing		Linda Pannozzo	23	2016	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our Way From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: What’s Working and What’s Not Working in Our Movements – The Barriers to Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Canada – Note	Jen Gobby	39	2020	$3.90 Add
From Taking the Fight to City Hall From: Fighting For Space View Arsenal Pulp Press	The trailblazing activists continued their work in Downtown Eastside. This chapter highlights the demonstration, led by Dean Wilson in 2000, where VANDU confronted Mayor Philip Owen at the City …	Travis Lupick	31	2017	$0.93 Add
From Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 28 Brian Tokar explores lessons from the past and how this can be used in fighting the tar sands, discussing topics including the “No Nukes” movement in North America, …	Brian Tokar	11	2014	$1.10 Add
Tar Sands Showdown Canada and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change	Canada’s oil patch is booming. The Alberta tar sands have become the next big oil source for the United States, replacing Saudi Arabia. Within the next 15 years, Canada will be pumping four …		312		View
From Techniques From: Common Threads View New Society Publishers	As you begin to work with natural fibers you will realize how much of the knowledge is transferable from one fiber to another. As you pick up a new plant, first try what you already know. …	Sharon Kallis	51	2014	$5.10 Add