Environmental Studies
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 The Big StallHow big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada |
This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil … | 304 | View | ||
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From  NEW! The Bighorn BasinFrom: Runaway Climate |
The Bighorn Basin: (early Eocene in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming). The life and times of the first equid Sifrhippus. Overview of the late Cenozoic climate and the dramatic changes that took … | Steven Earle | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Biological ScienceWhat's Really Going on in Our Brains? From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I am going to get down to the hard science: what really goes on in our brains when we overengage in i-tech. To this end, I will introduce modalities that permit us to examine the i-phenomenon at … | Mari K Swingle | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
 The Biology of WonderAliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science |
In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being … | Andreas Weber | 336 | 2016 | View |
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From  NEW! The Birth of the FactoryFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the rise of urbanization in the western world and the role that animals have played in this process. Included in the chapter are a discussion of … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 37 | 2020 | $3.70 Add |
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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 |
 NEW! The Case for Climate CapitalismEconomic Solutions for a Planet in Crisis |
A warming climate and a general distrust of Wall Street has opened a new cultural divide among those who otherwise agree we must mitigate climate risk: anti-market critics such as Naomi Klein … | Tom Rand | 274 | 2020 | View |
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From  The ChiefFrom: Fighting Dirty |
This chapter focuses on the situation and struggles faced by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte due to the landfill, and the role of Chief Don Maracle. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Climate And Inequality Crises in CanadaFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: Climate Crisis and Oil and Gas Development in Canada – Ongoing Impacts of Settler Colonialism in Canada – Social Movements in Canada | Jen Gobby | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! The Climate MovementPART 4: To Shape a Coming World From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about. | Aaron Saad | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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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 |
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From  NEW! The Commons: Dispossession and ReclamationFrom: Civilizing the State |
The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation begins with an examination of the loss of groundwater in Chennai, India, looking at the political, economic and land-use histories leading to it. The … | John Restakis | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From  The Community Asset Well-Being FundFrom: An Economy of Well-Being |
* Eliminating Poverty in Cincinnati within a Generation | Mark Anielski | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From  The Constitutional Allocation of Environmental Responsibilities and Interjurisdictional CoordinationFrom: Environmental Law, 5/e |
Discusses the concept of environmental responsibilities, particularly in regards to federal authority and provincial environmental jurisdiction, as well as intergovernmental coordination for … | Jamie Benidickson | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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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 |
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From The Cookie MonsterFrom: Fighting Dirty |
The author discusses a conversation with Margaret Walsh, the first elected official to oppose the dump expansion. Her perspectives on these events are explored. | Poh-Gek Forkert | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
