Environmental Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
Techno-Fix Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment New Society Publishers	Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	464	2011	View
From Technological Integration Versus Technological Interference From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	At the onset of the i-tech phenomenon, most of us first noted surface changes. For example, what we perceived as an emergent shallowness of information, a subtle lack of depth and length of …	Mari K Swingle	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Technological Utopias World's Fairs and Theme Parks From: The Culture of Nature View Between The Lines	The author explores World’s Fairs and theme parks, including Expo 67 (Montreal) and Expo 86 (Vancouver), to examine the process of technological development and its consequences on the …	Alexander Wilson	38	2019	$3.80 Add
From Technology and Localization: Trends at Play From: The New Carbon Architecture View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building.	Bruce King	9	2017	$0.90 Add
From Technology, Exploitation and Fairness From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Technology, Exploitation and Fairness advances the thesis that many technologies are regrettably used for control and exploitation of both humans and the environment, leading inevitably to …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	27	2011	$2.70 Add
From Tell Me A Better Story Regenerative Economics From: A Finer Future View Collection: Rethinking our Economy: Looking Beyond Capitalism New Society Publishers	This chapter outlines the systemic changes to our economy that are necessary for a sustainable future.	Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis	29	2018	$2.90 Add
From Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, I propose a 10-step program of measures that water activists can unite behind, from the immediately possible to long-term fixes that will depend on the water issues in a specific …	Jerry Yudelson	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From Terrorism Entrepreneurs From: Constructing Ecoterrorism View Fernwood Publishing		John Sorenson	27	2016	$2.43 Add
NEW! Testimonio Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala Between The Lines	What is land? A resource to be exploited? A commodity to be traded? A home to cherish? In Guatemala, a country still reeling from thirty-six years of US-backed state repression and genocides, …	Catherine Nolin; Grahame Russell	268	2021	View
From “That’s How We See It” Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in …	Andrew MacLeod	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From The Air up There From: Consuming Sustainability View Fernwood Publishing		Debra Davidson; Josh Evan	27	2005	$2.70 Add
From The Anthropocene and Us Grounds for the Augmented Left From: Challenging the Right, Augmenting the Left View Fernwood Publishing	Untenable Futures: From Ecomodernism to Green Social Democracy – Embracing a Contingent Future	David Ravensbergen	12	2020	$1.20 Add
From The Attention Economy From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	Tuning in at the moment is no longer sufficient. The media want our attention extended, continued, and reengaged after necessary absences such as work and sleep.	Mari K Swingle	12	2019	$1.20 Add