Environmental Studies

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The Glorious Gate

The Glorious Gate

From: Overrun

This chapter discusses efforts by un United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct a barrier to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Golden Bird
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The Golden Bird

From: Woman, Watching

Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral

The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

In this chapter and those following, I will continue to build on these arguments but also build further upon the argument of the importance of people: that i-tech should not replace human … 20 $2.00 Add
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Esports and the Business of Gaming

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

We need more fun in our lives. But, when gaming morphs into obsession, replaces and supersedes multiple forms of physical and mental leisure activity, adversely starts to affect physical health, … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Great Burning

The Great Burning

From: The Memory We Could Be

Humans have caused enough upheaval to heat the entire world — its seas and its skies — by over an entire degree Celsius. Just that one degree of temperature has been enough to trigger … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Greatest Danger - The Deadening of Heart and Mind

The Greatest Danger – The Deadening of Heart and Mind

From: Coming Back to Life

perils facing life on Earth are so massive and unprecedented they are hard even to take in. The very danger signals that should rivet our attention, summon up the blood and bond us in collective … ; 17 $1.70 Add
The Imperilled Ocean

The Imperilled Ocean

Human Stories From a Changing Sea

An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana … 238 View
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The Industrial Food System: Contradictions and Crises

The Industrial Food System: Contradictions and Crises

From: Growing and Eating Sustainably

This chapter looks at the industrial food system — its origins and the problems it generates — which casts yet more doubt on the conventional wisdom that industrial agriculture is the best way to … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences

The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences

From: Techno-Fix

The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences postulates that there are always positive and negative effects of any technology. It is impossible for humans to … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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The Integrity Model

The Integrity Model

To Be or Not To Be as A Function of Our Values

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. ; 9 $0.90 Add
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The Large-Scale Solutions
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The Large-Scale Solutions

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

In Chapter 4 Kaufman provides an overview of the large-scale societal changes that need to happen to build a just and sustainable world. This chapter discusses topics such as transforming the … 25 $2.50 Add
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The Last Tar Sands Pipeline
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The Last Tar Sands Pipeline

From: To Be A Water Protector

A Pipeline Runs Through It – Sandpiper Timeline – Not Minnesota Nice – Palisade: Let’s Be Good Neighbors – The Necessity Defense – Whispering Dirty Secrets: … 110 $11.00 Add
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The Late Paleocene World
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The Late Paleocene World

From: Runaway Climate

The Late Paleocene World (continental configuration and connections, narrow Atlantic basin, warm climate, no glacial ice) and Paleocene climate drivers (GHGs, ocean currents, Milankovitch cycles, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Life Rural
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The Life Rural

Part One

From: Earthkeeping

Part One contains the sections: A Place in Time, Meditating in the Country, Robinsong, and I Miss My Barbers. Topics discussed include the Acadian culture and farming, the Acadian Expulsion, the … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Light and Dark of These Times
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The Light and Dark of These Times

PART 3

From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition

The author reflects on the light and dark of these times as she writes in the summer of 2021. Topics include: the sustainable food movement, Indigenous foodways, the good food movement, … 19 $1.90 Add