Environmental Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Next Steps to Take From: Still Hopeful View ECW Press	In Chapter Five Barlow examines alternative approaches to the current framing of global commerce and business, which is dominated by the narratives of neoliberalism and corporate interests. She …	Maude Barlow	54	2022	$5.40 Add
From The Paradox of Agriculture From: Emergent Agriculture View New Society Publishers	The paradox of agriculture. Our image of what we want farming to be and the reality of what it has become. The words unsustainable, dangerous, inhumane, dehumanizing, and toxic are barely …	Gary S. Kleppel	6	2014	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Path We’re On From: Future on Fire View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 1 reflects on our current policies toward climate change and what is at risk if we maintain this status quo. Topics discussed include current government policies for reducing carbon …	David Camfield	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From The Petroleum Game: New Realities From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced …	John Foster	26	2018	$2.60 Add
From The Physics of Creation From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	In this chapter, Weber examines how complex natural patterns reveal the interrelated nature of life and the anorganic environment.	Andreas Weber	18	2016	$1.80 Add
From The Plight of Three Families From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter tells the story of the Shelleys, the Sutcliffes, and the Cranstons, and their struggles due to the landfill’s effects on their farms.	Poh-Gek Forkert	10	2017	$1.00 Add
From The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses demonstrates how each step in the standard cost-benefit analysis procedure has intrinsic problems and ambiguities, some of …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	38	2011	$3.80 Add
From The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	One of the major obstacles to ecological realism lies in the strength of orthodox visions of the economy, entirely segregated from issues of ecology. These framings offer us simplistic diagnoses …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From The Power of sound History and Biology From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	Dings, and bings, various ringtones, and device alert our brains. They make us react. Not merely attentionally but neurophysiologically as well. The two are strongly biologically attached. The …	Mari K Swingle	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From The Principle of Beauty From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author provides a critique of the Darwinian notion of "nature as a survival machine."	Andreas Weber	32	2016	$3.20 Add
From NEW! Federal Jurisdiction and the Impact Assessment Act Trojan Horse or Rational Ecological Accounting? From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter explores key questions respecting federal jurisdiction with regard to the IAA, beginning with a discussion of the constitutional division of powers in Canada, federalism and …	Anna Johnston	22	2021	$2.20 Add
From The Pull From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	The process of the medium, of i-tech itself, is what is attractive; it draws us in. And this draw, or pull effect, is what has the potential to alter behavior. For example, the central concept in …	Mari K Swingle	9	2019	$0.90 Add
From NEW! The Qualities and Behaviours of Resilient Systems PART 2 From: Resilient Agriculture, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	This chapter explores the qualities and behaviours of resilient systems, which come in different shapes, kinds, and sizes. The author explores qualities that cultivate resilience such as …	Laura Lengnick	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From The Question in the Eyes of the Wolf From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	In this chapter, the author describes his journey to study the Ethiopian wolf; this story is the basis for Weber’s meditation on the connections between living beings.	Andreas Weber	21	2016	$2.10 Add
From The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines socially constructed definitions of “good” vs “bad” drugs and narcotic prohibition in Canada. The unequal enforcement of drug laws and how this …	Susan C. Boyd	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From The Rediscovery of the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	The title of this chapter, “The Rediscovery of the Commons,” has a certain ironic edge because for hundreds of millions of people around the world, the commons has never gone away. It …	David Bollier	12	2014	$1.20 Add