Environmental Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Future of the Alberta resource sector From: Moment of Truth View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Ogle examines the economic, political, and regulatory challenges facing Alberta’s oil and gas sector, proposing bold infrastructure solutions including a Canadian Northern …	Kelly J. Ogle	23	2020	$2.30 Add
From The Future of the Commons From: Think Like a Commoner View New Society Publishers	There is much more that can be said about the commons — in greater depth, with greater precision, from different cultural perspectives, and with the wisdom of historians, poets and artists. …	David Bollier	8	2014	$0.80 Add
The Global Fight for Climate Justice Anticapitalist Responses to Global Warming and Environmental Destruction Fernwood Publishing	As capitalism continues with business as usual, climate change is fast expanding the gap between rich and poor, and between and within nations, as well imposing unparalleled suffering on those …	Ian Angus	286	2010	View
From The Glorious Gate From: Overrun View ECW Press	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.	Andrew Reeves	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From NEW! The Golden Bird From: Woman, Watching View ECW Press	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 …	Merilyn Simonds	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	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 …	Mari K Swingle	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Esports and the Business of Gaming From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	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, …	Mari K Swingle	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly From: The Great Greenwashing View House of Anansi Press	From The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You	John Pabon	8	2024	$0.80 Add
From The Great Burning From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	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 …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	13	2018	$1.30 Add
The Great Greenwashing How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You House of Anansi Press	Saving the planet is big business. Realising this, savvy companies are hopping on the sustainability bandwagon. Some may have altruistic ends in mind, but most want to make a quick buck. As …	John Pabon	298	2024	View
From The Greatest Danger – The Deadening of Heart and Mind From: Coming Back to Life View New Society Publishers	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 …	Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From The Impact of Climate Change on Employment and Skills Requirements in the Construction Industry From: Climate@Work View Fernwood Publishing		John O'Grady	19	2013	$1.90 Add
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
From NEW! The Importance of Justice and Decolonization Questions in Science Education From: Interrupting Innovation View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Filsinger and Sühring argue that chemistry education must centre justice, decolonization, and ethical reasoning rather than presenting the discipline as a neutral, fixed …	Brooke Filsinger; Roxana Sühring	16	2025	$1.60 Add
From The Industrial Food System: Contradictions and Crises From: Growing and Eating Sustainably View Fernwood Publishing	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 …	Dana James	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	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 …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	15	2011	$1.50 Add