Environmental Studies

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Tipping Points

Tipping Points

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter explores various climate tipping points that loom in our near future. Topics include the increasing rate of forest fires, the melting of Arctic sea ice, melting permafrost, changing … 23 $2.30 Add
To Be A Water Protector
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To Be A Water Protector

The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers

Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, sustainable food systems and Indigenous rights. Her new book, To Be a Water Protector: Rise of … 320 View
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To Choose Life

To Choose Life

From: Coming Back to Life

Our political economy requires ever-increasing extraction and consumption of resources. To the Industrial Growth Society, the Earthi s supply house and sewer. The planet’s body is not only … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials

To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, … ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio

From: Fighting For Space

The city of Toledo, Ohio, wakes up to a growing ‘public health crisis’. In 2014, over a thousand people died of heroin-related overdoses in the state of Ohio. A disproportionate … 20 $0.40 Add
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Tom Gets His Way; Murray Enters the Fray

Tom Gets His Way; Murray Enters the Fray

From: The Big Stall

Discusses how, by the mid 1990s, the federal Liberals are firmly committed to neo-liberalism. Finance Minister Paul Martin slashes corporate taxes while the party introduces "voluntary" … 14 $1.40 Add
Toronto's Ravines and Urban Forests

Toronto’s Ravines and Urban Forests

Their natural heritage and local history

No matter where you are in Toronto, you are close to a ravine. In these often-hidden places you can find an astonishing diversity of birds, flowers, and trees. Jason Ramsay-Brown has spent twenty … 200 View
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Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

Sustainability is a set of principles that focus on three fundamental elements of durable societies. They are: environmental stewardship, economic viability, and ethical behavior. These elements, … 6 $0.60 Add
Toward Sustainable Communities

Toward Sustainable Communities

Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition

The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, … 257 View
Toward Sustainable Communities
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Toward Sustainable Communities

Solutions for Citizens and their Governments

The go-to guide for sustainable community development, from the neighborhood to the regional level. 402 View
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Towards a Sustainable Future

Towards a Sustainable Future

From: Consuming Sustainability

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Towards a System of Life

Towards a System of Life

From: Radical Transformation

Readings in Part 2 of this title entitled "Radical Transformation" outline the dramatic changes necessary to reform our civilization into one that is sustainable, and quitable. 39 $3.90 Add
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Towards Neoextractivism in Extremis

Towards Neoextractivism in Extremis

From: Development in Latin America

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Toxic Substances

Toxic Substances

From: Environmental Law, 5/e

Considers the challenge that toxic substances pose and discusses the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the issue of transporting dangerous goods, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), … 25 $2.50 Add
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Tracing and Healing the Assault on Women
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Tracing and Healing the Assault on Women

From: The Story is in Our Bones

In this chapter, Lake explores how patriarchy promotes the oppression of women and nature, connecting environmental destruction and violence against women. 11 $1.10 Add