Environmental Studies
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From ![]() Tragedy of the White AmurFrom: Overrun |
This chapter discusses efforts by the United States government to regulate the transport and breeding of non-native species. | Andrew Reeves | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() TransformationFrom: Changing Tides |
In the Conclusion Frid argues that we are on a knife edge and the time to act is now. Frid stresses how our actions in the next few decades of the 21st Century, will impact our world for the next … | Alejandro Frid | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Transforming AgricultureWomen Farmers Define a Food Sovereignty Policy for Canada |
Annette Aurelie Desmarais; Carla Roppel | 21 | 2010 | $2.94 Add | |
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From ![]() Transforming our PoliticsBold Leadership, Then, There and Now From: A Good War |
In Chapter 12, Klein examines how we must transform our politics and our politicians, how we must vote for leaders who are willing to act and plan like Climate Change is an emergency. Klein … | Seth Klein | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Human Rights and the Impact Assessment ActProponents and Consultants as Duty Bearers |
This chapter argues for a human rights centred approach to the interpretation and operationalization of the provisions of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA), emphasizing the role of IA proponents … | Adebayo Majekolagbe; Sara L. Seck | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() Treating Addiction as a Problem of MeaningFrom: 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. | Geoff Thompson | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Triumph of the SunThe Mother of All Disruptions From: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores the disruptive potential of solar power to completely transform the way that we produce and use electricity as a society. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 47 | 2018 | $4.70 Add |
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From ![]() Trouble with FishingFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Illinois to meet with commercial fishermen who fish the rivers and lakes of the Midwest. Topics discussed include the methods that fishers use to attempt to … | Andrew Reeves | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Turning Activists into Terrorists |
John Sorenson | 40 | 2016 | $3.60 Add | |
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From ![]() Turning the Bull Loose |
Linda Pannozzo | 21 | 2016 | $2.10 Add | |
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From ![]() Two Degrees Too Late (A Shell Game)From: The Big Stall |
Examines why climate scientists believe it is imperative to limit warming to no more than 2 degrees celsius. Discusses why turning to natural gas, as is advocated by energy corporations and many … | Donald Gutstein | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Underground EcologiesFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of pollution on the animal world and the forms of pollution our society creates as a byproduct of pharmaceutical production, power … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From ![]() Understand Emissions: Where, Who, What, When and HowFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
Beyond the rich debates surrounding complexity in climate science, when it comes to emissions, there are five major discussions: where, who, what, when and how? Where are emissions coming from? … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Understanding Adaptive CapacityPART 1 |
This chapter explores the concept of adaptive capacity: the ability of a farm to manage human, social, natural, physical, and financial resources to adapt to changes in its environment. The … | Laura Lengnick | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() Understanding ExposureFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter explores the ways that climate change impacts different regions and different crops, and outlines the effects that environmental changes will have on the highly delicate balance that … | Laura Lengnick | 24 | 2015 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Understanding ExposurePART 1 |
This chapter talks about exposure and dealing with climate change, offering some climate change adaptation concepts that help to clarify options that reduce climate risk and cultivate the climate … | Laura Lengnick | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |

















