Environmental Studies

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Banking on Well-Being

Banking on Well-Being

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* All Roads Lead to London: The Queen’s Banker’s Wife * Freeing Economies of the Burden of Interest from Debt-Based Money * A Public Bank for Well-Being * What is a Public Bank and … 22 $2.20 Add
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Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government
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Barrick Gold, the University of Toronto, and the Corporate Capture of the Canadian Government

Part Two: Dispossession Abroad

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

In Chapter 7, author Sakura Saunders presents a historical account of how Canadian civil actors have attempted to compel the Canadian government to hold Canadian mining companies to account for … 28 $2.80 Add
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Beautiful Protest

Beautiful Protest

From: Changing Tides

This chapter will draw on the parallels between BC’s coastal First Nations and other Indigenous groups who have been integrating the traditional and the modern (including science) to … 14 $1.40 Add
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Becoming Indigenous

Becoming Indigenous

From: About Canada: The Environment

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Being Allies

Being Allies

From: Uprooting Racism

Acting as an ally to people of color is one of the most important things white people can do. Ally is not an identity, it is a practice. An ally is someone who not only shows up, but one who … 47 $4.70 Add
Being and Swine
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Being and Swine

The End of Nature (As We Knew It)

Forget everything you think you know about nature. Fahim Amir’s award-winning book takes pure delight in posing unexpected questions: Are animals victims of human domination, or heroes of … ; ; 228 View
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Being Present

Being Present

From: Intrinsic Hope

The first habit of hope I’d like to discuss is being present. This means paying attention to whatever is going on and not getting sidetracked or distracted — in other words, living … 16 $1.60 Add
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Benefactors of Change

Benefactors of Change

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Who benefits from the propagation and consumption of sextech and pornography? And who loses? The industries involved, as too all spinoffs of depersonalized touch (such as massage parlors, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Beyond Illusions

Beyond Illusions

Spatial Planning, Arbitrary Learning, and Geolocation Skills

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Excessive screen usage (gaming and beyond) is highly related, if not correlated, with the development of anxiety, depression, and ailments on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. So here I present … 20 $2.00 Add
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Beyond the Lawn: Meadow or Mess?
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Beyond the Lawn: Meadow or Mess?

From: Messy Cities

Nina-Marie E. Lister writes about challenges posed by Toronto’s bylaw enforcements officers who attempt to regulate yards and gardens on private property. 10 $1.00 Add
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Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 14 Tyler McCreary focuses on the contested process governing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project, discussing topics including environmental concerns, legislative … 14 $1.40 Add
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Beyond Zero: The Time Value of Carbon

Beyond Zero: The Time Value of Carbon

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter highlights the role of buildings and building materials in meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. 9 $0.90 Add
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Bhutan, Edmonton and Alberta: Models of Well-Being Economics

Bhutan, Edmonton and Alberta: Models of Well-Being Economics

From: An Economy of Well-Being

* Back to Edmonton: The City that Could * The Promise of Alberta * Alberta’s Preliminary Asset Accounts 18 $1.80 Add
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Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
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Big Oil Takes Control

Big Oil Takes Control

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes the rise of neo-liberalism think tanks in Canada and their impact on energy policy through the 1970s and 1980s. Trudeau’s Keynesian interventions such as the NEP and Petro Canada … 18 $1.80 Add
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Big Oil Wants to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint
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Big Oil Wants to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

This chapter details the efforts of oil companies to cover up their own climate research, as well as how we can pressure these companies into doing more to protect the environment and move away … 17 $1.70 Add