Pollution

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Ecological Footprint Managing Our Biocapacity Budget New Society Publishers	Our economy is running a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme with the planet. We use future resources to run the present, using more than Earth can replenish. Like any such scheme, this works for a …	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	290	2019	View
Fighting Dirty How a Small Community Took on Big Trash Between The Lines	Fighting Dirty tells the story of how one small group of farmers, small-town residents, and Indigenous people fought the world’s largest waste disposal company to stop them from expanding a …	Poh-Gek Forkert	208	2017	View
From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You A Primer on Radiation and Health Between The Lines	The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, brought radiation to international attention but the exact nature of what had been unleashed was still unclear to most. The 1986 meltdown at the …	Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck	216	2014	View
From Introduction Footprint: Why? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers		Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Preface From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You View Between The Lines	Preface	Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck	4	2014	$0.40 Add
From Preface From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines		Poh-Gek Forkert	3	2017	$0.30 Add
From Area as Currency How Much Biocapacity Does a Person Need? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	A deeper introduction to the Footprint, explaining the underlying physical principles and idea of accounting.	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	23	2019	$2.30 Add
From From the Lab to the Trenches From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	The author talks about how he came to join the fight between a small but determined group of rural folks and the biggest garbage company in the world, which happened when he agreed to work as a …	Poh-Gek Forkert	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From Introduction From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You View Between The Lines	Introduction	Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Chapter 1 Historical Background From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You View Between The Lines	This chapter includes the following sections: Mysterious Sickness – Discovery – Early Effects on Health – Radiation Protection Measures – Effect of Hiroshima and Nagasaki …	Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From David vs. Goliath From: Fighting Dirty View Between The Lines	This chapter explores how, as the public consultation process developed, so did opposition from local citizens. In this instance, Goliath is the dump currently owned by Waste Management of Canada …	Poh-Gek Forkert	4	2017	$0.40 Add
From Ecological Hinterland How much Biocapacity Does a City Need? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	This chapter uses the city lens – explaining a city metabolism and its requirement of distant ecosystems to operate.	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	17	2019	$1.70 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 Water, Water, Clean Water — But Not Everywhere From: Canada after Harper View James Lorimer and Company	Maude Barlow next focuses on the alarming shrinkage and pollution of Canada’s fresh water supply, a precious resource which lacks the effective laws and regulations needed to protect it	Maude Barlow	13	2015	$1.30 Add
From When Things Bite Back: Some Unintended Consequences of Modern Technology From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	When Things Bite Back explores, in depth, some of the many unintended environmental and social consequences of modern technologies, ranging from environmental pollution, global warming, species …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	38	2011	$3.80 Add
From Chapter 2 Radiation Science From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You View Between The Lines	This chapter includes the following sections: Atoms – Radioactive Decay – Types of Radiation – Half-Life – Background Radiation – Units of Measurement	Dale Dewar; Florian Oelck	16	2014	$1.60 Add