Pollution

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Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Transportation of Radioactive Materials

From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

This chapter includes the following sections: Nightmare in the Emergency Room – Packaging Radioactive Material – Transport Regulations – Transport – Risks and Concerns ; 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Radiation in War

From: From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

This chapter includes the following sections: Nuclear Roulette: Three Case Studies – Radiation at Sea – “Depleted Uranium” – Nuclear Weapons – Nuclear War … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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China

China

A New Model of Development

From: Ecological Footprint

What’s the trajectory for China? ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Standing on High Ground

This section outlines the financial and enviromnetal costs for the pipeline, calling for further nonviolent action to confront corporations and the government from those who fought agaisnt the TMX. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Conclusion:

Conclusion:

Cars, Canadians and the Twenty-first Century

From: Car Nation

Looks at the interconnectedness of the car to the great political, environmental and economic questions of our time as a testament to the automobile’s continuing centrality in both our … 8 $0.80 Add
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Croplands, Forests, and Oceans

Croplands, Forests, and Oceans

How Much Biocapacity Do We Have?

From: Ecological Footprint

This is the other side of the coin: what nature is able to deliver. It explains why regeneration is the mother of all material constraints. ; 22 $2.20 Add
Ecological Footprint

Ecological Footprint

Managing Our Biocapacity Budget

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 … 290 View
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Ecological Hinterland

Ecological Hinterland

How much Biocapacity Does a City Need?

From: Ecological Footprint

This chapter uses the city lens – explaining a city metabolism and its requirement of distant ecosystems  to operate. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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End Overshoot!

End Overshoot!

Communication Is Key

From: Ecological Footprint

Without careful communication, we cannot win the hearts and minds of our audiences. What can we learn from past mistakes? ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Epilogue: The Ocean Today

Epilogue: The Ocean Today

From: The Imperilled Ocean

In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In the epilogue, Trethewey looks ahead to the … 12 $1.20 Add
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Footprint

Footprint

A Conversation

From: Ecological Footprint

What does this all mean, and how does this relate to your life? The authors reveal how this is shaping their thinking. ; 38 $3.80 Add