Sustainability
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() NEW! 7. The Energy Turnaround“Electrifying Everything” From: Earth for All |
Chapter 7 focuses on energy consumption and a clean energy future, discussing clean power technologies, fairness of pushing expensive clean energy, fossil fuel industry’s power, the … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
![]() A Finer FutureCreating an Economy in Service to Life |
Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered … | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 450 | 2018 | View |
From ![]() A Finer Future is PossibleFrom: A Finer Future |
Conclusion | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
![]() A Good WarMobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency |
Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to prevent a catastrophic 1.5 degree increase in the earth’s average temperature — assumed by many scientists to be a … | Seth Klein | 465 | 2020 | View |
From ![]() NEW! Entering the Next Generation of Impact Assessment in Canada |
This chapter considers each component in relation to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) evaluations and developed an assessment of what the IAA achieves and where further reform is needed. | Meinhard Doelle | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() A Mosaic of AlternativesFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
What follows is not an exact formula or a plotted route to climate safety. It is a brief map of 12 terrains of possibility, which may represent existing and potential pathways for a transition. | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 46 | 2018 | $4.60 Add |
From ![]() A New Approach to AgricultureFrom: Emergent Agriculture |
The emergent agriculture is grounded in the philosophies of sustainability, local production, and the values of small-scale, family farming. The emergent agriculture values the crafts of the land … | Gary S. Kleppel | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A New World Upon UsPART 1: Essential Groundwork From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the book and discusses what the world will look like as it continues to be affected by climate change. | Aaron Saad | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() NEW! An Overview of the Impact Assessment Act |
This chapter provides a high-level overview of the IAA by examining the five key elements of the IAA regime design: triggering the assessment process, scoping, process options and design, … | Meinhard Doelle | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() A Plausable Future: Approaching ApocalypseFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
Climate change represents the extinction of predictability, a demolition of certainties. By the end of the 21st century, the environmental conditions on up to a third of the Earth’s surface … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
From ![]() A Possible Future: The World We Can WinFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
From a climatic perspective, our transformation requires two axes: a massive reduction of emissions and a massive reduction of injustice. We must diminish vulnerabilities, reduce the drivers of … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
From ![]() A Short History of WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter you’ll learn a little of the fascinating history of water and civilization and how politics, economics and water have been part of the history of the US, especially of the … | Jerry Yudelson | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() A Thriveable Future |
Topics include: The SPIRALS Framework – Scalable – Place-making – Intergenerational – Resilient – Accessible – Life-affirming – Self-care – Moving … | Andrés R. Edwards | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A Toolbox of Leadership StrategiesFrom: Building Community |
Collaborative Leadership and Empowerment – A Collaborative Planning Approach – Notes from the Field: Planning, Organizing, and Facilitating a Community Meeting – The Way Forward 301 | James S. Gruber | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
From ![]() A Values ShiftFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores how the world we live in is shaped by our principles and values and how shifting those values will allow our society to grow and evolve. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
From ![]() NEW! A Visionary Declaration from the Amazon |
This chapter explores efforts by Indigenous groups advocating for permanent land rights and environmental protections, highlighting the work of women’s organizations in particular. Lake … | Osprey Orielle Lake | 18 | 2024 | $1.80 Add |