Sustainability
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From  NEW! Federal Jurisdiction and the Impact Assessment ActTrojan Horse or Rational Ecological Accounting? |
This chapter explores key questions respecting federal jurisdiction with regard to the IAA, beginning with a discussion of the constitutional division of powers in Canada, federalism and … | Anna Johnston | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Footprint as CompassHow Much Biocapacity Do We Need for a Good Life? From: Ecological Footprint |
Ultimately, the issue is not how little we use, but how well we can live. Still there are the planetary constraints. This is the core tension defining sustainable development. This chapter makes … | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 18 | 2019 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Fossil Fuels, Furious FlamesFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
Decades of carbon capitalism have woven fossil fuels into the fabric of our world. Cultures have been shaped by their influence. Cars have dominated our streets and cities as well as our minds, … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  NEW! GeoengineeringPART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 6 explores the potential use of climate-intervention technologies, geoengineering, and investigates what ideological currents are shaping those efforts. | Aaron Saad | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From  Going Blue – One Community at a Time |
The final chapter of this title explores ongoing Blue Community movements in Africa and Asia as well as a vision for the future of global water security. | Maude Barlow | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Indigenous Food SovereigntyA Model for Social Learning |
- | Dawn Morrison | 17 | 2010 | $2.38 Add |
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From  NEW! InvertebrataPart Four From: Earthkeeping |
Part Four contains the sections: Spider Love, Of Mayflies & Millennia,Potato Bug Waltz, The Hornet Dilemma, Bumblebee Hotel, Ticked!. Topics discussed include spiders, the lifespan of … | Gary Saunders | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Is There Hope? |
In this chapter, Boyd explores the philosophical question of which disposition is best suited to take on the climate crisis. Boyd discusses hope, optimism, pessimism, and stoicism. This chapter … | Andrew Boyd | 54 | 2023 | $5.40 Add |
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From  Nature at HomeA Social Ecology of Postwar Landscape Design From: The Culture of Nature |
The author explores post-second world war landscape design, including the explosion of suburbs and the gendered nature of the urban environment. The chapter includes 13 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Navigating the Confluence |
Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action | Andrés R. Edwards | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts(post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics From: Peak Everything |
Will industrial production survive in the post-hydrocarbon era? The answer will of course depend on how much energy humans will have at their disposal. The total amount, as well as the per capita … | Richard Heinberg | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From  OverpoweredThe Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into From: Power |
In this chapter the author focuses primarily on power dilemmas that are less frequently discussed, but that may be even more important for us to understand, especially in the 21st century. These … | Richard Heinberg | 60 | 2021 | $6.00 Add |
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From  OvershootFrom: Radical Transformation |
Readings in Part 1 of this title entitled "The Crisis of Civilization" explore the factors that have brought our society to the brink of collapse, from the increasingly complex systems … | Kevin MacKay | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksWaste Reduction and Recycling |
Reuse and reduction offer the greatest opportunities for eliminating pollution and depletion of natural resources, yet they are often perceived to be at odds with economic development. How does a … | Marc Roseland | 13 | 2012 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Part 4Caring For People From: Human Permaculture |
Permacultivating Our Food – Water, a Vital Element – Food from Plants – Food from Animals – Food from the Ocean – Food from Insects – A Design to Feed Your Family | Bernard Alonso; Cecile Guiochon | 81 | 2020 | $8.10 Add |
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From  Politics of Fear |
- | John Sorenson | 25 | 2016 | $2.25 Add |
