Sustainability

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Nature Education and Promotion From: The Culture of Nature View Between The Lines	The chapter examines the growing desire to educate the public, in particular school-aged children, about the preservation and conservation of nature and the environment. The chapter includes 15 …	Alexander Wilson	40	2019	$4.00 Add
From Navigating the Confluence From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Neoliberalism and the World-Saving Market PART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 4 reflects on the current neoliberal system and its primarily market-oriented solutions to tackle climate change.	Aaron Saad	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From New Water From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, we’ll learn more about two sources of "new water" from technologies not typically in widespread use today throughout the US, desalination of seawater and expanded …	Jerry Yudelson	13	2010	$1.30 Add
From Notes on Sources From: The Culture of Nature View Between The Lines	Notes on sources	Alexander Wilson	23	2019	$2.30 Add
From Nurturing Food Sovereignty in Canada From: Food Sovereignty in Canada View Fernwood Publishing		Kevin Wipf; Nettie Wiebe	19	2010	$2.66 Add
From NEW! Offering and Tending to the Land From: The Story is in Our Bones View New Society Publishers	This chapter describes the reciprocal relationship Indigenous cultures have traditionally cultivated with the land, presenting such relationships as a model for ecological protection and restoration.	Osprey Orielle Lake	25	2024	$2.50 Add
From Oligarchy From: Radical Transformation View Between The Lines	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	38	2017	$3.80 Add
From On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition Five Axioms of Sustainability From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	My aim in this chapter is to explore the history of the terms sustainable and sustainability, and their various published definitions, and then to offer a set of five axioms (self-evident truths) …	Richard Heinberg	14	2010	$1.40 Add
From On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition Population, Resources, and Human Idealism From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	No steady rate of growth in population or resource consumption is sustainable. During the course of the lecture, he asks, “Well, what can we do about this? What makes the population problem …	Richard Heinberg	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts Fifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	There are reasons to think that our current anomalous abundance of inexpensive food may be only temporary; if so, present and future generations may become acquainted with that old, formerly …	Richard Heinberg	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts (post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	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
From On the Frontiers of Capital Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures From: The Culture of Nature View Between The Lines	The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images.	Alexander Wilson	39	2019	$3.90 Add
From One Planet: Ecological Limits and Then What? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	Once we compare demand (footprint) with supply (biocapacity) it becomes clear which countries run ecological deficits. It begs the question – are ecological deficits an economic risk? …	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From Optimum Power Sustaining Our Power Over Time From: Power View New Society Publishers	This chapter makes the case that we humans are capable of controlling our thirst for power, and we have a long history of doing so. Moreover, that capacity is rooted in similar behavior expressed …	Richard Heinberg	51	2021	$5.10 Add
From Origins From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	8	2018	$0.80 Add