Sustainability
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From  Brown WaterFrom: Dry Run |
One of my favorite green building technologies is rainwater harvesting: the capture, treatment and use of rainwater for uses inside the building, such as toilet flushing and cooling-tower makeup … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Coming from GratitudeFrom: Coming Back to Life |
We have received an inestimable gift. To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs … | Joanna Macy; Molly Young Brown | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Corporate TransformationFrom: A Finer Future |
This chapter explores ways in which the underlying corporate structure upon which our economy is built will need to reorganize and refocus towards long term sustainability. | Anders Wijkman; John Fullerton; L. Hunter Lovins; Stewart Wallis | 26 | 2018 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Epilogue and Epi-Epilogue |
In the epilogue, Boyd reflects on how climate change has worsened since he began researching for this book. He provides a brief update of each interviewee and whether their opinions have changed … | Andrew Boyd | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Food Sovereignty in the Golden Horseshoe Region of Ontario |
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From  Footprint CalculationsIndividualds, Cities, Countries, Products, and Companies From: Ecological Footprint |
How does the Ecological Footprint approach inform urban planning, country strategies, product development? | Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From  From Reserve to MicroenvironmentNature Parks and Zoos From: The Culture of Nature |
This chapter focuses on the convergence of park creation, development, and tourism through an examination of zoos, and national and nature parks. The chapter includes 10 photos and images. | Alexander Wilson | 37 | 2019 | $3.70 Add |
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From  Indigenous LeadershipFrom: A Good War |
In Chapter 9, Klein explores the leadership and initiative coming from Indigenous communities across Canada to fight for climate action. Klein focuses the chapter through highlight the work of … | Seth Klein | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Introducing the Impact Assessment Act’s Sustainability-Based Agenda |
This chapter draw on the available literature and lessons from experience to address four areas: the basics of what “contribution to sustainability” now means and entails and what … | Robert B. Gibson | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From  Minimizing Farming’s Water NeedsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. | Marq de Villiers | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksLand Use and Urban Form |
Sustainable land use can help invigorate communities, and provide considerable environmental, economic, social, and cultural benefits. Redeveloping and reusing existing buildings and land can … | Marc Roseland | 21 | 2012 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Perserving for the Long HaulFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
Perseverance helps to nurture intrinsic hope because it gives us the determination to endure whatever happens. Perseverance persists — day after day, month after month, and year after year. … | Kate Davies | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Principle H – Embrace FeedbackFrom: Building Community |
Monitoring and Feedback: Using Nature as a Guide – Research Corner – Seeking Feedback: How Do I Get People to Respond? – Feedback and Accountability of Local Leaders – … | James S. Gruber | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From  NEW! RememberingPart Eight From: Earthkeeping |
Part Eight contains the sections: Neil Van Nostrand, Ecologist, Hezekiah and the Pine, A Rose for Mary Matilda, Remembering Lucy and Helen, Lloyd S. Hawboldt, and Bug Man. These stories are about … | Gary Saunders | 31 | 2022 | $3.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Self-Care |
In Chapter 8 Kaufman concludes the book by reflecting on the importance of maintaining your own mental health and happiness in the face of the climate crisis. The chapter discusses topics such as … | Cynthia Kaufman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Step 3: Developing Strategies – IncentivesIncentives: Enhancing Motivation to Act |
Financial incentives can provide the motivation for individuals to perform an activity that they already engage in more effectively, such as recycling, or to begin an activity that they otherwise … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
