Sustainability

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Technology and Localization: Trends at Play

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building. 9 $0.90 Add
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The Climate Movement

PART 4: To Shape a Coming World

From: Worlds at Stake

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Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about. 22 $2.20 Add
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The Emergent Market

From: Emergent Agriculture

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Consumers must recognize their responsibility to reward craftsmanship and hard work with patronage, and be willing to pay a fair price for their food. Consumers are actively seeking out … 10 $1.00 Add
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The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another

The Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change

From: Peak Everything

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The historic global shift from a regime of cheap fossil fuel energy sources to one of declining and expensive fossil fuels and scarce replacements will impact every living person, every … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology

From: The Memory We Could Be

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One of the major obstacles to ecological realism lies in the strength of orthodox visions of the economy, entirely segregated from issues of ecology. These framings offer us simplistic diagnoses … 13 $1.30 Add
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Towards a Sustainable Future

From: Consuming Sustainability

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“Super, Natural”

The Potential for Food Sovereignty in British Columbia

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Actio Plan: Places to Intervene in a Systen

From: The New Carbon Architecture

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In the concluding chapter, King presents a variety of ways that people and organizations can influence the global construction market. 8 $0.80 Add
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Afterword

From: Earthkeeping

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The Afterword: Mars, Anyone?. 7 $0.70 Add
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Blackwater

From: Dry Run

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However, wastewater is also another water source; after all if you live inland along a large river, your water supply started upriver as someone else’s wastewater. So, wastewater is just … 16 $1.60 Add
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Civil Society Leadership

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 10, Klein shifts his focus from the political sphere to that of role of civil society primarily through social movements to bring change and mobilize the masses. Focusing on issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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Climate Change

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers explores the impacts of climate change on our global water supply, including who will be most affected and to what degree. 15 $1.50 Add
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Pandora's Gift

From: Intrinsic Hope

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Intrinsic hope is a choice we can each make every moment of our lives. We can’t choose the circumstances of our birth and we may not have much choice about the circumstances of our death, … 5 $0.50 Add
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Conclusion

Worlds at Stake

From: Worlds at Stake

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The Conclusion offers the author Saad’s final thoughts on where we might find ourselves in the struggle against climate change and what role or roles we may play in the fight against it. 6 $0.60 Add
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Footprint in Architecture and City Planning

BedZED, Masdar City, and Peter Seidel

From: Ecological Footprint

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Architectural examples that have been informed by this thinking ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Growing a Finer Future

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter explores the future of sustainable agriculture and the ways that we can ensure everyone has enough to eat. ; ; ; 28 $2.80 Add