Sustainability

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Honoring Our Pain for the World

From: Coming Back to Life

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Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh was asked, “What do we most need to do to save our world?” His questioners probably expected him to identify the best strategies to pursue, but Thich Nhat … ; 30 $3.00 Add
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On the Frontiers of Capital

Nuclear Plants and Other Environmental Architectures

From: The Culture of Nature

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The author explores the impact of the atomic age on the environment and landscape. The chapter includes 17 photos and images. 39 $3.90 Add
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Part 2: Sustainable Community Building Blocks

Housing and Community Development

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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Community development requires good urban design to foster connection and neighborliness, and programs, policies, and initiatives to encourage healthy human interaction, including safety, … 14 $1.40 Add
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Purpose, Need, and Alternatives Through the Lens of Sustainability and the Public Interest

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter focuses on four key Section 22 factors that inform IA processes for projects within federal jurisdiction that are designated for assessment under the Act: the purpose of the project, … 24 $2.40 Add
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Step 3: Developing Strategies – Barriers

Convenience: Making it Easy to Act

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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If the behavior is unpleasant or time-consuming, for example, no matter how well you address internal barriers your community-based social marketing strategy will be unsuccessful. The first step … 9 $0.90 Add
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Sustainable Development at the Local Level

From: Scandinavian Common Sense

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This chapter tackles sustainable development at the local level and highlights some projects undertaken under municipal mandates. This study is limited to the Nordic capitals — Stockholm, … ; ; 23 $2.30 Add
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The Consumer in a Changing Food System

From: Emergent Agriculture

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Profitability is determined in the market. Consumers must value products sufficiently to pay a price that exceeds the cost of production and transportation. Price is determined by myriad factors, … 15 $1.50 Add
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The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another

Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism

From: Peak Everything

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The problems of Climate Change and Peak Oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. Climate Change has to do with carbon emissions and their effects — including the impacts on … 19 $1.90 Add
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The World at 1°C: A Guide to Climate Violence

From: The Memory We Could Be

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Climate violence is always the result of a collision between acute weather conditions and acute social realities. Poverty, inequality, state neglect, improper planning and abandonment lay the … 21 $2.10 Add
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Transformation

From: Changing Tides

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In the Conclusion Frid argues that we are on a knife edge and the time to act is now. Frid stresses how our actions in the next few decades of the 21st Century, will impact our world for the next … 10 $1.00 Add
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UNESCO

Downstream Impact on the Athabasca Delta

From: Damming the Peace

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Journalist Andrew Nikiforuk explores the linkages between the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, fracking in the adjacent Moberly Field, and the potential impact on … 8 $0.80 Add
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A Plausable Future: Approaching Apocalypse

From: The Memory We Could Be

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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 … 24 $2.40 Add
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Policy Recommendations for Developing an Inclusive Canadian Agricultural Policy

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Cautionary Tales

What Not to Do

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 11, Klein examines the risk of losing civil liberties through Wartime Measures Acts. Focuses on issues relating to Refugee and Immigration Laws in Canada, Canadian Aid to Other Parts … 22 $2.20 Add
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China

A New Model of Development

From: Ecological Footprint

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What’s the trajectory for China? ; 7 $0.70 Add