Sustainability

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Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments

Governing Sustainable Communities

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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This chapter is about governing sustainable communities, and explores both governance and government in this context. In particular, it focuses on public participation, decision-making, the role … 17 $1.70 Add
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Picture Credits

From: The Culture of Nature

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Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe

From: Back to the Well

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In this chapter, de Villiers asks whether water shortages lead to war, under what circumstances these conflicts occur, and where in the world they are most likely to spark. 35 $3.50 Add
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Step 4: Piloting

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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Think of a pilot as a “test run,” an opportunity to work out the bugs before committing to carrying out a strategy broadly. As noted in the chapters on developing strategies, the … 7 $0.70 Add
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The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another

A Letter From the Future

From: Peak Everything

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Greetings to you, people of the year 2007! You are living in the year of my birth; I am one hundred years old now, writing to you from the year 2107. I am using the last remnants of the advanced … 12 $1.20 Add
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Transforming our Politics

Bold Leadership, Then, There and Now

From: A Good War

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In Chapter 12, Klein examines how we must transform our politics and our politicians, how we must vote for leaders who are willing to act and plan like Climate Change is an emergency. Klein … 28 $2.80 Add
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Weaving a New Story of Meaning

From: The Web of Meaning

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The chapter concludes that an ecological civilization will emerge only when the symbiotic linkages between people become a more powerful force than the competitive impulses engendered by the … 34 $3.40 Add
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Zen Water

From: Dry Run

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In the green building movement, there is a “hyper-green” approach called restorative or regenerative building, which generates more water and energy than it uses and puts this excess … 9 $0.90 Add
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A Mosaic of Alternatives

From: The Memory We Could Be

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What follows is not an exact formula or a plotted route to climate safety. It is a brief map of 12 terrains of possibility, which may represent existing and potential pathways for a transition. 46 $4.60 Add
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Conclusion

Forward to Victory! or Making Peace with our Planet

From: A Good War

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In the Conclusion, Klein offers his final call to action, asking his readers to begin to take steps towards a Climate Mobilization Plan for Canada, bringing us all together and for our collective … 14 $1.40 Add
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Footprint

A Conversation

From: Ecological Footprint

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What does this all mean, and how does this relate to your life? The authors reveal how this is shaping their thinking. ; 38 $3.80 Add
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Going Forth

From: Coming Back to Life

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The culmination of the workshop serves as a bridge between the experiences of our work together (described in the last four chapters) and the daily lives we are about to resume. We have come to … ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Index

From: The Culture of Nature

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Integrating Climate Change Mitigation into the Impact Assessment Act

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

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This chapter considers the impacts of a proposed project on GHG emissions and carbon sinks at five critical stages of IA: triggering, information gathering, analysis, the project decision, and … 24 $2.40 Add
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Meet Basic Needs for All

From: A Finer Future

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This chapter looks at the variety of policies that must be implemented to ensure equal access to resources for everyone in the future. ; ; ; 14 $1.40 Add