Sustainability

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The View from the Road

The View from the Road

Recreation and Tourism

From: The Culture of Nature

The author explores the intersections between recreation, tourism, and the environment. The chapter includes 11 photos and images. 36 $3.60 Add
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The Way of the Engineer

The Way of the Engineer

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores new technologies and innovative solutions to water shortages, and shows how we can engineer more efficient ways to use our limited water supply. 18 $1.80 Add
The Web of Meaning
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The Web of Meaning

Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe

This book lays out an entirely different foundation for a civilization that could lead us sustainably through this century and beyond. It reveals the flaws hidden within the current worldview, … 530 View
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The Work That Reconnects with Children and Teens

The Work That Reconnects with Children and Teens

From: Coming Back to Life

Many adults, especially parents and teachers, face an agonizing dilemma: how to talk with our children about the Great Unraveling, knowing they will suffer its effects in their lifetimes. We want … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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The World at 1°C: A Guide to Climate Violence

The World at 1°C: A Guide to Climate Violence

From: The Memory We Could Be

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
Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Pathways to a Resilient Society

Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume 85 million barrels of oil and pump 23 million … 241 View
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To Choose Life

To Choose Life

From: Coming Back to Life

Our political economy requires ever-increasing extraction and consumption of resources. To the Industrial Growth Society, the Earthi s supply house and sewer. The planet’s body is not only … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials

To Your Health: The Health Benefits and Impacts of Natural Building Materials

From: The New Carbon Architecture

This chapter considers the human health benefits derived from using natural building materials in construction. The aim here is to provide a current overview of the development, understanding, … ; ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

Toward a Sustainable Agriculture

From: Emergent Agriculture

Sustainability is a set of principles that focus on three fundamental elements of durable societies. They are: environmental stewardship, economic viability, and ethical behavior. These elements, … 6 $0.60 Add
Toward Sustainable Communities

Toward Sustainable Communities

Solutions for Citizens and Their Governments - Fourth Edition

The need to make our communities sustainable is more urgent than ever before. Toward Sustainable Communities remains the single most useful resource for creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, … 257 View
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Towards a Sustainable Future

Towards a Sustainable Future

From: Consuming Sustainability

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Towards a System of Life

Towards a System of Life

From: Radical Transformation

Readings in Part 2 of this title entitled "Radical Transformation" outline the dramatic changes necessary to reform our civilization into one that is sustainable, and quitable. 39 $3.90 Add
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Transformation

Transformation

From: Changing Tides

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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Transforming Agriculture

Transforming Agriculture

Women Farmers Define a Food Sovereignty Policy for Canada

From: Food Sovereignty in Canada

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Transforming our Politics

Transforming our Politics

Bold Leadership, Then, There and Now

From: A Good War

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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Human Rights and the Impact Assessment Act
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Human Rights and the Impact Assessment Act

Proponents and Consultants as Duty Bearers

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter argues for a human rights centred approach to the interpretation and operationalization of the provisions of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA), emphasizing the role of IA proponents … ; 23 $2.30 Add