Sustainability

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Impossible News

From: I Want a Better Catastrophe

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 In this chapter, Boyd breaks down the severity of the climate crisis and details the disastrous future that a failure to stop the rise in global temperature makes inevitable. Boyd explains why it … 47 $4.70 Add
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Inequality in the Environment

From: Fair Future

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Introducing Agroecology and Food Systems Transitions

From: Growing and Eating Sustainably

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 This chapter outlines the critical food supply issues associated with Covid-19 that made headlines daily across the globe and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the modern food system. The … 12 $1.20 Add
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Welcome to the Anthropocene

From: A Finer Future

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 The introduction provides an overview of the structure of the book, providing an overview of the situation humanity finds itself in, outlining solutions to the crises we face, and suggesting ways … ; ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Introduction

From: Human Permaculture

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 Guiding Individuals and Groups through the Transition – What Is Your Impact on the Planet? ; 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction

From: The Case for Climate Capitalism

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Confronting Existential Threats, Then and Now

From: A Good War

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 In Chapter 1, Klein lays out the methodology of his thesis as he uses the history of Canada’s rapid and successful mobilization efforts in the Second World War as a road map to guide … 22 $2.20 Add
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Introduction

From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

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 In the Introduction, author Cynthia Kaufman explains the premise of the book as a helpful guide to anyone wanting to understand the landscape of climate action, specifically those seeking … 10 $1.00 Add
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Introduction: Nature under Glass?

From: Earthkeeping

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 The Introduction reflects on nature from a child’s perspective and the lessons to be learned. 3 $0.30 Add
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Naming Our Feelings about the Global Eco-social Crisis

From: Intrinsic Hope

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 In this chapter, I have named and expressed my feelings about the global eco-social crisis and encouraged you to do the same. In my experience, this is very empowering work because we discover … 19 $1.90 Add
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Part 1: Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Planet

Toward Sustainable Communties

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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 This chapter examines sustainability at the community level. It begins with a look at communities in developed and developing parts of the world, proceeds to investigate some of the reasons why … 14 $1.40 Add
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Power in Nature

From Mitochondria to Emotion and Deception

From: Power

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 In this chapter, the author takes a look at some of the powers that arose in living things long before humans emerged. 46 $4.60 Add
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Preface

From: Peak Everything

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 In titling this book Peak Everything, I was suggesting that humanity has achieved an unsustainable pinnacle of population size and consumption rates, and that the road ahead will be mostly … 12 $1.20 Add
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Resisting Least Resistance

From: Changing Tides

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 This chapter follows Frid’s own personal evolution in dealing with Inside Knowledge—the heaviness of knowing, in intimate detail, the damage caused by human actions on the planet. In … 12 $1.20 Add
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Savoring the Biosphere

From: Secret Life of Your Microbiome

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 Microbes are at the origins of all life on our planet, silent partners to the evolution of every form of life and long, long before Homo sapiens arrived on the scene. We are only now learning of … ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Step 1: Selecting Behaviors

From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior

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 Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to … 11 $0.11 Add