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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Pigeon Politics From: Being and Swine View Between The Lines	In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the complex relationship between human society and pigeons. The chapter includes a brief overview of the history of pigeons in urban spaces and …	Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Preface to the English Edition From: Being and Swine View Between The Lines	In the preface, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our perspective of the natural world and the ways in which we have begun to perceive animals as political …	Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes	5	2020	$0.50 Add
From Pristine From: Finding Our Niche View Fernwood Publishing	In the second chapter of Finding Our Niche, Pristine, Loring describes how he first landed in Alaska and how his experiences there reshaped his ideas of how humans engage with the natural world, …	Philip A. Loring	29	2020	$2.90 Add
From Section A: Changemaking From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The first section explores the idea of transformative change — what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. It tells the story of Anna, which gives us plenty …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	37	2018	$3.70 Add
From Section B: Stories and Reflections PART I From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	63	2018	$6.30 Add
From Section B: Stories and Reflections PART II From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	The second section explores powerful new stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings of food, shelter, energy, transportation, waste, and economics, and transformed …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	45	2018	$4.50 Add
From Section C: Changemakers’ Manual From: Changemakers View New Society Publishers	This chapter is a hands-on workshop for those who want to build change. There may be a need in your community that you want to respond to, or you may have already started implementing a change …	Fay Weller; Mary Wilson	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Swinish Multitudes From: Being and Swine View Between The Lines	In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir provides a brief overview of the history of pigs in agriculture in Europe. The chapter also includes a discussion of the ways in which pigs have acted as a …	Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes	29	2020	$2.90 Add
From Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress postulates that belief in progress exhibits characteristics similar to those of religious faith and that most techno-optimism is based on ignorance, …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	33	2011	$3.30 Add
The Biology of Wonder Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science New Society Publishers	In The Biology of Wonder author Andreas Weber proposes a new approach to the biological sciences that puts the human back in nature. He argues that feelings and emotions, far from being …	Andreas Weber	336	2016	View
From NEW! The Birth of the Factory From: Being and Swine View Between The Lines	In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the rise of urbanization in the western world and the role that animals have played in this process. Included in the chapter are a discussion of …	Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes	37	2020	$3.70 Add
From The Body of the Sea From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	This chapter explores why we must focus on a multiplicity of species to understand the enigma of life.	Andreas Weber	19	2016	$1.90 Add
From The Desire for Life From: The Biology of Wonder New Society Publishers	The author discusses his scientific education, and how he felt that something was lacking in the overly mechanistic conception of life in biology.	Andreas Weber	19	2016	$1.90 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another The Psychology of Peak Oil and Climate Change From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	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 …	Richard Heinberg	15	2010	$1.50 Add
From The End of One Era, The Beginning of Another Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	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 …	Richard Heinberg	19	2010	$1.90 Add
From NEW! The Five Stages of Climate Grief From: I Want a Better Catastrophe View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, Boyd discusses climate grief and the six stages that accompany this process; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, and gallows humour. This chapter includes an …	Andrew Boyd	43	2023	$4.30 Add