Environmental Policy

Showing 257–272 of 298 results

Title & Subtitle Abstract Contributors Pages Year Purchase
From

Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments

Tools for Community Sustainability

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

Preview

Moving toward sustainable communities is a long-term goal, so it is important that the incremental steps we take in the short-term are leading us in the right direction. This chapter surveys some … 12 $1.20 Add
From

Postscript

From: Overrun

Preview

Postscript 5 $0.50 Add
From

Pushing the bar higher

From: Oil’s Deep State

Preview

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the relationship between the oil industry and Alberta’s conservative leadership including the strain on the relationship by recent … 12 $1.20 Add
From

Reframing the Debate

From: Back to the Well

Preview

In this chapter, de Villiers begins approaching solutions for water crises by asking us to reframe the issue, by thinking and acting on a local level. 6 $0.60 Add
From

Seeking Social Licence for the Site C Dam

A Planner’s Perspective from the Peace River Waterfront

From: Damming the Peace

Preview

A Peace River Valley planner on the concept of social license, why it’s important for major projects, and how, in the case of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River … 12 $1.20 Add
From

The Design of Envrionmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies

From: Techno-Fix

Preview

The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies suggests specific environmental and social design criteria for new technologies, the importance of the … ; 21 $2.10 Add
From

Welcome to the Clean Growth Century

From: The Big Stall

Preview

Analyzes Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies and his alliance with Rachel Notley. Liberal Party policies speak about capitalizing on the opportunities of a low carbon economy, but fail … 20 $2.00 Add
From

Critical Science and Social Responsibility

From: Techno-Fix

Preview

Critical Science and Social Responsibility outlines ways to increase the awareness of scientists and engineers regarding their social responsibilities as well as ways to transform current science … ; 31 $3.10 Add
From

Epilogue

The COVID-19 Pandemic and How a Recognized Emergency makes the Impossible Possible

From: A Good War

Preview

In the Epilogue, Klein shares his own reflections on the pandemic and the lessons we can learn from it regarding climate action and mobilization. 8 $0.80 Add
From

Epilogue

Living with the risk

From: On Borrowed Time

Preview

The author discusses his personal journey of getting his family and their home prepared for the next massive earthquake. 8 $0.80 Add
From

Is Site C Really Past “The Point of No Return”?

From: Damming the Peace

Preview

What was meant by former B.C. premier Christy Clark’s promise to bring the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to the “point of no return,” … 14 $1.40 Add
From
NEW!

Judiciously use REWARDS

From: Making Shift Happen

Preview

This chapter focuses on the risk Reward issue. By focusing on how to create rewards for certain behaviours or by increasing the size or visibility of existing rewards, you can boost your … ; ; ; 25 $2.50 Add
From

Learning Into the Future

Power and Love with Adam Kahane

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

Preview

Adam Kahane’s work has shown him it is increasingly vital for people to work together, not just with friends and colleagues, but also with strangers and opponents, even enemies, in order to … 12 $1.20 Add
From

Part 3: Mobilizing Citizens and Their Governments

Lessons and Challenges

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

Preview

There is an emerging recognition that a contemporary view of sustainable development has to blend this basic desire for economic prosperity (or at least survival) with multiple bottom-line … 6 $0.60 Add
From
NEW!

Sustainability-Based Decision Making

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

Preview

This chapter looks more closely at the role of sustainability considerations in decision making under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). 25 $2.50 Add
From

The NDP in a world made for oil

From: Oil’s Deep State

Preview

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the rise of Rachel Notley’s NDP party in Alberta with focus on the change in policy towards the oil industry that occurred during the … 9 $0.90 Add