Environmental Policy

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The Need for a Different Worldview

The Need for a Different Worldview

From: Techno-Fix

The Need for A Different Worldview suggests that a shift is needed to a different view of reality, one that is based on the fact of interconnectedness rather than the illusion of separateness, a … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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The New Gospel

The New Gospel

From: The Big Stall

Analyzes neo-liberal environmental policies which avoided any negative impact on corporations during the 2000s. The British Columbia carbon tax is used as a case study to show how it is business … 14 $1.40 Add
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The New Patriotism
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The New Patriotism

From: Divided We Fall

From Divided We Fall: How we can resist polarizing pressures and strengthen our identity as citizens 26 $2.60 Add
The Next Generation of Impact Assessment
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The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

A Critical Review of the Canadian Impact Assessment Act

Legislated impact assessment requirements were first introduced over fifty years ago with the National Environmental Policy Act in the United States and have since spread to over a hundred and … ; 614 View
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The origins of oil's deep state in Canada

The origins of oil’s deep state in Canada

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft uses Alberta as a case study to document the origins of the fossil feul industry in the province and it’s ties to government. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Path We’re On
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The Path We’re On

From: Future on Fire

Chapter 1 reflects on our current policies toward climate change and what is at risk if we maintain this status quo. Topics discussed include current government policies for reducing carbon … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology

The Poverty of Weath: Economics and Ecology

From: The Memory We Could Be

One of the major obstacles to ecological realism lies in the strength of orthodox visions of the economy, entirely segregated from issues of ecology. These framings offer us simplistic diagnoses … 13 $1.30 Add
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Federal Jurisdiction and the Impact Assessment Act
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Federal Jurisdiction and the Impact Assessment Act

Trojan Horse or Rational Ecological Accounting?

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter explores key questions respecting federal jurisdiction with regard to the IAA, beginning with a discussion of the constitutional division of powers in Canada, federalism and … 22 $2.20 Add
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The road to Trump

The road to Trump

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader analyzes the ties between the fossil fuel industry and the hard right political movement that carried Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. 20 $2.00 Add
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Assessing the Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Other Identity Factors in the New Canadian Impact Assessment Act
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Assessing the Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Other Identity Factors in the New Canadian Impact Assessment Act

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter draws from feminist and resource management scholarship to identify key trends important to the understanding and realization of good-practice gender and diversity analysis and … ; 20 $2.00 Add
The Sea Is Rising and So Are We
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The Sea Is Rising and So Are We

A Climate Justice Handbook

The Sea is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook is an invitation to get involved in the movement to build a just and sustainable world in the face of the most urgent challenge our … ; 193 View
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The State of Our Groundwater

The State of Our Groundwater

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores how many parts of the world are being impacted or will be impacted by rapidly diminishing and increasingly polluted groundwater sources. 17 $1.70 Add
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The Sword of Reason and the Power of the Law

The Sword of Reason and the Power of the Law

The Legal Right to a Healthy Environment

From: Damming the Peace

How most other nations have legislation on their books that would have allowed British Columbians to stop the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, using an example … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Third Way
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The Third Way

From: Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times

From Breaking Free of Neoliberalism in Trump Times: How Canada can strengthen our sovereignty and address the American challenge, inequality and the climate crisis 27 $2.70 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
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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