Green Activism
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From  NEW! Scene 4The Amazon |
Scene 4 focuses on David and Tara’s work in the Amazon. It discusses climate, the developing world, Indigenous advocacy, Canada’s role in climate change, government, and advocacy. | David Suzuki; Miriam Fernandes; Ravi Jain; Tara Cullis | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Step 3: Developing Strategies – ForgettingPrompts: Rembering to Act |
Numerous actions that promote sustainability are susceptible to the most human of traits: forgetting. Fortunately, “prompts” are effective in reminding people to engage in sustainable … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 12 | 2011 | $0.12 Add |
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From  NEW! Swimming Upstream |
This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence … | Sami Grover | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Youth ProjectFrom: Activism That Works |
- | Leighann Wichman; Sheena Jamieson | 21 | 2011 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Chapter 7After The Mine Closure and Long Term Care From: Unearthing Justice |
This chapter examines the long term maintenance and care that must continue to be carried out after the closure of a mine, and the potential environmental impact that mining sites can have for … | Joan Kuyek | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 8: Old MacDonald Had an iFarmPART IV: RED DAWN From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 8 considered what farming and farmers will look like in a Martian city. Discussing the family farm, labour on Mars, agricultural technology, labour shortages, the smart tractor, AI and … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From  NEW! EcosocialismPART 3: The System-Changing Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake |
Chapter 9 examines the argument for ecosocialism, its framework, and offers several critiques of existing capitalism, and encourages the reader to raid a critical eye towards the present system … | Aaron Saad | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Finding Your People and Your Practice in the Ecosystem of the Climate Justice Movement |
In Chapter 7 Kaufman explores the many ways that the movement for a just transition can be organized, illustrating to the reader how there are many ways to fight for climate action that best … | Cynthia Kaufman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Focus, Goddammit |
In this chapter, Grover focuses on blame, how powerful institutions can shift blame away from themselves and onto the less culpable, and how our attention is a limited resource. | Sami Grover | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! InterludeOn Imagination |
Excerpt from Phillis Wheatley poem "On Imagination." | Phillis Wheatley | 1 | 2022 | $0.10 Add |
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From  Moving ForwardFrom: Getting to Zero |
Identifies how grassroots movements and organizations can move forward to develop sector profiles, targets, and plans of action to create sustained climate action. | Tony Clarke | 43 | 2018 | $4.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Portents and prophecies |
In a central paradox, the one we’re running out of time to resolve, the consequences of burning fossil fuels are poised to demolish two centuries of benefit. So how do we make the fight … | Arno Kopecky | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From Social Justice CommitteeSuccess in Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers From: Activism That Works |
- | Derek MacCuish | 17 | 2011 | $1.70 Add |
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From Step 3: Developing Strategies – CommunicationCommunication: Creating Effective Messages |
Much of human communication involves persuasion. Whether done by a four-year-old or a marketing firm, the aims are the same: to influence our attitudes and/or our behavior. The transition to a … | Doug McKenzie-Mohr | 21 | 2011 | $0.42 Add |
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From  Working with Invasive Plant SpeciesFrom: Common Threads |
Embracing invasive plants as a material resource for hand-based technologies makes so much sense; we bring land stewardship practices to the heart of our making. It is not about choosing a plant … | Sharon Kallis | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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From Chapter 8The Structure and Financing of the Mining Industry in Canada From: Unearthing Justice |
This chapter examines the structure of the mining industry in Canada, the rules that mining companies play by, and the way in which companies can take advantage of these rules. | Joan Kuyek | 27 | 2019 | $2.70 Add |
