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Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs

Minimizing Farming’s Water Needs

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. 16 $1.60 Add
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More People Using Ever More Water

More People Using Ever More Water

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the impact of population growth on water availability, and tries to answer the question of whether there will be enough clean, safe water for a more populous … 9 $0.90 Add
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Of Games and Gaming

Of Games and Gaming

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

I am going to go a bit deeper exploring the specifics of the supposed benefits of gaming as they relate to learning. Within this I’m going to put a microscope over some of the gaming … 17 $1.70 Add
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Of Systems and Process

Of Systems and Process

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … 24 $2.40 Add
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On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

Tools with a Life of Their Own

From: Peak Everything

In assessing and understanding technology and its effects on people and nature, it is at least as important to pay attention to the energy that drives our tools as to the tools themselves and the … 17 $1.70 Add
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Our Future Our Selves

Our Future Our Selves

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

I want to close this book by coming full circle back to what I feel are our most urgent issues: First and foremost are our collective children; the next generations and how we individually and … 14 $1.40 Add
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Parents and Pedagogy

Parents and Pedagogy

Helicopters and Expert Advice

From: Degrees of Failure

Twentieth-century child-rearing practices in North America have been heavily manipulated by the state and the private sector toward a domestication that suits institutional life. The tense … 19 $1.90 Add
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Planning Smart Cities
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Planning Smart Cities

The Dream of the Smart City

From: Dream States

The Dream of the Smart City: Part 3 explores planning smart cities. Topics discussed include transportation, census data,  what is meant by urban ‘blight’, public and city … 15 $1.50 Add
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Privatization and Its Discontents

Privatization and Its Discontents

From: Back to the Well

In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which … 45 $4.50 Add
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Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development

Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development

From: Techno-Fix

Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development demonstrates that profit maximization does not necessarily lead to the development of technologies and products best suited to meet the … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Provincial and Territorial Laws Respond
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Provincial and Territorial Laws Respond

Part Two — Provincial Legislation: Assisted Human Reproduction and the Changing Definitions of Family

From: Fertility

In Provincial and Territorial Laws Respond McTeer examines the responses from across Canada about the use of IVF technology in human reproduction. The chapter explores issues relating to a … 10 $1.00 Add
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Public Policy and Legal Challenges Ahead
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Public Policy and Legal Challenges Ahead

Part Four — Looking to the Future

From: Fertility

In Public Policy and Legal Challenges Ahead McTeer examines the current federal legislation that governs assisted human reproduction (AHR) and how many types of embryo research will inevitably … 12 $1.20 Add
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Reframing the Debate

Reframing the Debate

From: Back to the Well

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
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Research and the Human Embryo
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Research and the Human Embryo

Part Three — Research on Human Embryos

From: Fertility

In Research and the Human Embryo McTeer examines some of the myriad of related issues raised by research on human embryos, and the medical-scientific research presented to Canadians — … 7 $0.70 Add
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Rivers and Lakes in Trouble

Rivers and Lakes in Trouble

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action. 27 $2.70 Add
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Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe

Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, Maybe

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers asks whether water shortages lead to war, under what circumstances these conflicts occur, and where in the world they are most likely to spark. 35 $3.50 Add