2010

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On Nature's Limits and the Human Condition

On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition

Population, Resources, and Human Idealism

From: Peak Everything

No steady rate of growth in population or resource consumption is sustainable. During the course of the lecture, he asks, “Well, what can we do about this? What makes the population problem … 12 $1.20 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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On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

Fifty Million Farmers

From: Peak Everything

There are reasons to think that our current anomalous abundance of inexpensive food may be only temporary; if so, present and future generations may become acquainted with that old, formerly … 20 $2.00 Add
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On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts

(post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics

From: Peak Everything

Will industrial production survive in the post-hydrocarbon era? The answer will of course depend on how much energy humans will have at their disposal. The total amount, as well as the per capita … 16 $1.60 Add
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Ontario Works

Ontario Works

How Did This Happen to Me?

From: Persistent Poverty

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Ontario’s Push to Early Childhood Education and Care for All

Ontario’s Push to Early Childhood Education and Care for All

From: Persistent Poverty

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Original Peoples to 1671

Original Peoples to 1671

From: North of Superior

Looks at the Aboriginal cultures that flourished in this region before the arrival of Europeans. Breaks down the extended history into The Paleo-Americans, The Shield Archaic Peoples, The … ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Origins and Early Development of Capitalism

Origins and Early Development of Capitalism

From: Class Dynamics of Agrarian Change

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Out Loud

Out Loud

Essays on Mental Illness, Stigma & Recovery

Out Loud is a collection of more than fifty essays by people affected by mental illness. There are essays by those who have experienced mental illness themselves, by family and friends, by … 240 View
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Outcomes and Origins of HTP

Outcomes and Origins of HTP

From: Get That Freak

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Patterns of Water Use

Patterns of Water Use

From: Dry Run

In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, … 13 $1.30 Add
Peak Everything

Peak Everything

Waking Up to the Century of Declines

A combination of wry commentary and sober forecasting on subjects as diverse as farming and industrial design, this book describes how to make the transition from The Age of Excess to the Era of … 240 View
Persistent Poverty

Persistent Poverty

Voices From the Margins

It’s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb. Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing landscaping business he built from the ground … ; ; 184 View
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Pets and Prisoners

Pets and Prisoners

A Pet-Loving Nation

From: About Canada: Animal Rights

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Pets or Meat?

Pets or Meat?

Confusions within Speciesist Ideology

From: About Canada: Animal Rights

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Poverty and Health

Poverty and Health

“I’m One Stumble from the Street”

From: Persistent Poverty

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