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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition Parrots and Peoples From: Peak Everything View	People who live a civilized life are like birds in a cage. As long as we stay within well-defined social bounds (and assuming we are lucky enough to have been born in a wealthy parasitic society, …	Richard Heinberg	17	2010	$1.70 Add
From On Nature’s Limits and the Human Condition Population, Resources, and Human Idealism From: Peak Everything View	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 …	Richard Heinberg	12	2010	$1.20 Add
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts Tools with a Life of Their Own From: Peak Everything View	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 …	Richard Heinberg	17	2010	$1.70 Add
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts Fifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything View	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 …	Richard Heinberg	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts (post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics From: Peak Everything View	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 …	Richard Heinberg	16	2010	$1.60 Add
From One Planet: Ecological Limits and Then What? From: Ecological Footprint View	Once we compare demand (footprint) with supply (biocapacity) it becomes clear which countries run ecological deficits. It begs the question – are ecological deficits an economic risk? …	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From Oppressors and Victims From: Are We Done Fighting? View	The author explores how narratives of oppressors and victims fit into dynamics of violence. He considers the surprising ways that our narratives which inform how we engage in conflict situations …	Matthew Legge	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From Optimum Power Sustaining Our Power Over Time From: Power View	This chapter makes the case that we humans are capable of controlling our thirst for power, and we have a long history of doing so. Moreover, that capacity is rooted in similar behavior expressed …	Richard Heinberg	51	2021	$5.10 Add
From Origins From: The Memory We Could Be View	To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Our Future Our Selves From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View	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 …	Mari K Swingle	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Outdoor Risky Play in Nature-based Therapy From: Nature-Based Therapy View	The meaningful integration of environmental conditions and activity choices creates the milieu. Comfort with changing weather conditions, spending time in a forest, and getting dirty, wet, or …	David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper	19	2019	$1.90 Add
From Outdoor Therapies: A Choice of Paths to Follow From: Nature-Based Therapy View	We have combined what we have found works best in our practice, for our clients and contexts, nothing more. As readers, you may take what you need, leave what you don’t, and hopefully are …	David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper	20	2019	$2.00 Add
From Overpowered The Fine Mess We've Gotten Ourselves Into From: Power View	In this chapter the author focuses primarily on power dilemmas that are less frequently discussed, but that may be even more important for us to understand, especially in the 21st century. These …	Richard Heinberg	60	2021	$6.00 Add
From Overshoot–A Look at the Evidence From: Escape from Overshoot View	In this chapter the author explains the concept of "overshoot", and provides evidence for it.	Peter Victor A.	36	2023	$3.60 Add
From Ownership Transfer: Accelerating Transition From: Resilience Imperative View	The importance of closing the equity gap and the crucial role of low-cost finance have been central to the cooperative innovations we have featured in this book. In micro-ways they roll back the …	Michael Lewis; Pat Conaty	40	2012	$4.00 Add
From Paint With Words: Creative Writing and Poetry From: Catch the Fire View	Readings in section 3 of this titles provide examples of guided activities to engage with participants of all ages. This reading provides a list of creative writing and poetry activities with …	Charlie Murphy; Peggy Taylor	16	2014	$1.60 Add