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  • Disaster Culture

    Knowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe

    par Gregory Button ...
    When disaster strikes, a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts, bureaucrats, and analysts rush to the scene; personal tragedies are played out in a barrage of media coverage; on the ground, confusion and uncertainty reign. In this major comparative study, Gregory Button draws on three decades of research on the most infamous human and environmental calamities to break new ground in our understanding ... En savoir plus

    $81.06 CAD

  • Who Pays the Price?

    The Sociocultural Context Of Environmental Crisis

    Drawing from a Society for Applied Anthropology study on human rights and the environment, Who Pays the Price? provides a detailed look at the human experience of environmental crisis. The issues examined span the globe -- loss of land and access to critical resources; contamination of air, water and soil; exposure to radiation, toxic chemicals, and other hazardous wastes. Topics considered in ... En savoir plus

    $73.69 CAD

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    The independent congressman, presidential candidate, and activist shows young voters how to effect change in America—and the world.Throughout the Presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders promised voters a future to believe in through his progressive platform and a vision for America worth fighting for. This vision calls for an economic, environmental, health care, and social justice ... En savoir plus

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  • Superman's Not Coming

    Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It

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    From the environmental activist, consumer advocate, and renowned crusader comes a riveting book that is "part memoir, part non-fiction report, and part call-to-action—a plea to readers to engage with the water crisis in America because no one else is going to do the work for you" (InStyle Magazine).Clean water is as basic to life on planet Earth as hydrogen or oxygen. In her long-awaited book—her ... En savoir plus

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  • Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)

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    "How to build a more just world and save the planet....We should all heed Brown's advice."—Bill ClintonIn this updated edition of the landmark Plan B, Lester Brown outlines a survival strategy for our early twenty-first-century civilization. The world faces many environmental trends of disruption and decline, including rising temperatures and spreading water shortage. In addition to these looming ... En savoir plus

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  • Foolproof

    Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe

    par Greg Ip ...
    How the very things we create to protect ourselves, like money market funds or anti-lock brakes, end up being the biggest threats to our safety and wellbeing.We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer enables us to take bigger risks. As our ... En savoir plus

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  • Crimes Against Nature

    How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy

    "A meticulous, elegant, and devastating account of an administration that . . . seems to get a kick out of sticking it to the planet. Scary stuff." — New York PostIn this powerful indictment of George W. Bush's White House, environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., charges that the administration has taken corporate favoritism to unprecedented heights—threatening our health, our national ... En savoir plus

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  • Green Hell

    How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them

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    Everywhere you look, all you see is green. People are "living green," businesses are "going green," and consumers are "buying green." But soon, this trendy "green" lifestyle won't be voluntary-it will be mandatory. ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Playbook

    How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World

    **From an astute observer of business behavior and expert in climate denial comes a thought-provoking explanation of how corporations delay, distract, and deflect blame and spread disinformation surrounding health issues, pollution, and climate change.“Brilliantly subversive and witty. If you want to be a vile, greedy capitalist, this how-to book will be a great help. And if you want to identify ... En savoir plus

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  • Down the Drain

    How We Are Failing to Protect Our Water Resources

    An incisive critique of Canada’s drinking water gatekeepers.Canada is celebrated for its abundance of fresh water, and few Canadians question the safety of the water that comes from our taps. But is this trust justified? One study estimates that contamination of drinking water causes 90,000 cases of illness and ninety deaths every year.In this authoritative review of decades of legislation, ... En savoir plus

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  • Blowout in the Gulf

    The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America

    The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to America's biggest environmental disaster.On April 20, 2010, the gigantic drilling rig Deepwater Horizon blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven crew members and causing a massive eruption of oil from BP's Macondo well. For months, oil gushed into the Gulf, spreading death and destruction. Americans watched real-time ... En savoir plus

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  • The Growth Illusion

    How Economic Growth Has Enriched the Few, Impoverished the Many, and Endangered the Planet

    Is economic growth improving our lives? In 1992, when the first edition of The Growth Illusion appeared, most people had little doubt that the answer was 'Yes'. Today, however, the climate of opinion has changed and there is widespread acceptance that, while growth might be necessary to generate jobs, the development path we are following isn't making life better for ourselves or our children. ... En savoir plus

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