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Title : The Transition Handbook : From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience Material Type: printed text Authors: Rob Hopkins, Author Publisher: Uit Cambridge Limited Publication Date: 2008 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-85784-215-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
Climate Change
SustainabilityAbstract: We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but "The Transition Handbook" shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect. They can lead to the rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. They can encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area. They can unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives. "The Transition Handbook" is the manual which will guide communities to begin this 'energy descent' journey. The argument that 'small is inevitable' is upbeat and positive, as well as utterly convincing. The Transition Handbook : From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience [printed text] / Rob Hopkins, Author . - [S.l.] : Uit Cambridge Limited, 2008.
ISBN : 978-0-85784-215-2
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
Climate Change
SustainabilityAbstract: We live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most people don't want to think about what happens when the oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but "The Transition Handbook" shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive effect. They can lead to the rebirth of local communities, which will generate their own fuel, food and housing. They can encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area. They can unleash a local 'skilling-up', so that people have more control over their lives. "The Transition Handbook" is the manual which will guide communities to begin this 'energy descent' journey. The argument that 'small is inevitable' is upbeat and positive, as well as utterly convincing. Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status CLI HOP 2008 CLI HOP 2008 Livre/Book Sustainable Concordia Climate Change (SC) Available
Title : There's Something in the Water : Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities Material Type: printed text Authors: Ingrid R.G. Waldron, Author Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Publication Date: 2018 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7736-3057-1 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
Environment and Urban Planning
Health
Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples
Race/Anti-Racism
SustainabilityAbstract: In “There’s Something In The Water”, Ingrid R. G. Waldron examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada, using Nova Scotia as a case study, and the grassroots resistance activities by Indigenous and Black communities against the pollution and poisoning of their communities.
Using settler colonialism as the overarching theory, Waldron unpacks how environmental racism operates as a mechanism of erasure enabled by the intersecting dynamics of white supremacy, power, state-sanctioned racial violence, neoliberalism and racial capitalism in white settler societies. By and large, the environmental justice narrative in Nova Scotia fails to make race explicit, obscuring it within discussions on class, and this type of strategic inadvertence mutes the specificity of Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian experiences with racism and environmental hazards in Nova Scotia. By redefining the parameters of critique around the environmental justice narrative and movement in Nova Scotia and Canada, Waldron opens a space for a more critical dialogue on how environmental racism manifests itself within this intersectional context.
Waldron also illustrates the ways in which the effects of environmental racism are compounded by other forms of oppression to further dehumanize and harm communities already dealing with pre-existing vulnerabilities, such as long-standing social and economic inequality. Finally, Waldron documents the long history of struggle, resistance, and mobilizing in Indigenous and Black communities to address environmental racism.There's Something in the Water : Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities [printed text] / Ingrid R.G. Waldron, Author . - [S.l.] : Fernwood Publishing, 2018.
ISBN : 978-1-7736-3057-1
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Activism and Community Organizing
Environment and Urban Planning
Health
Indigenous Peoples and First Peoples
Race/Anti-Racism
SustainabilityAbstract: In “There’s Something In The Water”, Ingrid R. G. Waldron examines the legacy of environmental racism and its health impacts in Indigenous and Black communities in Canada, using Nova Scotia as a case study, and the grassroots resistance activities by Indigenous and Black communities against the pollution and poisoning of their communities.
Using settler colonialism as the overarching theory, Waldron unpacks how environmental racism operates as a mechanism of erasure enabled by the intersecting dynamics of white supremacy, power, state-sanctioned racial violence, neoliberalism and racial capitalism in white settler societies. By and large, the environmental justice narrative in Nova Scotia fails to make race explicit, obscuring it within discussions on class, and this type of strategic inadvertence mutes the specificity of Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian experiences with racism and environmental hazards in Nova Scotia. By redefining the parameters of critique around the environmental justice narrative and movement in Nova Scotia and Canada, Waldron opens a space for a more critical dialogue on how environmental racism manifests itself within this intersectional context.
Waldron also illustrates the ways in which the effects of environmental racism are compounded by other forms of oppression to further dehumanize and harm communities already dealing with pre-existing vulnerabilities, such as long-standing social and economic inequality. Finally, Waldron documents the long history of struggle, resistance, and mobilizing in Indigenous and Black communities to address environmental racism.Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status ENV WAL 2018 ENV WAL 2018 Livre/Book QPIRG-Concordia Environment & Urban Planning Available
Title : Toward Sustainable Communities Original title : Resources for Citizens and Their Governments Material Type: printed text Authors: Mark Roseland, Author Publisher: New Society Publishers Publication Date: 2005 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-86571-535-6 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Sustainability Abstract: Local governments are increasingly caught between rising expectations that development initiatives be sustainable and the fact that more and more services are being downloaded to the municipal level. The third edition of this classic text offers practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a range of community problems—-including energy efficiency, transportation, land use, housing, waste reduction, recycling, air quality and governance. In clear language, with updated tools, initiatives and resources, a new preface and foreword, this sustainable practices resource is for both citizens and governments. Toward Sustainable Communities = Resources for Citizens and Their Governments [printed text] / Mark Roseland, Author . - [S.l.] : New Society Publishers, 2005.
ISBN : 978-0-86571-535-6
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Sustainability Abstract: Local governments are increasingly caught between rising expectations that development initiatives be sustainable and the fact that more and more services are being downloaded to the municipal level. The third edition of this classic text offers practical suggestions and innovative solutions to a range of community problems—-including energy efficiency, transportation, land use, housing, waste reduction, recycling, air quality and governance. In clear language, with updated tools, initiatives and resources, a new preface and foreword, this sustainable practices resource is for both citizens and governments. Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status ACT ROS 2005 ACT ROS 2005 Livre/Book Sustainable Concordia Activism/Organizing (SC) Available
Title : Water Consciousness : How we all have to change to protect our most critical resource Material Type: printed text Authors: Tara Lohan, Editor Publisher: AlterNet Books Publication Date: 2008 ISBN (or other code): 978-0-975272-44-2 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Climate Change
Environment and Urban Planning
SustainabilityAbstract: Water Consciousness is designed to change the way people think about water. It explores all aspects of the water crisis and what we can do about it. Compelling contributions by Bill McKibben, Maude Barlow, Vandana Shiva, Wenonah Hauter, Sandra Postel, Tony Clarke and other top environmental writers explain the problems and inspire readers to action. The book contains over 50 stunning photographs and a quiz to find out your own water footprint. Beautifully designed to be accessible to readers, it provides essays on privatization, bottled water, conservation, appropriate technology, lessons from indigenous cultures, and an argument for the need for new public policy on the right to water. Water Consciousness : How we all have to change to protect our most critical resource [printed text] / Tara Lohan, Editor . - [S.l.] : AlterNet Books, 2008.
ISBN : 978-0-975272-44-2
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Climate Change
Environment and Urban Planning
SustainabilityAbstract: Water Consciousness is designed to change the way people think about water. It explores all aspects of the water crisis and what we can do about it. Compelling contributions by Bill McKibben, Maude Barlow, Vandana Shiva, Wenonah Hauter, Sandra Postel, Tony Clarke and other top environmental writers explain the problems and inspire readers to action. The book contains over 50 stunning photographs and a quiz to find out your own water footprint. Beautifully designed to be accessible to readers, it provides essays on privatization, bottled water, conservation, appropriate technology, lessons from indigenous cultures, and an argument for the need for new public policy on the right to water. Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status EDU LOH 2008 EDU LOH 2008 Livre/Book Sustainable Concordia Education (SC) Available
Title : Water for People, Water for Life : A Joint Report by the Twenty-three UN Agencies Concerned with Freshwater Material Type: printed text Authors: World Water Assessment Programme, Author Publisher: UNESCO Publication Date: 2003 ISBN (or other code): 978-1-571-81628-3 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Climate Change
Ecology
SustainabilityAbstract: The world's freshwater resources are coming under growing pressure through such environmental hazards as human waste, urbanization, industrialization, and pesticides. The problems are exacerbated through drought in many parts of the world. The improvement of the water quality itself and access to it have been major concerns for politicians and development agencies for over a decade. First officially formulated at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, they have been restated or expanded since then.
The UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 transformed general guidelines into specific targets. The international community pledged "to halve by 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach, or to afford, safe drinking water" and "to stop the unsustainable exploitation of water resources, by developing water management strategies at the regional, national and local levels, which promote both equitable access and adequate supplies." Thus, ten years after Rio it is time to take stock.
Based on the collective inputs of 23 United Nations agencies and convention secretariats, this Report offers a global overview of the state of the world's freshwater resources. It is part of an on-going assessment process to develop policies and help with their implementation as well as to measure any progress towards achieving sustainable use of water resources.Water for People, Water for Life : A Joint Report by the Twenty-three UN Agencies Concerned with Freshwater [printed text] / World Water Assessment Programme, Author . - [S.l.] : UNESCO, 2003.
ISBN : 978-1-571-81628-3
Languages : English (eng)
Descriptors: Climate Change
Ecology
SustainabilityAbstract: The world's freshwater resources are coming under growing pressure through such environmental hazards as human waste, urbanization, industrialization, and pesticides. The problems are exacerbated through drought in many parts of the world. The improvement of the water quality itself and access to it have been major concerns for politicians and development agencies for over a decade. First officially formulated at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, they have been restated or expanded since then.
The UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 transformed general guidelines into specific targets. The international community pledged "to halve by 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach, or to afford, safe drinking water" and "to stop the unsustainable exploitation of water resources, by developing water management strategies at the regional, national and local levels, which promote both equitable access and adequate supplies." Thus, ten years after Rio it is time to take stock.
Based on the collective inputs of 23 United Nations agencies and convention secretariats, this Report offers a global overview of the state of the world's freshwater resources. It is part of an on-going assessment process to develop policies and help with their implementation as well as to measure any progress towards achieving sustainable use of water resources.Copies
Barcode Call number Media type Location Section Status CLI WOR 2003 CLI WOR 2003 Livre/Book Sustainable Concordia Climate Change (SC) Available
