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Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge
Vandana Shiva
$13.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-11-3
1997
Award-winning scientist and activist Dr. Vandana Shiva argues that genetic engineering and the cloning of organisms are "the ultimate expression of the commercialization of science and the commodification of nature... life itself is being colonized." According to Jeremy Rifkin, Shiva's book is "a path-breaking work on one of the most important issues of the coming century... a clarion call [that] should be widely read and discussed by everyone concerned with the fate of the Earth."
The Culture of Nature: North American Landscape from Disney to the Exxon Valdez
Alexander Wilson
$27.95 CDN
$24.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-52-7
1991
In this celebrated work, Alexander Wilson examines environments built over the past fifty years, as humans have continued to discover, exploit, protect, restore, and sometimes re-enchant a natural world in convulsion. Extensively illustrated.
Cut and Run: The Assault on Canada's Forests
Jamie Swift
$16.95 CDN
paper 0-919946-31-3
1983
Swift traces the history of forest abuse and misuse, and looks at the much-touted contemporary commitment to forest renewal. He makes a convincing case for a new way of treating the forest, revealing its vast potential.
Fresh Water Seas: Saving the Great Lakes
Phil Weller
$19.95 CDN
paper 0-921284-19-5
1990
Weller takes the reader on a tour of the Great Lakes region, tracing its natural history since the time before human habitation. This is a fascinating case study of the way in which we have altered and degraded the natural environment.
Hydro: The Decline and Fall of Ontario's Electric Empire
Jamie Swift & Keith Stewart
$24.95 CDN
$19.95 US
paper 1-896357-88-1
2004
The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change, New Edition
Dinyar Godrej
$16.00 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-897071-14-0
2006
The No-Nonsense Guide to Water
Maggie Black
$14.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-92-X
2004
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming
Winona LaDuke
$24.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
South End Press in the U.S.
paper 1-896357-95-4
2005
Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet
Anders Hayden
$24.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
In the U.K. and U.S., Zed Books. In Australia, Pluto Australia.
paper 1-896357-28-8
1999
Anders Hayden explores how the reduction of work time can play an integral role in an alternative ecological vision. Reduced work time will help sustain the environment, and ensure increased employment, social justice, and a high quality of life. Hayden's ideas challenge the current economic system driven by consumerism.
The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map
Ursula Franklin, with an introduction by Michelle Swenarchuk
$24.95 CDN
paper 1-897071-18-3
2006
Water, Life Force
Maggie Black
$29.95 CDN
$26.95 CDN
paper 1-896357-85-7
2004
Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit
Vandana Shiva
$19.95 CDN (this edition available in Canada only)
paper 1-896357-51-2
2001
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