This book describes the field of material ecofeminism, provides an overview of the land question, and explores how reigning discourses of “sustainable development” have led to a commodification of ...

Environmental Activism on the Ground draws upon a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship to examine small-scale, local environmental activism, paying particular attention to Indigenous experiences. ...

Written in the form of a travelogue, Total Transition provides a whirlwind look at the global growth of renewable energy—highlighting exciting developments in solar and wind energy in Canada, India, ...

Part environmental manifesto, part travelogue, and part diplomatic odyssey, Quenching the Dragon arms readers with vital new perspectives on global hydrology and sustainability in the context of how former ...

In the tradition of John Vaillant’s modern classic The Golden Spruce comes the story of Big Lonely Doug, one of the largest trees in Canada whose unlikely survival and discovery sheds light on the turbulence ...

The Climate Nexus (RMB, 2015) analyzed and explored the economic and social realities facing water, food, energy, and biodiversity. The Hard Work of Hope continues this narrative and seeks to develop ...

Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities. In The Rights of Nature, ...

National historic sites commemorate decisive moments in the making of Canada. But seen through an environmental lens, these sites become artifacts of a bigger story: the occupation and transformation ...

Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates ...

Drawing on a vast knowledge of history, human evolution, philosophy, and modern complexity theory, MacKay tells a story that recognizes the marvels of human civilization while revealing its dark tendency ...