Environmentalistm and conservationist Books

Book SynopsisAs they live underground moles are beneath the notice of most people except when they torment us with their molehills. Most of us see a mole as simply something to be destroyed, and never get to know the astonishing animal that lives under our feet. And yet moles are mighty and beautiful, mysterious and independent, resilient and industrious.

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Book SynopsisA deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.

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Book SynopsisScott Weidensaul is one of the most respected natural history writers in the US, and the author of nearly thirty books. He is an active field researcher specializing in bird migration, co-director of Project Owlnet and co-directs Project SNOWstorm, studying the migration of snowy owls. He has received numerous awards, including the Audubon Award for Environmental Writing, and has been honoured as a prestigious fellow of the American Ornithological Society. Weidensaul is a highly sought-after speaker at universities, museums and birding festivals. His book Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The Return of the Oystercatcher is his latest book.

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Book Synopsis‘The world is in desperate need of this book’ - Greta Thunberg 'It's Not Just You is a galvanising breath of fresh air' - Mikaela Loach 'Tori Tsui is changing the conversation around mental health and the climate crisis' - Vogue ‘A must-read for anyone who would love to understand the intersections of mental health and the climate crisis’ - Vanessa Nakate ------------------------ It’s not just you.The climate crisis is making us all unwell. But not just you.The climate crisis is affecting certain communities disproportionately.And it’s not just the climate crisis…  The term ‘eco-anxiety’ has been popularised as a way to talk about the negative impact of the climate emergency on our wellbeing. In It&rsqTrade Review‘The world is in desperate need of this book. We are burned out people on a burned out planet, and we have to talk about mental health and its connections with the planetary emergency.' -- Greta Thunberg‘The mental health and climate crisis is an issue of our times, and Tori Tsui writes about eco-anxiety and climate justice in a way that is wonderful, hopeful and urgent. This book is an essential read for the decade to come.’ -- Dominique Palmer‘Tori’s book shows us what I see every day in clinical practise - that mental health is political, ecological and collective. The narrow ways we’ve been told to understand mental health are designed to prevent liberation and healing - Tori’s book offers an invigorating alternative.' -- Rhiannon Osborne‘Tori has written a must-read for anyone who would love to understand the intersections of mental health and the climate crisis.’ -- Vanessa Nakate'Tsui’s book upends the idea that climate anxiety exists in a vacuum, instead considering it as a symptom of something deeper. * Vogue *‘What an important and necessary look at how our global crisis can feel overwhelmingly personal. When it comes to the climate crisis, nothing and no one is spared, from the smallest creatures to the most powerful human leaders of the world. This book reminds us that we are all connected, and that there is hope when we acknowledge our anxiety and use it to fuel positive action.' -- Maggie Baird'Tori Tsui advocates for a cosmic shift in the ways that eco-anxiety is being presented in our dominant culture. From her stories, research, and activism, her book upholds evidence-based hope for a better future.' -- Isaias Hernandez, QueerBrownVegan'It's Not Just You is a pivotal examination of our greatest challenge at hand. It is immensely hopeful and adeptly illuminates the path to a better world for all of us.' -- Daphne Frias, Disabled Climate Justice Organizer'Tori Tsui's voice is vital. It's Not Just You is a necessary, nuanced and timely exploration of eco-anxiety that consistently reminds us what this fight is truly about: collective liberation and collective care. Given the individualistic and eurocentric nature of much of both the mental health and climate discourse, respectively, It's Not Just You is a galvanising breath of fresh air.' -- Mikaela Loach

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Book SynopsisIn twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.The courageous, unflinching speeches and writings collected in The Most Dammed Country in the World detail the devastating human and environmental cost of China''s economic rise.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

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Book SynopsisDiscover how to fight extinction and become a #2minutesuperhero.Have you got 2 minutes? Of course you have! Get ready to team up with some of world's rarest animals. Together we can fight extinction and save the earth's wildlife by speaking up and changing what we eat, how we travel and the things we buy. Find out how you can become a #2minutesuperhero by completing 60 fun missions at home, school and in your community that can help the planet and save the animals at risk of extinction.Informative, practical and positive, this guide for children is written by Martin Dorey, anti-plastic campaigner and author of the bestselling No. More. Plastic, and is the founder of the Beach Clean Network and the #2minutebeachclean movement. He believes that every voice matters on this urgent issue.Trade ReviewThe book makes you feel like you are a superhero fighting your enemy, extinction, and gives you lots of information about how you can help nature. -- Caitlin (age 8) * Kids Book Reviews, Books Up North *A practical and accessible book about helping the wildlife, especially animals at risk of extinction. Dorey believes every voice matters and he explains how even two minutes of your time can make a difference. -- Sarah Webb * Irish Independent *

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Book SynopsisOtters in this country are a conservation success story. When Paul Chanin first started studying otters their numbers were so low that they had disappeared entirely from most of England. Over the last forty years they have recovered until, in 2011, otters finally returned to Kent, and are once more present in every English county.

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Book SynopsisDiscover Mya-Rose Craig's moving and life-affirming memoir about family, searching for rare birds, and the power of our natural world.'Lyrical, poignant and insightful' MARGARET ATWOOD (on Twitter)'Filled with hope and energy' GuardianIn her memoir, Mya-Rose Craig and her family travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow moves with them, too - her mother's deepening mental health crisis. In the face of this struggle, the Craigs turn to nature again and again, and every time it offers joy and stillness.On these journeys, Mya-Rose also witnesses the inequality and destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet. And so, through the simple, mindful act of looking for birds, she becomes ever more determined to campaign for all our survival.'A delightful account of a young life devoted to birding - and the fight to save birds and the places they live' Stephen Moss* Winner of a Somerset Maugham Award ** Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing ** Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize *Trade ReviewLyrical, poignant and insightful. -- Margaret Atwood, author of THE HANDMAID'S TALEMya-Rose Craig has done more than anyone to promote birding and environmental issues to young people from all backgrounds - especially women of colour - and deserves our admiration and praise. -- Stephen Moss, author of THE ROBINMya-Rose's passion and dedication for the causes she believes in are testament to what we humans can achieve when we are at our best. -- Liz Bonnin, President of the Wildlife TrustCraig manages to capture so vividly what birds mean to her and her family... filled with hope and energy. * Guardian *Reads like a cross between a travel diary, an ornithologist's guide and a thriller. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisPacked with simple and practical ways to start reducing the amount of plastic you use, How to Go Plastic Free will show you how to eliminate plastic from your life, one step at a time. With 100 easy-to-follow tips championing the plastic-free cause, this is the stress-free, guilt-free guide to: • Getting started simply • Plastic-free eating and drinking • Maintaining the lifestyle you love, without plastic • Shopping responsibly and resourcefully • Creative ways to phase plastic out of your life. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Start simple. Eating and drinking. Clean living. Getting creative. Smart thinking.

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Book SynopsisIs the thought of the 51 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans keeping you up at night? Don't panic! The war on plastic has begun and you can help! In this book you'll find 101 little things you as an individual can do to avoid single-use plastics and help save the world.Governments, brands and corporations around the globe are on the case to solve the plastic epidemic, but whilst we wait for the effects of those initiatives to trickle through and alternatives to plastic to be found, let's hit the ground running. In this proactive illustrated book, you'll find 101 simple ways to cut plastic from:-FOOD AND DRINK e.g. freeze fresh veg rather than buying frozen, and buy beeswax wrap over clingfilm- AROUND THE HOUSE e.g. buy bars of soap instead of hand dispensers and swap scourers for natural cloths- YOUR LIFESTYLE e.g. how to have a plastic-free party and find good plastic-free make-upTogether we can save our oceans - and we will!

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Book SynopsisMammals are among the most popular of all wild creatures. Otters, hedgehogs, dormice-everyone has a soft spot for them. The experts at the People's Trust for Endangered Species have compiled this introduction to the mammals in the UK and around its coast.

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Book SynopsisThe book sets out a workable holistic strategy to address the underlying causes of the illegal wildlife trade and provide policymakers, NGOs and other stakeholders with an action plan to help bring the multi-billion-dollar trade to an end.

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Book Synopsis‘One of the books of the year. Cunnell’s style is matchless: intimate, dark, sincere, wry and exquisitely beautiful’ – Irish Times‘A cracking, urgent page-turner of a novel’ – ObserverThe painter Terry Godden was on the brink of his first success. After a violent crisis, he finds himself outcast.In his fifties, and with little money, he retreats to a small island. Arriving in the winter, the island at first seems a desolate and forgotten place. As the seasons turn, Terry begins to see the island’s beauty, and discovers that he is only one of many people who have sought refuge here. These independent outsiders, all with their own considerable struggles, have made a precarious home.The island is owned by the business man and art collector Alex Kaplan. His decision to enforce a rent increase as he seeks to improve his property looks set to destroy this community that cannot afford to lose the little they have left. As an artist, Terry believes making the invisible struggles of the island visible to the world will help – but will his interference save anybody other than himself?The Painter’s Friend shows the human cost of gentrification for those dispossessed. The novel also explores the role of art in protest, and asks who gets to be an artist and what they owe in return. Written with visual lyricism and driven clarity, Howard Cunnell’s incendiary story about class and resistance builds to an unforgettable climax. It is an urgent novel for our unjust times.‘I loved it. Cunnell’s writing has an unforgettable visual and moral clarity’ – Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the BarleyTrade ReviewI loved it. Cunnell’s writing has an unforgettable visual and moral clarity -- Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the BarleyHis finest and most important work to date -- Cathi Unsworth, author of WeirdoCunnell’s prose is elegantly punchy . . . The valour of his fight is revealed in a story of what can happen when truth is considered idealism and collides with the predatory designs of a property developer. A fine book -- John Healy, author of The Grass ArenaLoving in its exploration of creative survival and loss of human habitat. Every fleck and dab of verbal pigment rewards the eye and enriches the design -- Adam Mars-Jones, author of Box HillBrilliantly plotted and the final act knocked me sideways. Huge themes told through the personal stories of very real people. It was a delight and revelation to read -- David Morrissey, actorA novel of muscular, dark prose with more than a little compassion for damaged lives. I loved it -- Ned Boulting, author of On the Road BikeIt’s a timely novel, but it also seems to wear its big issues lightly. The particularity and peculiarity of the setting and cast really brought it to life and gripped me -- Sara Baume, author of spill simmer falter wither

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Book SynopsisWho will protect our planet from the corporations, governments, and individuals who pollute, destroy, and devastate our natural world? Step forward a fresh new breed of passionately purposeful environmental lawyers, whose client is the Earth itself. At the head of this legal army stands James Thornton, who takes governments to court, and wins. In Client Earth, we travel from Poland to Ghana, from Alaska to China, to see how citizens can use public interest law to protect our planet — and our future. Trade Review‘[A] great book about how to save the planet using the long arm of the law.’ * Coldplay *‘A hopeful book about the environment and a page-turner about the law.’ * The Guardian *‘This book is an inspiration for those of us trying to build a sustainable future – and I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to know how and why we must deploy and enforce the law in the fight against ecological destruction.’ -- Caroline Lucas‘ClientEarth have been pioneers in using the tool of environmental legislation to tackle the modern scourge of air pollution. This is the story of how they're doing it.’ -- Ed Miliband‘Client Earth provides a tantalizing glimpse of how a variety of strategies can converge to create a global environmental enforcement effort.’ * Nature * ‘When compassion for life on Earth, or call it fury at the everyday and casual destruction of our stunning biosphere, when these two powers are honed by these exceptional environmental lawyers to a fierce and fine point, change happens, and the world is a better place for it. Humanity's grace and dignity are restored each time a case is successfully brought and won — it is truly a global battle fought between the mindless proponents of tragedy, and the (sometimes extremely) courageous proponents of hope. Read this book.’ -- Emily Young'This excellent book shows how it is possible to use the law to hold politicians to the promises that they make when they sign agreements on environmental and climate change.’ -- Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics, University of Cambridge‘The story of ClientEarth – and of its charismatic Founder, James Thornton – is truly inspirational. His only client is our battered, abused planet, and his favoured arsenal is the rule of law in defense of public interest. The hard-fought victories that you’ll hear about are all important, but more important still are the vision, values and gritty dedication of an amazing group of lawyers and campaigners to whom we owe a very great deal.’ -- Jonathon Porritt‘Can lawyers save the planet? Musty court rooms may be less romantic than hugging trees and less dramatic than accosting whalers on the high seas, but the answer may be yes. And guess what, lawyers can hug trees and have a lyrical turn of phrase, too.’ -- Fred Pearce‘Really inspirational.' * Anthony Giddens *‘For an inspiring account of how social entrepreneurialism and ingenuity can make great strides in holding governments to account, this volume is well worth reading.’ * Hackney Citizen *‘An inspiring read. It shows how the law is not just within the gift of the authorities to wield. Engaged citizens can do it too.’ * E&T *‘The book is inspirational in a hard headed, let's go to work-and-get-real-results sort of way … There's a global vision. It's quietly amazing. One of the more significant books of the year.’ * Oxford Today *‘When Ronald Reagan appointed Anne Gorsuch (mother of the newest Supreme Court justice, Neil Gorsuch) to head the EPA, he asked if she was willing to ‘bring it to its knees’. She slashed its budget and, as the New York Times put it, ‘sabotaged the agency’s enforcement effort’. In response, James Thornton, a crusading lawyer, brought private actions to hold polluters to account. In 1982, while the EPA brought 14 cases against industries under the Clean Water Act, Thornton brought sixty.’ * Frederick Wilmot-Smith *‘Anyone with an interest in environmental activism and environmental law will take pleasure in this vigorous account of justice in the making.’ * Kirkus *

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Book SynopsisAt the 2019 UN climate change conference, activists and delegates from groups representing Indigenous, youth, women, and labour rights were among those marching through the halls chanting Climate Justice, People Power. In The New Climate Activism, Jen Iris Allan looks at why and how these social activists came to participate in climate change governance while others, such as those working on human rights and health, remain on the outside of climate activism. Through case studies of women’s rights, labour, alter-globalization, health, and human rights activism, Allan shows that some activists sought and successfully gained recognition as part of climate change governance, while others remained marginalized. While concepts key to some social activists, including gender mainstreaming, just transition, and climate justice are common terms, human rights and health remain fringe issues in climate change governance. The New Climate Activism explores why and howTrade Review"Global climate activism today looks very different than it did twenty years ago. In The New Climate Activism, Dr. Allan has - uniquely - captured how the movement has expanded and diversified over time. She demonstrates convincingly why gender, labor, human rights and health advocacy groups have thrown their energy into climate politics, and why they have not all succeeded. Further, she shows how climate justice activism became so visible in the climate regime, and so important." -- Kate O'Neill, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley"This is an excellent book, packed with insights into the evolving global response to climate change and global governance writ large. In focusing on how and when diverse NGO networks are able to move into and gain authority in new issues areas, Allan is able to both explain the transformation of climate change from an environmental/economic issue into a social one and provide a general framework for better understanding NGO participation in and impact upon global governance. Her mixed method approach makes for vibrant and compelling accounts of labour, gender, justice, human rights, and health NGO networks’ experience with accessing and influencing the climate regime. The New Climate Activists is a must-read for those interested in climate change politics and the dynamics of global governance." -- Matthew Hoffmann, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough"An important contribution to the literature, The New Climate Activism’s theoretical framework explains why and how civil society networks from outside the climate change realm come to participate in the UNFCCC, or not. Empirical evidence is marshalled to demonstrate the plausibility of this framework, which emphasizes both NGOs’ motivation to join and their ability to find the narratives, cohesion, allies, and institutional hooks to achieve recognition in the regime. Jen Iris Allan provides a valuable analysis helping us understand when and how civil society can come comes to matter within a multilateral setting. This is a significant work of scholarship that will appeal to audiences interested in global environmental politics and the role of civil society in multilateral fora." -- Thomas Hale, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford"It is now taken for granted that the climate crisis is a justice issue, one affecting the social fabric of human life on the planetThat the climate crisis is an issue of justice that affects the social fabric of human life on the planet is now taken for granted. Long before Greta Thunberg mobilized youth around similar ideas, several NGO and activist networks new to climate politics fought to bring social concerns – from gender, and labour, to Indigenous issues, and justice more broadly – into global climate negotiations. Some successfully changed international agreements and thinking, often despite resistance from more established climate activists, while others remained marginalized. Jennifer Iris Allaen’s richly textured study explains why some succeeded while others remained marginalized. ItsHer focus on NGO strategies to gain authority and recognition in multiple forums not only challenges conventional thinking on how change occurs in global governance, but, it provides the backstory of how networks of labour, gender, and justice NGOs transformed the climate change issue." -- Steven Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance, University of Toronto"Allan’s work is not only a fresh look at climate politics but a different way to think about the politics of global issue networks more generally." -- Charli Carpenter, University of Massachusetts- * Global Policy *"The book leverages literatures from international relations and comparative politics and will prove very useful in curricula on both subjects. The author seeks to prepare readers for engagement in activism within the climate change regime under the Paris Agreement, [while] also raising new questions with respect to NGO influence and authority." -- C. Wankel, St. John's University, New York * CHOICE *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Forum Multiplying to New Regimes 3. Understanding and Governing Climate Change 4. The Reformers: Labour Unions and Gender NGOs 5. The Radicals: Climate Justice Now! 6. The Uninterested and Impeded: Health & Human Rights 7. The New Climate Activists’ Future

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Book SynopsisBest New Books on Space 2024 ? Forbes ?Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging? ? ForbesWhy darkness is so important ? to plants, to animals, and to ourselves ? and why we must protect it all costs.Darkness is the first thing we know in our human existence. Safe and warm inside the bubble of the womb, we are comfortable in that embracing dark. But as soon as we are bought into the light, we learn to fear the dark. Why?This book is a celebration of all things that go bump in the night and the joy that can be found when the sun goes down. As a society we have closed our curtains to the darkness, now Dani Robertson urges you to cast those curtains wide, step out of your front door and let the darkness pull you in.Some 99 per cent of Western Europeans live under light polluted skies, but what is this doing to our health? Our wellbeing? Our connection to the cycles of nature?Our wildlife, too, has been cast into the harsh glare of our light addiction, with devastating impacts.In this book Dani shares with you the excitement and adventure she has found when everyone else is tucked up in bed. She explores constellations and cultures, enjoys environmental escapades, all whilst learning why we are addicted to light and why it is ruining our lives. She?ll show you why the darkness is so important and why we must protect it all costs. You?ll become a crusader of Darkness and an expert on what we can do to stop the onward march of light pollution (clue: it?s as easy as the flick of a switch).Her life depends on darkness, and yours does too.

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Book SynopsisAmerican scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has her warning been heeded?Fifty years on, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation, popular culture and political history in the British Isles and beyond, tracing a path through the half century since ''zero hour'', 1962. Around this he weaves his own observations and touching personal experiences, seeking to answer the question: what happened to the birds, and birdsong, and why does it matter?Trade ReviewJameson... has skillfully stiched together a narrative that reveals the highs and lows of conservation, and will, I am sure, convince many that the good fight is still worth it. * Birdwatch *Your book was riveting. It gave rise to several different emotions within me, Sadness/anger/despair/frustration/enthusiasm. Wonderfully written, interspersed with humour. Factual, it must have taken you forever to do the research. Cracking good stuff and needed to be said. All you need to do now is to get everyone who matters to read it. * John McGlashan, Farmer *A clear and concise historical overview of the failures and successes of the conservation movement since the 1960s; and it will rightly find a place on many a conservationist's bookshelf. * British Birds *If Nick Hornby loved nature, he might write a book like this. -- Martin Harper * RSPB Director of Conservation *An autobiographical strand gives a human aspect to the narrative, and there are a lot of fascinating details... the author succeeds, with a readable book which refreshed my memory. * BTO News *A trip down memory lane... a history lesson it certainly is, but stodgy it is not. Anecdotes and details bring the decades to life... It is very important that we have this book's clear record of what happened. * Devon Birds *A lively read... what makes Jameson’s work especially enjoyable is the personal slant... This is a book that needs to be read. * Birdwatching Magazine *Jameson uses Rachel Carson’s 1962 work Silent Spring as a focus for reflection on conservation and environmentalism in the decades since then. * Nature *Some lovely stories, and I really enjoyed dipping into the years and remembering. A delightful pot pourri. * Mark Avery *Lifted by the personal notes into an entertaining and easy read. * Birds *A tale worthy of Edgar Allan Poe at his hair-raising best... every conservationist, every naturalist and every environmentalist should read Silent Spring Revisited... it should become a standard school textbook if the planet is to be saved. * Kentish Times *If Nick Hornby loved nature, he might write a book like this. -- Martin Harper * RSPB Director of Conservation *Silent Spring Revisited is an enlightening read for anyone interested in wildlife conservation. It documents the history of environmentalism in Europe, but in so doing, reveals the heartbreak and fear, insight and hope, struggle and continued vigil of the many conservationists that uphold it as an ideal. The same could be said of Rachel Carson's book. I highly recommend reading both works of literature: begin with Carson's Silent Spring and follow with Jameson's Silent Spring Revisited to learn where we have gone in subsequent years. -- Stacia NovyTable of ContentsPrologue Introduction 1 The Sixties 2 The Seventies 3 The Eighties 4 The Nineties 5 The 21st Century Postscript Acknowledgements Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisMy First Summer in the Sierra is the incredible true story of John Muir’s iconic time spent working in the California mountain range of the Sierra Nevada’s. In this republished edition, read about his experience that shaped so much of environmental stewardship today. In the summer of 1869, a young John Muir joined a crew of shepherds working in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Spending countless hours working with the group, Muir also worked tirelessly to advocate for the land’s protection. His efforts eventually transpired into the founding of Yosemite Valley as a national park, a landmark event in the history of United States environmentalism. A glimpse into Muir’s private journals, My First Summer in the Sierra is the remarkable retelling of his time there. Full of humorous anecdotes and insightful prose, John Muir personal narrative will likely inspire you to pack up your belongings and head for the mountains.

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Book Synopsis*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award*With urgency and wit, Tatiana Schlossberg explains that far from being only a distant problem of the natural world created by the fossil fuel industry, climate change is all around us, all the time, lurking everywhere in our convenience-driven society, all without our realizing it.By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England.Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor, Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant to everyone who cares, even a little, about the planet. She empowers readers to think about their stuff and the environment in a new way, helping them make more informed choices when it comes to the future of our world.Most importantly, this is a book about the power we have as voters and consumers to make sure that the fight against climate change includes all of us and all of our stuff, not just industry groups and politicians. If we have any hope of solving the problem, we all have to do it together."A compelling-and illuminating-look at how our daily habits impact the environment."-Vanity Fair"If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."-Vogue"Shows how even the smallest decisions can have profound environmental consequences."--The New York Times

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Book SynopsisSimon Fairlie is possibly the most influential – and unusual – eco-activist you might not have heard of. The Observer Simon Fairlie is the original hippie. The Idler This is a fascinating, funny and moving record of an extraordinary life lived in extraordinary times. George Monbiot Going to Seed is the unforgettable firsthand account of how the hippie movement flowered in the late 1960s, appeared spent by the Thatcher-consumed 1980s, yet became the seedbed for progressive reform we now take for granted – and continues to inspire generations of rebels and visionaries. At a young age, Simon Fairlie rejected the rat race and embarked on a new trip to find his own path. He dropped out of Cambridge University to hitchhike to Istanbul and bicycle through India. Simon established a commune in France, was arrested multiple times for squatting and civil disobedience, and became a leading figure in protests against the British government’s road building programmes of the 1980s and – later – in legislative battles to help people secure access to land for low impact, sustainable living. Over the course of fifty years, we witness a man’s drive for self-sufficiency, freedom, authenticity and a deep connection to the land. Simon Fairlie grew up in a middle-class household in leafy middle England. His path had been laid out for him by his father: boarding school, Oxbridge and a career in journalism. But everything changed when Simon’s life ran headfirst into London’s counterculture in the 1960s. He finds Beat poetry, blues music, cannabis and anti–Vietnam War protests – and a powerful lust to be free. Instead of becoming a celebrated Fleet Street journalist like his father, Simon becomes a labourer, a stonemason, a farmer, a scythesman, a magazine editor and a writer of a very different sort. He shares the highs of his experience, alongside the painful costs of his ongoing search for freedom – estrangement from his family, financial insecurity and the loss of friends and lovers to the excesses of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Going to Seed questions the current trajectory of Western ‘progress’ – explosive consumerism, growing inequality and environmental devastation; it’s for anyone who wonders how we got to such a place. Simon’s story is for anyone who wonders what the world might look like if we began to chart a radically different course.Trade Review“This is a fascinating, funny and moving record of an extraordinary life lived in extraordinary times.”—George Monbiot‘Simon Fairlie is one of a kind. Going to Seed is brilliant, bloody-minded, funny and full of hard-learned lessons that we would do well to heed.’—Paul Kingsnorth‘Authentic counter-cultural voices, true to a set of consistent values and principles shaped over a lifetime, are few and far between. Simon Fairlie’s voice is one of those, highlighting so much of what is wrong about our current model of progress.’—Jonathon Porritt, cofounder, Forum for the Future; author of Hope in Hell‘Pull up a chair by a rustic fireside, with a glass of local cider in hand, and allow master raconteur Simon Fairlie to regale you with tales from his extraordinary life. It is so important that the great modern activists capture their stories and the rarely-written histories of progressive social change. These are the shoulders on which we all stand, and there is much wisdom to be discovered here.’—Rob Hopkins, author of From What Is to What If; founder, Transition movement ‘Sooner or later anyone who gets involved in low-impact housing or agriculture in Britain, and perhaps beyond, will find a path through the weeds already mown for them by the well-honed scythe of the pioneering Simon Fairlie. In his wonderful new book, Simon takes us behind the scenes with a warts-and-all personal memoir about an unconventional life lived with gusto. At the same time, and without seeming to try, he sketches a social history of postwar England of surprising thoroughness. Most importantly, while it’s debatable how much tuning in resulted from the dropping out of many in his generation, in these pages Simon forges an acute and nuanced political analysis out of his counter-cultural experiences that’s of urgent mainstream relevance today.’—Chris Smaje, author of A Small Farm Future‘An ideological romp through a life well lived, as irascible, rebellious and perspicacious as the man himself. Genuinely gripping.’—Maddy Harland, editor and cofounder of Permaculture magazine‘Beautifully written—both informative and entertaining, and I found myself laughing aloud on numerous occasions. This book is an essential read and a source of inspiration for anyone who ever has been, or ever hopes to be, involved in any kind of “alternative society”.’—Mike Abbott, author and pioneer of the green woodwork revival in the UK‘A fascinating insight into the life of a true pioneer. This energetic memoir charts half a century of environmental resistance, from almost accidental activism to becoming one of the most powerful advocates for sustainable land use in my lifetime. Without his inspiration, I would never have been able to introduce One Planet Developments in Wales.’—Jane Davidson, author of #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country and former Welsh minister‘A riveting memoir of a timeless English radicalism; a chronicle of insight, wit and wisdom of the land.’—Alastair McIntosh, author of Soil and Soul; fellow, Centre for Human Ecology

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD 2020An exquisitely written, heartbreaking and hopeful novel of culture, language, tradition, suffering and empowerment A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia' Richard Flanagan, Man Booker Prize winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKnowing that he will soon die, Albert Poppy Gondiwindi has one final task he must fulfill. A member of the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, he has spent his adult life in Prosperous House and the town of Massacre Plains, a small enclave on the banks of the Murrumby River. Before he takes his last breath, Poppy is determined to pass on the language of his people, the traditions of his ancestors, and everything that was ever remembered by those who came before him. The land itself aids him; he finds the words on the wind.After his passing, Poppy's granddaughter, August, returns home from Europe, where she has lived the past ten years, to attend his burial. Her overwhelming grief is compounded by the pain, anger, and sadness of memory?of growing up in poverty before her mother's incarceration, of the racism she and her people endured, of the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were children; an event that has haunted her and changed her life. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends and honor Poppy and her family, she vows to save their land?a quest guided by the voice of her grandfather that leads into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.Told in three masterfully woven narratives, The Yield is a celebration of language and an exploration of what makes a place home. A story of a people and a culture dispossessed, it is also a joyful reminder of what once was and what endures?a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling, and identity, that offers hope for the future.Trade Review‘A love letter to land and language, rendering history and grief, love and home with an exquisite sensibility. At the intersection of mind and land it offers a vision of profound meaning and significance’ Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey ‘A beautifully written novel that puts language at the heart of remembering the past and understanding the present’ Kate Morton ‘A testament to the saving grace of language itself, and to the corrosive consequences when it falls out of use and disappears’ Wall Street Journal ‘Unmissable’ Guardian ‘A deep and affecting novel, one of the summer's literary must-reads’ Bustle ‘The Peoples, languages and wildlife of Australia have been purposely decimated for a great many years. The history of this vast land is a tragic one and this young Indigenous author has taken it on in a graceful act of retrieval and witness. The dictionary and use of Wiradjuri words is transporting. Birrabuwawanha—to return, to come back. The Yield is a fine novel, and one not without hope’ Joy Williams, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Quick and the Dead ‘Mesmerising and important’ Melissa Lucashenko, 2019 Miles Franklin award-winning author of Too Much Lip ‘Winch offers a stark account of how Aboriginal peoples are ignored, abused and their cultural beliefs stomped on, [but] The Yield's final message is one of hope’ Buzzfeed ‘Unmissable.’ Guardian

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Book Synopsis*Longlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize* ‘The world is in desperate need of this book’ - Greta Thunberg 'It's Not Just You is a galvanising breath of fresh air' - Mikaela Loach 'Tori Tsui is changing the conversation around mental health and the climate crisis' - Vogue ‘A must-read for anyone who would love to understand the intersections of mental health and the climate crisis’ - Vanessa Nakate ------------------------ It’s not just you.The climate crisis is making us all unwell. But not just you.The climate crisis is affecting certain communities disproportionately.And it’s not just the climate crisis…  The term ‘eco-anxiety’ has been popularised as a way to talk about the negative impact of th

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Book SynopsisREVISED AND UPDATED WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION ‘Brave and unflinching in setting out the reality of the hell towards which we’re headed, but even more urgent, passionate and compelling about the grounds for hope if we change course fast enough, Hope in Hell is a powerful call to arms from one of Britain’s most eloquent and trusted campaigners.’ -- Caroline Lucas, MP'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave, urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of us may read.'  -- John Vidal Climate change is the defining issue of our time. We know, beyond reasonable doubt, what the science now tells us. Just as climate change is accelerating, so too must we – summoning up a greater sense of urgency, courage and shared endeavour than humankind has ever seen before.  And we don’t get to defer this eTrade Review'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your defence.' -- Helen Browning, Soil Association'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.' -- Joanna Lumley'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past cannot be those of the future.' -- David Puttnam'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful, trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.' -- Sting'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave, urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of us may read.' -- John Vidal'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be recognised as a major tract for the times.' -- Rowan Williams'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land. Thank you, Jonathon.' -- Gordon Roddick'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully, just in time to save our collective future.' -- Tony Juniper, environmentalist'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed, including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon Porritt says this, the world has to listen.' -- Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which fork in the road we will take.' -- Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College London)'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your defence.' -- Helen Browning, Soil Association'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.' -- Joanna Lumley'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past cannot be those of the future.' -- David Puttnam'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful, trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.' -- Sting'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave, urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of us may read.' -- John Vidal'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be recognised as a major tract for the times.' -- Rowan Williams'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land. Thank you, Jonathon.' -- Gordon Roddick'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully, just in time to save our collective future.' -- Tony Juniper, environmentalist'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed, including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon Porritt says this, the world has to listen.' -- Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which fork in the road we will take.' -- Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College London)'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and precisely. Yet he also has hope - hope that the COVID pandemic has helped to kindle. Hope in Hell provides a blueprint of how we can rapidly decrease emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise on this unique moment for change, ensuring a better world for all. Essential reading.' -- Rosie Boycott'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent, thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the climate crisis if we set our minds to it.' -- Christiana Figueres'Hope in Hell provides a brilliant analysis of humanity’s impact on the Earth. Jonathon Porritt still allows us a little hope, but absolutely no excuses for further delay, urging radical political action. Don’t read this unless you are prepared to strive for the rest of your days in service of future generations; you will be emotionally enlisted, and unable to claim ignorance in your defence.' -- Helen Browning, Soil Association'We teeter, like the coach at the end of The Italian Job, on the brink of irreversible disaster. Pulling back from that peril may be seen as impossible, but Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in Hell shows us how it can be done. It’s so full of wisdom, clarity and inspiration that it should be compulsory reading for every world leader; and, more importantly perhaps, for every young person looking for real hope in today’s encircling gloom.' -- Joanna Lumley'Not for the first time, Jonathon Porritt has put his finger on the pulse - not the flickering pulse of a Covid-19 patient, but the racing pulse of the whole of humanity in extreme danger as a consequence of the existential threat of climate change. And he's absolutely right: the coronavirus pandemic has brought with it a realisation that the social and economic priorities of the past cannot be those of the future.' -- David Puttnam'Hope in Hell will become an indispensable handbook in the pre-eminent planetary struggle of our times. It is truthful, trenchant and yet refreshingly hopeful.' -- Sting'Is there time? Just. Is there hope? Plenty. Hope in Hell is brave, urgent and wise - in fact, one of the most important books any of us may read.' -- John Vidal'Perhaps the greatest strength of this brilliantly vigorous book is its insistence on the interconnection of all the issues that matter most for our future. 'Climate justice' is bound up with all other sorts of justice – with all the challenges of racial, social and gendered inequality; with the fate of democracy itself; with the nature of human intelligence and compassion. Combining urgency and hopefulness with rare clarity, Jonathon Porritt reminds us that we have the information, and we have the technology: what we need is imagination and will, and the trust that allows us to take the brave collective steps that are needed now. It’s a terrific book, and couldn’t be more timely – the post-COVID world will need just this kind of synoptic picture and I hope the book will be recognised as a major tract for the times.' -- Rowan Williams'Jonathon Porritt has produced a book which is a roadmap, a bible and a manual all in one - to fill the very heart of all those supporting progressive politics and today's Green New Deal. Our job has just begun, and in Hope in Hell, we've been given the best piece of ammunition to help us do our duty to the planet. It should be read aloud in every classroom, university and home in the land. Thank you, Jonathon.' -- Gordon Roddick'Jonathon Porritt draws on five decades of experience to present this vital book, one that will change how you think about climate change and transform what you will want to do about it - hopefully, just in time to save our collective future.' -- Tony Juniper, environmentalist'This book offers real hope as to how we might re-set our economies, post the coronavirus crisis. But that hope has to be earned; as Porritt puts it: 'There is no hope whatsoever in another ten years of incremental change.' Radical transformation is needed, including mass civil disobedience - this really is the last chance saloon for avoiding climate-driven societal collapse. When Jonathon Porritt says this, the world has to listen.' -- Prof. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, author This Civilisation is Finished and national spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion'Despite daunting obstacles, and a rapidly shrinking window of opportunity, Jonathon Porritt argues that the balance of factors at play can still lead to a positive outcome as we grapple to find our balance within the natural world. Will we make it? Not without confronting the status quo and the elites that defend it, with civil disobedience and the solidarity of the engaged young and old offered as crucial ingredients. The decade of the 2020s will be decisive, and Hope in Hell offers a blueprint for determining which fork in the road we will take.' -- Chris Rapley CBE (Professor of Climate Science, University College London)'This excellent book does not shy away from the terrifying facts of what is happening to our planet. Porritt lays them out calmly and precisely. Yet he also has hope - hope that the COVID pandemic has helped to kindle. Hope in Hell provides a blueprint of how we can rapidly decrease emissions, lessen inequalities and capitalise on this unique moment for change, ensuring a better world for all. Essential reading.' -- Rosie Boycott'Yet another brilliant book from Jonathon Porritt. An eloquent, thoughtful, and compelling affirmation that we can address the climate crisis if we set our minds to it.' -- Christiana Figueres'If you wonder how we got where we are, where we’re going, and what to do; if you wonder why your child is willing to be arrested; if you think there must still be a way to change and avoid extinction, then Hope in Hell is the book for you. The text is like the Mississippi river, deep, wide, full of life and fast moving, a terrific read, pulling you towards the delta and gulf we approach: The great awakening, the tipping point, where the ecological disasters are so great that humanity is finally convinced to act. I would rarely say this, but I think you need this book. It is going to help you. It is a vital narrative. An essential resource if you have any hope for the unknown future of yourself, your children and all life on this planet.' -- Mark Rylance“Hope in Hell sits at a pivotal moment in the history of humanity and the planet. It rehearses our most dread fears and rigorously explores the terrors of what is likely to come. But it is threaded through with just enough hope to promise a very different future for our children – if, that is, we take the right actions, right now. This book mixes intellectual acuity, fastidious research, a call to arms and a deeply personal plea. That plea has touched and inspired me. We should all read this important book.” -- Kevin McCloud

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Book SynopsisWhy has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets? Part of the reason is that emissions in two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan already about half the Canadian total when taken together have been steadily increasing as a result of expanding oil and gas production. Declining emissions in other provinces, such as Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been cancelled out by those western increases. The ultimate explanation for Canadian failure lies in the differing energy interests of the western and eastern provinces, overlaid on the confederation fault-line of western alienation. Climate, energy, and national unity form a toxic mix. How can Ottawa possibly get all the provinces moving in the same direction of decreasing emissions? To answer this question, Douglas Macdonald explores the five attempts to date to put in place coordinated national policy in the fields of energy and climate change from Pierre Trudeau’s ill-fated NatTrade Review"Macdonald has written a book of transcendent importance for the development of a genuinely effective climate change plan. His formulation of negotiating scenarios, in particular, offers a constructive path forward, one that moves away from federal-provincial stalemates and the easy agreements that avoid actual solu­tions. And his masterful grasp of Canada's so far lame efforts in this arena is a major contribution to understanding where we have been and where we must go." -- Geoff White * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsA Parable of West and East 1. Introduction 1.1 Subject 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Methodology 1.4 Theoretical approach 1.5 Format 2. Energy and climate change intergovernmental relations 2.1 Historical evolution of Canadian intergovernmental relations 2.2 Mechanisms of Canadian intergovernmental relations 2.3 A flawed policy making process 2.4 Intergovernmental policy co-ordination 2.5 Energy and climate change jurisdiction 2.6 Energy and climate-change policy co-ordination 2.7 Federal government energy and climate-change strategy 3. Historical overview: Canadian energy and climate politics 3.1 Energy policy 1867 to 1989 3.2 National climate change policy in the 1990s 3.3 The Martin government 3.4 Public opinion on climate change 3.5 The Harper government 3.6 Provincial climate change policies 3.7 Energy policy 1989 to 2019 3.8 The Justin Trudeau government 3.9 Summary 4. Three underlying challenges 4.1 The West-East divide . Differing fossil fuel energy interests . Differing interests respecting climate change policy . Alberta's planned emission increases undercut reductions elsewhere . Western alienation 4.2 The inherent need to allocate greenhouse gas emission reductions 4.3 The weak intergovernmental process 5. Canadian national energy policy, 1973 - 1981 5.1 Narrative 5.2 Analysis 6. The first national climate change process 1990-1997 6.1 Narrative 6.2 Analysis 7. The second national climate change process 1998 - 2002 7.1 Narrative 7.2 Analysis 8. The Canadian Energy Strategy 2005-2015 8.1 Narrative 8.2 Analysis 9. The Pan-Canadian Framework 2015-2019 9.1 Narrative 9.2 Analysis 10. Drawing lessons 10.1 The three challenges and federal strategy 10.2 Factors affecting case outcomes 11. Putting in place an effective national climate change program

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Book Synopsis This handbook explains all the ways trees are essential for our climate, our urban and rural environment, our society and our mental health Table of ContentsIntroduction 6 1 TREES AND THE WORLDTrees and the Climate 14Trees, Soil and Fungi 20Trees and Wildlife 26Agroforestry 32 2 TREES AND HAPPINESSShade and Shelter 42Trees and Pollution 46Why Climbing Trees is Good for You 50Expanding Tree-based Play 52Trees and Mental Health 54Community and Reduced Crime 58 3 GROWING TREESRaising Your Own Trees 64Growing Apple Trees on Their Own Roots 68How to Plant a Tree 70Keeping Your Tree Healthy 74Using Woodchip in Your Garden 76 4 THE FORTY BEST TREESMapleAlderBanksiaBirch BottlebrushChestnutBean TreeCedarCercisDogwoodHazelHawthornHandkerchiefGum TreeSpindleBeechFigAshHoney LocustHollyWalnutMagnoliaAppleRedwoodMulberry IronwoodPinePlane AspenAlmondCherryPlumPearOakMangroveBlack LocustWillowElderSorbusElm Guide to Tree Identification 160 5 TREES AND THE ECONOMYBuy Wood to Save the World 166Working With Trees 170 Further Reading 173Index 174Acknowledgments 176

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1974 Campaigning for the Environment addresses the issue of the environmental lobby. Using seven case-studies from the time of publication, the book covers the important aspects of environmental campaigning, where the environment has been threatened and where pressure groups have been formed to defend it. The book discusses the political problems of protecting and improving the environment, and states that each campaign involves taking on major sections of the political system. Despite having been published over 40 years ago, the commentary of the book, and the analysis in the case studies is still as relevant today as it was then. This book will be of interest to academics working in the field of environment and sustainability, conservation and political studies. Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. Preserving Our Heritage: The Historic City of York 3. The National Smoke Abatement Society and the Clean Air Act (1956) 4. Power Lines Across the South Downs 5. The Politics of Manchester’s Water Supply 1961-7 6. The Minister’s Line: Or, the M4 Comes to Berkshire 7. The Juggernauts: Public Opposition to Heavy Lorries 8. The Roskillers: Cublington Fights the Airport 9. Conclusion: Tactics and Strategies Further Reading

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Book Synopsis''Read this book, think and then act - it''s our only hope.'' Chris Packham,MCS Ocean AmbassadorThank you for choosing this book - it shows that you care about the future of our planet. Whether you decide to go plastic free for an hour, a day or a year, this book will equip you with little steps we can each take to make a big difference. Let''s turn the tide on plastic now - our oceans will thank you for it.Choking. Starving. Poisoning.This is what plastic litter is doing to marine life. Our oceans are, quite simply, facing environmental disaster. Yet by taking some simple steps and making a few changes to your daily routine, you can help to change this.How to Live Plastic Free will teach you everything you need to know about reducing your plastic usage on a daily basis. The chapters start with a typical morning routine and take you through your day, giving you tips and practical advice for reTrade ReviewInspiring * In the Moment magazine *One for the dedicated eco-warriors, this book provides tips for... protecting our oceans and you might also find that you save money in the process * The Independent *So here are the three simple choices; you can stick your head in the beach and hope that when you pull it out the nightmare has gone away, you can carry on regardless hoping that 'they' will fix the problems (but note - 'they' won't, 'they' won't even try until it's too late) or you can get up and get on with changing the world yourself. Which means that actually there isn't a choice at all. Read this book, think and then act - it's our only hope.' * Chris Packham, MCS Ocean Ambassador *It offers simple straightforward advice for everyday life. If you're trying to make changes at home, this is a brilliant handbook written by people who, like you and me live 'normal' lives and who have witnessed the struggle, first-hand, when trying to live a plastic free life. A good read from cover to cover or a pick up and put down book, it's full of advice on going plastic free from the time you get up until the time you go to bed with all the activities you can think about in between - babies, holidays, pets, cooking, clothes - they've left no stone unturned. And all with a good dose of humour and history thrown in! I love the sea and the coast and have always been passionate about the health of the ocean, so when it comes to taking on board the tips in this book - I'm in. * Deborah Meaden, MCS Ocean Ambassador *

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Book SynopsisBusinesses working under green finance models consider the potential environmental impact in investment and financing decisions and merge the potential return, risk, and cost correlated with environmental conditions into day-to-day financial business. Under this model, the ecological environment and sustainable development of society is observed and promoted.Green Finance for Sustainable Global Growth is an essential reference source that discusses emerging financial models that focus on sustainable development and environmental protection including developing trends in green finance, internet finance, and sustainable finance. Featuring research on topics such as competitive financing, supply chain management, and financial law, this book is ideally designed for accountants, financial managers, professionals, academicians, researchers, and students seeking coverage on the sustainable development of the finance industry.

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Book Synopsis"A former Environmental Protection Agency attorney delivers an impassioned plea to fight pollution and climate change. Timely and engaging; a heroic environmental story well told." - Kirkus Book Review, April 22, 2020 (50th Anniversary of Earth Day)               "Written both as a historic record and ''how to'' guide aimed at inspiring change makers, this unvarnished and timely depiction from 1980 to today has something to offer readers of any age or ilk. Emory pulls back the curtain to expose the inner workings of the federal government and the EPA. He dives into the data-historic indicators, scientific and economic data, and policy choices-as well as humorously illustrating his forays abroad and his courtroom adventures. He tells the story of rampant pollution and how the US has fallen so far behind in its response to climate change and transition to clean energy. Emory has faith in forthcoming environmentalists, and his solutions-oriented presentation of the facts makes complex, cross-sector challenges feel within our grasp." - Fiona Gordon, published in Maine Environment newsletter of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (Augusta, Maine, spring & summer 2020)"This hybrid that is a must-read memoir and climate change book is NOT another dry treatise or one-sided, unbalanced diatribe. Richard Emory has written a very thoroughly knowledgeable and realistic account of the truth about EPA and how to fight pollution. He weaves in wonderful personal climate change stories and anecdotes about successes and failures of environmental policies enacted in the U.S. and other countries and how national attitudes have affected climate change & EPA''s mission. Young people will be inspired to learn how to protect our environment." - David Katz, retired Assistant United States Attorney *  *  *  * *With the election of President Biden and a new Congress, America is rejoining the Western world that sees the need for the U.S. to revive its EPA, formulate a "Green New Deal," and restore U.S. global leadership within the Paris Climate Accord.Fighting Pollution and Climate Change is a must-read memoir by Richard W. Emory, Jr., our nation''s former top legal advisor to all EPA federal special agents. Emory witnessed how the U.S Department of Justice failed to effectively prosecute crimes of pollution. He became a whistleblower when interviewed by Congress that was investigating reports of mishandled pollution cases. In the second half of his career, working within EPA''s foreign assistance mission, to the waiting world he helped spread effective measures for pollution control and for the implementation of global environmental treaties.Fighting Pollution and Climate Change is a "page-turner" - you will laugh, you will cry, but you won''t be bored. You will learn the truth about U.S. and international successes and failures in the fight against air, water, pesticides and toxic-waste pollution. You''ll be encouraged by his insider perspective as he tells how to protect the climate using today''s technologies and EPA''s proven policies. Who will benefit from this important environmental book?Aspiring environmental activists - both young and old - who want to learn how to fight pollution and take action on climate changeLovers of memoirs and nature, who will be touched by one individual''s adventures in the exciting work of pollution control that can and must be expanded to climate protectionGlobal leaders and movements prepared to face the next chapter of unifying our world under a much stronger agenda to heal the Earth and protect our planet

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Book Synopsis"In the tradition of the best immersive journalism." -A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living BiblicallyA bold examination of how Paleolithic wisdom could solve our 21st century problemsJessica Carew Kraft, an urban wife and mom of two, was firmly rooted in the modern world, complete with a high-powered career in tech and the sneaking suspicion that her lifestyle was preventing her and her family from truly thriving. Determined to find a better way, Jessica quit her job and set out to learn about "rewilding" from people who reject the comforts and convenience of civilization by using ancient tools and skills to survive. Along the way, she learned how to turn sticks into fire, stones into axes, and bones into tools for harvesting wild food—and found an entire community walking the path back from our technology-focused, anxiety-ridden way of life to a simpler, more human experience.Weaving deep research and reportage with her own personal journey, Jessica tells the remarkable story of the potential benefits rewilding has for us and our planet, and questions what it truly means to be a human in today's world. For readers of A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century and Hunt, Gather, Parent, Why We Need to Be Wild is a thought-provoking, unforgettable narrative that illuminates how we survived in the past, how we live now, and how each of us can choose to thrive in the years ahead."Kraft shows us how we could all benefit from being a little less civilized." —Tiffany Shlain, author of 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week

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Book SynopsisHeavy industrialization in the past few decades has caused several global environmental issues including poor air quality, climate change, and outdoor air pollution-related diseases. As such, consumer pressure coupled with strict governmental policies have influenced firms to adopt and implement green practices in their supply chain and business operations in order to improve socio-environmental sustainability.Global Perspectives on Green Business Administration and Sustainable Supply Chain Management is an essential reference book that discusses innovative green practices including recycling, remanufacturing, reduction in waste and adoption of renewable energy in manufacturing. It also examines environmentally friendly policies that have been adopted by many European and Western countries. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as energy analysis, environmental protections, and logistics development, this book is ideally designed for managers, operations managers, executives, manufacturers, environmentalists, researchers, industry practitioners, academicians, and students.

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Book SynopsisAn unflinching look at Charleston, a beautiful, endangered port city, founded by English settlers in 1669 as a hub of the sugar and slave trades, which now, as the waters rise, stands at the intersection of climate and race. Unbeknownst to the tourists who visit the charming streets of the Charleston peninsula, rapidly rising sea levels and increasingly devastating storms are mere years away from rendering the city uninhabitable. Weaving science, narrative history, and the family stories of Black Charlestonians, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm chronicles the tumultuous recent past in the life of the city – from protests to hurricanes – while illuminating the escalating riskiness of its future. Charleston’s vulnerability is emblematic of vast portions of global coastlines that are likely to be chronically inundated in just a few decades. In Charleston, as in other global cities, little planning is underway to ensure a thriving future for all residents. Charleston, by Harvard Law School professor and author Susan Crawford, tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America’s painful racial history for centuries. Foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize winning author of On Juneteenth.Trade Review‘It’s a book that I wish every community could have for facing economic inequality, racial injustice and climate change. In a blend of history, policy, science and journalism, Crawford brings Charleston to life and reveals why the city is a harbinger for the United States and the world.’ — Laura Trethewey, author of Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea‘Charleston is a ghost story for the climate age, a sweeping and unflinching analysis of how a history of racism, greed, and political cowardice is creating a wet dystopian future for an iconic American city. Read this book and you’ll understand the enormity of the challenges that coastal cities face in a rapidly warming world, and why people are fighting for change before it’s too late.’ — Jeff Goodell, bestselling author of The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World‘The precarious situation in which this low-lying city finds itself is a microcosm of many other cities by a rising sea. But this is a story of people and not just policy . . . A powerful portrait of the cost of climate denial coming due.’ — David Goodrich, former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Observations and Monitoring Program, former Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System, and author of On Freedom Road ‘The perfect storm: the US city where rising sea levels and racism collide’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/04/charleston-south-carolina-racist-mistakes-rising-sea-levels -- Susan Crawford * Guardian US *‘The Unequal Racial Burdens of Rising Seas’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/books/review/charleston-susan-crawford.html?smid=url-share * The New York Times *‘Q&A with Susan Crawford, author of ‘Charleston: Race, Water and the Coming Storm’ https://www.postandcourier.com/features/q-a-with-susan-crawford-author-of-charleston-race-water-and-the-coming-storm/article_93b8bf9a-d567-11ed-acbd-f3ca5019dbe6.html * The Post and Courier *

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Book SynopsisNow back in print... This groundbreaking handbook (first published in 2015 by Oberon and now needed more than ever in the face of multiple unfolding crises) is a resource for artists, community activists and anyone wishing to harness their creativity to make change in the world. Playing for Time explores the pivotal role artists play in re-thinking the future; re-inventing and re-imagining our world at a time of systemic change and uncertainty. Playing for Time identifies collaborative arts practices emerging in response to planetary challenges, reclaiming a traditional role for artists in the community as truth-tellers and agents of change. Fifty experienced artists and activists give voice to a new narrative – shifting society’s rules and values away from consumerism and commodity towards community and collaboration with imagination, humour, ingenuity, empathy and skill. Inspired by the grass-roots Transition movement, modelling change in communities worldwide, Playing for Time joins the dots between key drivers of change – in energy, finance, climate change, food and community resilience – and ‘recipes for action’ for readers to take and try.Trade Review"Facts and figures are not enough. If humanity is to survive and thrive it must become re-enchanted with the biosphere it depends on. Playing for Time is a dance of the imagination which does that, inviting us to look at and feel differently about the world. Once read, you will care more deeply and joyously about our miracle planet and its beautiful, unlikely diversity of life." Andrew Simms: author, political economist, campaigner and co-director of the New Weather Institute; "Lucy Neal's Playing for Time is an essential resource for thinking about making work in the context of climate change. It introduced me to so many ideas, fellow artists, thinkers and makers - relationships that I treasure to this day. It's been a formative text for my development as an artist and I'm so grateful for its wisdom, warmth, openness and fluidity." Ellen McDougal, Theatre Director and Maker; "The revolution of the imagination upon which our survival depends absolutely needs artists. Artists can nurture longing, bring alternate futures to life, immerse us in possibility, help us make sense of what's unfolding around us, and can be a key ingredient in the mobilisation of communities. Playing for Time is an exhilarating collection of incredibly diverse work along the rich seam where arts meet environmentalism meets community empowerment. It helped me to see my activism as being an arts practice. I can't recommend it highly enough". Rob Hopkins, author From What Is, to What if? and founder of the Transition Town movement; “Picking up this book and flicking through its pages was both heart-warming and frustrating. Frustrating because I wondered why I hadn’t known of it the first time around (where had I been?!), and heart-warming because I recognised so many names of contributors and it’s a joy to know how far back and deep the roots of their work go. The contents of the book spill out on you, reminding us all that there is an abundance of projects, people and practices to be inspired by and to act on at this time. This is the work, all of our work and now I’ve been given a second chance to drink this book in I’m not going to let it pass me by. Thank you Lucy for this re-gifting, and for lighting up the culture-making, the practices and the call on our collective imaginations.” Cassie Robinson, Assoc. Director of Emerging Futures at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Co-lead of Philea’s Philanthropy in Transitions Lab; Strategy Group Member of the Funders’ Collaborative Hub; “Playing for Time... is inspirational and unputdownable, Each line, each sentence is insightful. I am excited and suddenly feel recharged...” Neelam Man Singh Chowdhry theatre artist and Professor Emeritus at Punjab University; "I wish I had read this unique book a long time ago and wholeheartedly recommend it to every changemaker on the planet! Lucy Neal has curated a remarkable collection of stories, creative tools, methods, and practices relevant for everyone trying to dismantle systemic injustices. This collective task often seems too daunting as it requires us to break with old structures and patterns including how we think, feel and act to each other and the planet. Whether it’s in schools, villages, high streets or town square, Playing for Time provides countless real-life examples of communities coming together to re-imagine more joyous futures based on compassion, abundance, and radical inclusivity. Replacing fear with fun is key to creating opportunities for solutions and positive change as we confront the devastation and social upheaval of climate & ecological breakdown." Farhana Yamin, Lawyer & Activist, Visiting Professor, University of the Arts & Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford; "We desperately need different paths to different futures; who but artists could discover them? And they could wish for no better handbook in their startlesmithing than Playing for Time, a guide through what really matters in our tumultuous times: creativity, community, and re-enchantment. A catalyst to rooting in place and in play; to remarrying future and past; to bringing our world back alive." Shaun Chamberlin, activist, educator, and creator of Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy; “In this inspiring and joyful book artist and activist Lucy Neal shows us the art of the possible, how through writing, games and interventions in the urban fabric, we can create stories and living examples of the world that could be. Playing for Time is deeply participative in its creation and content - it’s a book for everyone - those of us making change and those of us who are simply hungry for new stories to live our lives by." Hilary Cottam, author of Radical Help; "Playing For Time is an example of how art and activism can, together make sense of the world, what we can do ourselves and what we can do together. The voices in this book are all important, early creative pioneers who understand that collaborating for the planet is not just a good thing to do, it is the only thing to do. ... this beautifully gathered collection of stories, insights and helpful ideas is a profound gift to us all." Alison Tickell, Director, Julie’s BicycleTable of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 5 DRIVERS OF CHANGE 17 THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF HUMAN BEINGS AND ENERGY | PAUL ALLEN 20 RELOCALISATION AND THE TRANSITION MOVEMENT | ROB HOPKINS 27 GROWN-UP ECONOMICS | BETH STRATFORD 34 ART AND CLIMATE CHANGE | HEATHER ACKROYD 41 ART AND ACTIVISM | FARZANA KHAN, JAMES MARRIOTT, KEVIN SMITH AND JANE TROWELL OF PLATFORM 47 REDESIGNING OUR FOOD SYSTEMS | BONNIE HEWSON 55 RECLAIMING THE COMMONS | JONATHAN GORDON-FARLEIGH 60 RESTORATION OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY | KATE RAWLES 65 THE PRACTICE 70 Transitional arts practice 71 THE PRINCIPLES 76 FOUR PRACTICES 82 1. Fabio Santos 82 2. Ruth Ben-Tovim 84 3. Hilary Jennings 87 4. Maria Amidu 89 PART 1 THE PRACTICE 92 LAND: GOING TO GROUND 94 Introduction: Song by Waiata Telfer 96 Going To Ground 98 Between Body and Land by Nic Green 100 Emergence Land Journey by Fern Smith 103 Beuysterous: Towards Planetary Sculpture? by Bridget McKenzie 106 Rannoch Wolf by Dougie Strang 110 HOME: BELONGING TO EARTH 112 Introduction: Art Should Be Like the Bread on the Kitchen Table by Eva Bakkeslett 114 Belonging To Earth 116 Singing in a Dark Time by Dougie Strang 118 Away From Home! The Journey of Survival and Creativity in a New World by Cedoux Kadima 120 Florilegium: Honey Flow I, II, III, IV by Amy Shelton 124 Loop: Betty, Pat, Diane, Ivy, Lyn, Bonney by Maria Amidu 127 Humility and the Superhumus by Lucy Neal 130 RITES OF PASSAGE: SEEDING NEW MYTHOLOGIES 132 Introduction: The Sacred in the Everyday by Gilly Adams 134 Seeding New Mythologies 136 Transition Through Nature by Ruth Nutter 138 The Life Cairn by Andreas Kornevall 141 Liminal by Dougie Strang 143 Ulverston Lantern Parade: Ceremony And Celebration by Sue Gill 146 FOOD GROWING: FROM EMPTY PLOTS TO FULL PLATES 150 Introduction: Radical Roots by Josiah Meldrum 152 From Empty Plots to Full Plates 154 The Edible Garden by Fabio Santos 158 Grow Sheffifield and Abundance by Anne-Marie Culhane 160 Fruit Routes by Anne-Marie Culhane 163 Seeds by Azul-Valerie Thome 165 Memories of Mr Seel’s Garden by Michelle Bastian 167 Feast on the Bridge by Clare Patey 169 ACTIVISM: CROSSING THE RIVER OF FIRE 172 Introduction: On The Tightrope Between Art and Activism: Five Promises by John Jordan 174 Graeae by Jenny Sealey 177 Creative Practice of Activism by Danielle Paffard 179 PART 2 Work-A-Thon for the Self-Employed by Ellie Harrison 181 Crossing The River of Fire 182 Shake! – Youth Voices on Art, Race, Media and Power by Farzana Khan 183 Starting From Where We Are: The Co-Operative’s Frack Free Future Campaign by Sarah Woods 189 WATER: WISHING WATER WELL 192 Introduction: Watching From The Shore by Amy Sharrocks 194 Drop in The Ocean by Jess Allen 196 Wishing Water Well 197 Treasures From the Thames by Mike D Webber 199 Delta by James Marriott 202 Message in a Bottle by Fabio Santos and Lucy Neal 204 Coral by Lynette Wallworth and Lucy Neal 206 BODY: RHYTHMS OF SENTIENT BEING 210 Introduction: Putting Your Body on the Line by Fern Smith 212 Rhythms of Sentient Being 214 Charnel House by Dougie Strang 215 Farplayer Ansuman Biswas 217 Bedside Manners by Anna Ledgard 219 Field Sensing by Anne-Marie Culhane 222 HANDS: A SHOW OF HANDS 228 Introduction: Horace’s Hands by Barnaby Stone 230 A Show of Hands 232 Craft by Hilary Jennings 232 Birdyarns by Deirdre Nelson 234 Clay Cargo by Julia Rowntree 239 Craftivist Collective by Sarah Corbett 240 WORD: CHOOSING THE STORY WE LIVE BY 246 Introduction: Words at the End of the World by Paul Kingsnorth 248 Choosing The Story We Live By 249 Diarykeepers by Anne-Marie Culhane 252 Between Ourselves: The Empathy Roadshow by Sarah Woods 254 Objection Overruled: Ecocide Trial by Heather Ackroyd 256 STREET: AT THE CROSSROADS OF POSSIBILITY 262 Introduction: Turning the Tide by Jonathan Bartlett 264 At The Crossroads Of Possibility 266 Encounters Shop by Ruth Ben-Tovim 268 The Happy Museum Project by Hilary Jennings 270 Arnold Circus by Naseem Khan 273 The Trashcatchers’ Carnival by Lucy Neal 275 RECIPES FOR ACTION AND TOOLS 280 Recipes for Action 282 LAND Ten Things You Might Want to Know When Planning A…Land Journey by Fern Smith 286 HOME Diarykeepers by Anne-Marie Culhane 290 RITES OF PASSAGE The Funeral by Gilly Adams 294 FOOD GROWING A Little Patch of Ground by Ruth Ben-Tovim 297 ACTIVISM How To Become a Cultural Activist by Eva Bakkeslett 303 Know Your Place on The Oil Road – And How to Get Off It by James Marriott 306 WATER Waterproof by Simone Kenyon and Lucy Neal 308 BODY Loss, Transition, Beginnings: Art and Metaphor as a Starting Point for Exploring Personal Experience by Anna Ledgard 313 HANDS Digging Underfoot by Julia Rowntree 317 WORD Renga: The Experience of Writing a Poem Together by Anne-Marie Culhane 312 STREET A Bit of a Do: Planning a Community Event by Sarah Woods 323 TOOLS Holding the Space by Gilly Adams 325 Story of Change by Mandy Barnett 326 The Give and Gain Process by Fabio Santos 330 Resourcing: The Heaviness of Money and How To Make It Lighter by Lucy Neal with Julia Rowntree 334 How to Keep Going Advice Gathered by Jane Trowell 338 PART 3 Reading 342 Postscript 344 Notes 350 Contributors 361 Index

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Book Synopsis Established over a century ago, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) was the world’s first international conservation organisation. The pioneering work of its founders in Africa led to the creation of numerous protected areas, including Kruger and Serengeti National Parks. For the first time, the story of FFI’s history is told in its entirety.

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Book SynopsisPostulates that for decades, both policymakers and analysts have been frustrated by conflicts between expert and lay perceptions of environmental risk. This work examines the role of intuition, mental habits, and cognitive frameworks in the construction of public opinion.

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Book SynopsisAn overview of contemporary environmental affairs, from 1940s to the present—with an emphasis on nature in an urbanized society, land developments, environmental technology, the structure of environmental politics, environmental opposition, and the results of environmental policy.

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Book SynopsisA history of the role of American society in shaping the policies of the United States Forest Service.

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Book SynopsisCarbon Province, Hydro Province is a major contribution to both academic understanding and the vital question of how our federal and provincial governments can effectively work together, and thereby, for the first time, achieve a Canadian climate-change target.Trade Review"Macdonald has written a book of transcendent importance for the development of a genuinely effective climate change plan. His formulation of negotiating scenarios, in particular, offers a constructive path forward, one that moves away from federal-provincial stalemates and the easy agreements that avoid actual solu­tions. And his masterful grasp of Canada's so far lame efforts in this arena is a major contribution to understanding where we have been and where we must go." -- Geoff White * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsA Parable of West and East 1. Introduction 1.1 Subject 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Methodology 1.4 Theoretical approach 1.5 Format 2. Energy and climate change intergovernmental relations 2.1 Historical evolution of Canadian intergovernmental relations 2.2 Mechanisms of Canadian intergovernmental relations 2.3 A flawed policy making process 2.4 Intergovernmental policy co-ordination 2.5 Energy and climate change jurisdiction 2.6 Energy and climate-change policy co-ordination 2.7 Federal government energy and climate-change strategy 3. Historical overview: Canadian energy and climate politics 3.1 Energy policy 1867 to 1989 3.2 National climate change policy in the 1990s 3.3 The Martin government 3.4 Public opinion on climate change 3.5 The Harper government 3.6 Provincial climate change policies 3.7 Energy policy 1989 to 2019 3.8 The Justin Trudeau government 3.9 Summary 4. Three underlying challenges 4.1 The West-East divide . Differing fossil fuel energy interests . Differing interests respecting climate change policy . Alberta's planned emission increases undercut reductions elsewhere . Western alienation 4.2 The inherent need to allocate greenhouse gas emission reductions 4.3 The weak intergovernmental process 5. Canadian national energy policy, 1973 - 1981 5.1 Narrative 5.2 Analysis 6. The first national climate change process 1990-1997 6.1 Narrative 6.2 Analysis 7. The second national climate change process 1998 - 2002 7.1 Narrative 7.2 Analysis 8. The Canadian Energy Strategy 2005-2015 8.1 Narrative 8.2 Analysis 9. The Pan-Canadian Framework 2015-2019 9.1 Narrative 9.2 Analysis 10. Drawing lessons 10.1 The three challenges and federal strategy 10.2 Factors affecting case outcomes 11. Putting in place an effective national climate change program

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Book SynopsisThere is a growing need for public buy-in if democratic processes are to run smoothly. But who exactly is the public? What does their engagement in policy-making processes look like? How can our understanding of the public be expanded to include or be led by diverse voices and experiences, particularly of those who have been historically marginalized? And what does this expansion mean not only for public policies and their development, but for how we teach policy? Drawing upon public engagement case studies, sites of inquiry, and vignettes, this volume raises and responds to these and other questions while advancing policy justice as a framework for public engagement and public policy. Stretching the boundaries of deliberative democracy in theory and practice, Creating Spaces of Engagement offers critical reflections on how diverse publics are engaged in policy processes.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Create Spaces of Engagement? Connecting Theory, Policy, and Practice Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph and Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Hawai’i, Manoa Part One: Across Disciplines and Beyond the Academy: Stretching Deliberative Democratic Theory 1. Revelatory Protest, Deliberative Exclusion, and the B.C. Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Bridging the Micro/Macro Divide Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Simon Fraser University 2. The Alberta Energy Futures Lab: A Case Study in Socio-Cultural Transition Through Public Engagement Stephen Williams, Energy Futures Lab 3. Deliberative Democracy and Collective Impact: Seeing and Believing Shared Outcomes and Shared Participation Ellen Szarleta, Indiana University Northwest 4. Northern Women’s Conceptualizations of Wellbeing: Engaging in the "Right" Policy Conversations Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph and Jacqueline Gillis, University of Guelph 5. Unsettled Democracy: The Case of the Grandview-Woodlands Citizen Assembly Rachel Magnusson, City of Vancouver 6. Opening to the Possible: Girls and Women with Disabilities Engaging in Vietnam Deborah Stienstra, University of Guelph and Xuan Thuy Nguyen, Carleton University Part Two: Centring Voices from the Margins: Expanding and Evaluating Engagement Practices 7. How OpenMedia.ca Has Used Social Media to Engage Thousands in "Policy Hacking" for Regulatory Reforms at the CRTC and Other Government Bodies Tara Mahoney, Simon Fraser University 8. An Experiment in Engaging the "Heart and Mind": Building Community Capacity on Post-Secondary Campuses Catriona Remocker, University of Victoria, Tim Dyck, University of Victoria, and Dan Reist, University of Victoria 9. Art-Full Methods of Democratic Participation: Listening, Engagement, and Connection Joanna Ashworth, Simon Fraser University 10. Power, Privilege, and Policy-Making: Reflections on “Changing Public Engagement from the Ground Up” Alana Cattapan, University of Waterloo, April Mandrona, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Tammy Findlay, Mount Saint Vincent University, and Alexandra Dobrowolsky, Saint Mary’s University 11. Engaging with Women in Low-Income: Implications for Government-Convened Public Engagement Initiatives and Deliberative Democracy Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph Part Three: Effective and Affective Spaces of Deliberation 12. The heART of Engagement: Experiences of a Community-Created Mobile Art Gallery in Brazil Bruno de Oliviera Jayme, Royal Roads University 13. Temporary Labour Migrants’ Engagement and (Dis)engagement with the Policy Process Ethel Tungohan, York University 14. Storytelling as Engagement: Learning from Youth Voices in Attawapiskat Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Hawai’i, Manoa 15. Making Spaces for Truth: Exploring the Lived Meanings of Deliberating Reconciliation in Higher Education Derek Tannis, Saskatchewan Polytechnic 16. Global Development Agendas with Local Relevance? "Glocal" Approaches, Tensions, and Lessons on Measuring Aid Effectiveness Astrid Pérez Piñán, University of Victoria Conclusion: Concluding Reflections on Policy Justice Deliberative Democracy, Citizen Participation, and the Future of Policy-Making Leah R.E. Levac, University of Guelph and Sarah Marie Wiebe, University of Hawai’i, Manoa

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Book SynopsisWith stories of life in the Anthropocene, this book places Dmitri Mendeleev's periodic table of elements and his groundbreaking theory of elementality into modern context.Table of ContentsIntroduction Timothy Neale, Courtney Addison, and Thao Phan 1. 1080 Courtney Addison 2. Carbon Timothy Neale 3. Cement Eli Elinoff 4. Cheese Xenia Cherkaev, Heather Paxson, and Stefan Helmreich 5. Copper Manuel Tironi 6. Ice Alexis Rider 7. Kerosphere Émélie Desrochers-Turgeon, Ozayr Saloojee, and Zoe Todd 8. Lithium Scott Wark 9. Mould Alison Kenner and Sarah Stalcup 10. Mylar Derek P. McCormack 11. Seeds Xan Chacko 12. Sperm Janelle Lamoreaux and Ayo Wahlberg 13. Strontium Brad Bolman 14. Tectonics Zeynep Oguz 15. Testosterone J.R. Latham and Kate Seear 16. Virus Frederic Keck 17. Elements-to-Come Thao Phan Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe Canadian Environment in Political Context is an introductory book on environmental policy in Canada for those with little background in politics and government.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Institutions, Actors, and Processes 1. The Canadian Environment 2. Canadian Politics and Institutions 3. Making Policy in Canada 4. Canada’s Environmental History in Waves and Eras Part II: Environmental Issues 5. The Conservation of Species at Risk 6. Water 7. Air and Chemical Pollution 8. The Politics and Policy of Land: From Agriculture to Forests to Cities 9. Energy Policy and Climate Change Part III: Looking Further – The Arctic and Beyond 10. Politics and Policy in the North and Far North 11. The Canadian Environment in a Global Context 12. The Canadian Environment in the Twenty-First Century Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Canadian Environment in Political Context is an introductory book on environmental policy in Canada for those with little background in politics and government.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Part I: Institutions, Actors, and Processes 1. The Canadian Environment 2. Canadian Politics and Institutions 3. Making Policy in Canada 4. Canada’s Environmental History in Waves and Eras Part II: Environmental Issues 5. The Conservation of Species at Risk 6. Water 7. Air and Chemical Pollution 8. The Politics and Policy of Land: From Agriculture to Forests to Cities 9. Energy Policy and Climate Change Part III: Looking Further – The Arctic and Beyond 10. Politics and Policy in the North and Far North 11. The Canadian Environment in a Global Context 12. The Canadian Environment in the Twenty-First Century Glossary References Index

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