Book List

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Hack the Planet: Science’s Best Hope – or Worst Nightmare – for Averting Climate Catastrophe

by Eli Kintisch (Author) “Anyone who considers themselves scientifically literate had better get versed in the new discipline of geo-engineering–or planethacking, as Eli Kintisch calls it in this nuanced and useful new account. This discussion is not going to go away anytime soon!” —Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making A Life on a Tough New Planet “Hack the Planet is a superbly written and reported chronicle of a remarkable story. In just a few years ‘geoengineering’ fixes to climate change–simulating volcanoes, CO2-sucking, cloud-brightening–have gone from crackpot to considered ideas.” —Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age: How Life’s Core Element Has Become Civilization’s Greatest Threat

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The Lomborg Deception:

Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming By Howard Friel; introduction by Thomas E. Lovejoy Yale University Press: March 16, 2010 Friel’s book is the first to respond directly to Lomborg’s controversial research as published in The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001) and Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming  (2007). His close reading of Lomborg’s textual claims and supporting footnotes reveals a lengthy list of findings that will rock climate skeptics and their allies in the government and news media, demonstrating that the published peer-reviewed climate science, as assessed mainly by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has had it mostly right—even if somewhat conservatively right—all along.

Cocktail Party Guide to Global Warming

Everything you need to know to converse intelligently in any social situation By Annette Saliken Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd. (October 15, 2009) “Smart and easy to read…Cocktail Party Guide to Global Warming may well be the ultimate pocket guide to climate change. For anyone who wants to be part of the most important conversation going on today… you will love this book.” –The Vancouver Sun “This is a WONDERFUL book that helps you understand what’s going on with global warming…it should be REQUIRED READING” –Global TV The classic martini of climate change books – a short, crisp, clear guide to the problem and its renewable-energy solutions. –David Suzuki *************************************************************************************************

“Hands down the best, most informative, brilliantly written book on general climate science I’ve ever read”—DailyKos.com “Jim Hansen is the planet’s great hero. He offered us the warning we needed twenty years ago, and has worked with enormous courage ever since to try and make sure we heeded it. We’ll know before long if that effort bears fruit. It it does, literally no one deserves more credit than Dr. Hansen” — Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature When the history of the climate crisis is written, Hansen will be seen as the scientist with the most powerful and consistent voice calling for intelligent action to preserve our planet’s environment” — Al Gore, Time Magazine ********************************************************************************************

Climate Cover-Up

By James Hoggan (Author) with Richard Littlemore (Contributor) Published by Greystone Books (August 31, 2009)

Canadian environmental activists Hoggan and Littlemore have written a best-selling, five-star exposé of ”how truth gets twisted, how lies become opinions worthy of editorial pages, how Exxon greases the whole process.” –Treehugger.com “This is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of democracy.” –Andrew Weaver, author of Keeping Our Cool: Canada in a Warming World “They pull no punches in this spirited indictment of global warming deniers. Their well-sourced research spotlights premeditated prevarications about the threat of greenhouse gas emissions by the oil and coal industry, in league with junk scientists, compliant conservative politicians and unsavory public relations practitioners.” –Publishers Weekly *************************************************************************************************

“This is a joyous, hope-filled manual for facing the greatest crisis humanity has ever encountered. It’s going to do a lot of good!” – Bill McKibben, 350.org If you worry about climate change, whether you are an enquiring teenager, a concerned householder, a farmer, forester, business leader, city mayor, or global policy-maker, this book will help you join the movement to help restore the planet’s climate and build a new green economy. *************************************************************************************************

Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air

by David JC MacKay Available in paperback, in Amazon Kindle (text only) edition and free online at www.withouthotair.com. Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner, this enlightening book analyzes the relevant numbers and organizes a plan for change on both a personal level and an international scale. In case study format, this informative reference answers questions surrounding nuclear energy, the potential of sustainable fossil fuels, and the possibilities of sharing renewable power with foreign countries. *************************************************************************************************

State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures

Available at  The Worldwatch Institute (Editor) Like a tsunami, consumerism has engulfed human cultures and Earth’s ecosystems. Left unaddressed, we risk global disaster. But if we channel this wave, intentionally transforming our cultures to center on sustainability, we will not only prevent catastrophe, but may usher in an era of sustainability—one that allows all people to thrive while protecting, even restoring, Earth. In State of the World 2010, sixty renowned researchers and practitioners describe how we can harness the world’s leading institutions—education, the media, business, governments, traditions, and social movements—to reorient cultures toward sustainability. *************************************************************************************************

Climate Code Red: The Case For Emergency Action

by David Spratt and Philip Sutton Publisher Scribe Publications Originally published in July 2008 in Australia Now available at Amazon.com Climate policy is characterised by the habituation of low expectations and a culture of failure. There is an urgent need to understand global warming and the tipping points for dangerous impacts that we have already crossed as a sustainability emergency, that takes us beyond the politics of failure-inducing compromise. We are now in a race between climate tipping points and political tipping points. ************************************************************************************************

Deep Economy makes the compelling case for moving beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. ************************************************************************************************

“With powerful illustrations and moving words, Jeffrey Sachs describes what humanity must do if we are to share a common future on this planet. By making sense of economics as it affects the lives of people, this book is an excellent resource for all those who want to understand what changes the twenty-first century may bring.” – Kofi Annan, winner of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize and former secretary-general of the United Nations. ************************************************************************************************

“Calvin dissects the ongoing controversies over global warming like a master surgeon. Global Fever offers a sobering diagnosis for the future and a realistic assessment of effective strategies for living with the major climatic changes that are humanity”s destiny.”- Brian Fagan, author of The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization. ************************************************************************************************

Joe Romm know what he’s talking about. His message is urgent, reasoned and informative – he delivers it with surprising clarity. James Hansen, director, NASA Goddard Institure for Space Studies. Joe Romm has worked with the climate scientist, fought with the politicians and objectively analyzed the technologies that may save us. No one is as well qualified to tell us about climate change, the technological options before us and the political battle to be joined. Tim Flannery, author, The Weather Makers. ************************************************************************************************

In November 2005, when this book was published, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan wrote, “global climate change is threatening to spiral out of control.” Time has been our great enemy; the urgency has increased exponentially. Anyone who has read ”Boiling Point” cannot help but be inspired to take action. ************************************************************************************************

Understand global warming and what you can do to make a positive difference! Fiercely debated in the political arena and constantly splashed across the media, global warming is a hot topic. Global Warming For Dummies sorts out fact from fiction, explaining the science behind climate change and examining the possible long-term effects of a warmer planet. This friendly guide helps readers explore solutions to this challenging problem, from what governments and industry can do to what readers can do ************************************************************************************************

Published in 2003, there is still no better “hands-on, learn-by-doing curriculum guide for ecological citizenship.” Mitchell Thomashow, author of Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive Global Environmental Change “I defy you to read this book and not come away thinking of ways your life might change for the better.” Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future ************************************************************************************************

Be sure to read the last two appendices of this remarkable book which explore “The Culturally Modified Brain” and “Plasticity and the Idea of Progress.” ************************************************************************************************

“This is an eloquent, accurate and no-holds-barred brief for change large enough to matter.” Bill McKibben ************************************************************************************************

A hot book on a hot topic, packed with realistic solutions. ************************************************************************************************

From the perspective of monetary reform, it shows how money has been used and misused, how its misuse has contributed to the concept of perpetual growth and steps we can take to change from a growth dominated society – which will eventually collapse – to a sustainable one.” –Richard Priestman, President of the Kingston Chapter of the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform

Anne Lambert from Nova Scotia writes, “This is an excellent one-stop source of information on all the big sustainability issues: climate change/energy, water depletion, desertification, food security/agricultural issues, population growth, overfishing, pollution, deforestation and biodiversity loss.” *************************************************************************************************