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Ever Green
Forests are special places. Walking through a forest — I don’t do this often enough — makes me feel calmer and more alive at the same time. My senses seem more alert or maybe more receptive. And I know they’re … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged biodiversity, book review, carbon, climate change, forest, indigenous, nonfiction, sustainability, tree
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What We Owe The Future
“Future people count. There could be a lot of them. We can make their lives go better.” That’s the central idea of What We Owe The Future, a provocative book by William MacAskill who’s an associate professor of philosophy at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Science and technology
Tagged book review, civilization, longtermism, nonfiction, philosophy, sustainability, William MacAskill
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The Ministry for the Future
It’s the year 2024. After most nations fail to meet their commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement, delegates to the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) create a “subsidiary body” to defend and protect future generations of citizens and all … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, carbon, cli-fi, climate change, ecology, fiction, kim stanley robinson, sustainability
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The Big Switch
I’m only halfway through the book I’m reading, so this week I’m writing about a podcast instead. The Big Switch is a terrific podcast about how we switch to a net zero carbon economy to help slow down climate change. … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged carbon emissions, clean energy, climate change, electricity, grid, podcast, sustainability
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Around the World in 80 Trees
Starting from London and zigzagging in an easterly direction, Jonathan Drori takes us on a grand tour visiting 80 of the world’s most interesting and exotic trees. Literally Around the World in 80 Trees. The book is printed on heavy … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, forest, jonathan drori, lucille clerc, nonfiction, sustainability, tree
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Finding the Mother Tree
I’m not much of a hiker or outdoors person, but I’ve done enough walking through the forests of the Pacific Northwest to appreciate their beauty and complexity. I kind of knew, in a vague abstract way, that the trees and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, ecology, forest, nonfiction, sustainability, suzanne simard, tree
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The Climate Diet
Climate change is such an overwhelming problem it’s hard to know what individuals can do about it. It’s hard to see how we can have any impact at all. But there are meaningful steps we can take to both modify our … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, climate change, nonfiction, paul greenberg, sustainability
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The Good Ancestor
We were warned. Lots of people warned us about the possibility of a global pandemic years before the outbreak of COVID-19. But we didn’t listen and we didn’t prepare. We’ve known for decades about the catastrophic effects of greenhouse gas … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged book review, climate change, doughnut economics, good ancestor, nonfiction, planetary boundaries, roman krznaric, sustainability
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A Life on Our Planet
David Attenborough has spent his entire career making documentary films about life on our planet. Series like Life on Earth, and The Blue Planet set the standards for outstanding film-making and educated hundreds of millions of people about the beauty, … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, book review, david attenborough, doughnut economics, nonfiction, planetary boundaries, rewilding, sustainability
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Nonfiction November: Be the Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert
Week 3 of Nonfiction November is hosted by Rennie @ What’s Nonfiction. And the prompt is: Three ways to join in this week! You can either share 3 or more books on a single topic that you have read and … Continue reading