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Under the sky we make : how to be human in a warming world

Title
Under the sky we make : how to be human in a warming world / Kimberly Nicholas, PhD.
Author
Nicholas, Kimberly, PhD
Publication
  • New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
  • ©2021

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viii, 324 pages; 21 cm
Summary
  • "...[Offers] a hopeful, clear-eyed, and somehow also hilarious guide to effecting real change, starting in our own lives. Saving ourselves from climate apocalypse will require radical shifts within each of us, to effect real change in our society and culture."--
  • A leading global sustainability scientist, Nicholas knows the data about climate change, knows the catastrophes looming. Here she reveals how all the passionate sentiments she was taught to suppress as a scientist turned out to be the key tools to navigating a path out of the climate crisis. She makes a hopeful, clear-eyed and at time hilarious guide to effecting radical change in our society and culture--starting with our own lives. -- adapted from back cover.
Subject
  • Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on
  • Climatic changes > Social aspects
  • Climate change mitigation > Social aspects
  • Climat > Effets de l'homme sur
  • Climat > Aspect social
  • Demography
  • Ecology & environmental science
Genre/Form
Informational works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-312) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Science won't save us -- Part I: It's warming. It's us. Carbon is forever ; We're the asteroid ; Uprooting exploitation, sowing regeneration -- Part II: We're sure. It's bad. Sink into your grief ; Making meaning in a warming world ; Face your fears ; Get angry -- Part III: We can fix it. Climate change isn't fair ; Slowing down and staying grounded ; Food shouldn't come from a factory ; Values and costs ; The personal is political ; Being a good ancestor ; Conclusion: Under the sky we make ; TLDR (too long, didn't read).
ISBN
  • 9780593328170
  • 0593328175
LCCN
  • 2021287259
  • 99993728025
OCLC
  • on1241185014
  • 1241185014
  • SCSB-14507116
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries