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In Our Hands: A Handbook for Intergenerational Actions to Solve the Climate Crisis includes an extensive resources section at the back of the book that provides opportunities for readers to learn more about organizations, individuals, films, articles, and books related to global warming and climate change issues.
Following is the table of contents for the resources section
I. The Science behind the Climate Emergency, and Projections
- Scientific research
- Books and articles
- Films and videos
II. Related Challenges
- Humanity’s disconnect from the natural world
- Overpopulation
- Overdevelopment and consumption
- Degrading land, water, and ocean resources
Conflicts - Human impacts and inequities—social and environmental justice
- Climate refugees
- Species extinction
- Plastics
III. Solutions and Actions
- By individuals and communities
- By schools and teachers
- By governments
- By businesses
IV. Visions of a Positive Future for Humanity
- Shifts in values and consciousness
- Shifts in individual, collective and political will
- What a positive future for humanity might look like
I. The science behind the Climate Emergency and Projections
1. Scientific research
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC). August 9, 2021 Summary for Policy Makers.
This sixth IPCC report since 1990 states unequivocally that global warming is caused by human activities and that global warming to mid-century will continue, but can be moderated if we take immediate action.
NOAA Climate.gov Climate Data Primer
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Are you new to climate data? Ready to learn or review some of the basics? This site will walk you through some of the basics to help you understand and explore climate data. NOAA’s climate.gov is a source of timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate.
US Climate Explorer
https://toolkit.climate.gov/#steps
Explore interactive graphs and compare time-series maps showing climate projections and observations for any county in the contiguous United States. You can also explore historical temperature and precipitation observations at hundreds of climate stations, and view observed and projected days of high-tide flooding at more than 90 coastal tide-gauge stations.
Fourth United States National Climate Assessment
https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
This is the latest US National Climate Assessment— the nation’s best scientists evaluate the state of our climate emergency and update this research every four years to deliver to the US Congress. The Global Change Research Act of 1990 mandates that the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) deliver a report to Congress and the president no less than every four years that “1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program; 2) analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity; and 3) analyzes current trends in global change, both human-induced and natural, and projects major trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years.”
Climate Change Solutions Simulator
https://www.climateinteractive.org/tools/en-roads/
En-ROADS is a transparent, freely available policy simulation model that gives everyone the chance to design their own scenarios to limit future global warming. You can try your own experiments and assumptions and get immediate feedback on the likely impacts. The simulation, developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems, and the MIT Sloan School, runs on an ordinary laptop in a fraction of a second, is available online, offers an intuitive interface, has been carefully grounded in the best available science, and has been calibrated against a wide range of existing integrated assessment, climate, and energy models.
2. Books and Articles
“The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence, and Proof ”
https://www.nytimes.com/article/climate-changeglobal-warming-faq.html
An easy-to-digest article from the New York Times, with 16 questions and answers about climate change. Gives an excellent overview of the issue and how to address it.
The Causes of Climate Change https:
NASA’s breakdown of climate science.
Union of Concerned Scientists on Climate Science
https://www.ucsusa.org/climate/science
The Union of Concerned Scientists was founded in 1969 by scientists and students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT). This is their primer on climate science. Also see their Global Warming FAQs.
“What is Climate Change? A Really Simple Guide”
https://www.bbc.com/news/ science-environment-24021772
The BBC’s explainer on climate science and global warming.
Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know
An accessible exploration of the science of climate change written by Joseph Romm, a former acting assistant secretary of the US Department of Energy.
Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change
Graphical explanations and clear writing from climate scientists Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump communicate the scientific basis for understanding climate change.
3. Films and Videos
An Inconvenient Truth
Featuring former Vice President Al Gore, this famous documentary film shines a light on the causes and effects of global warming and calls on the human race to address this critical issue while there is still time.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
https://inconvenientsequel.tumblr.com
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture, this follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
https://theanthropocene.org/film/
A stunning sensory experience and cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet, Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is a years-in-the-making feature documentary from the award-winning team behind Manufactured Landscapes and Watermark and is narrated by Alicia Vikander. The film follows the research of an international body of scientists, the Anthropocene Working Group who, after nearly 10 years of research, argue that the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-twentieth century as a result of profound and lasting human changes to the Earth.
Before the Flood
This documentary film, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Fisher Stevens, looks at the changes occurring on the planet due to climate change and the actions we can take to bring about a better futur
II. Related Challenges
1. Human disconnect from the natural world
A. The Connectivity Project
https://www.connectivityproject.com/
The Connectivity Project helps to build awareness of this interdependence, encouraging a deeper understanding of the potential impact of our actions—large and small—with empowering films, engaging curriculum, and a curated collection of related resources.
B. Sacred Passage – Way of Nature
John P. Milton is was one of America’s early environmentalists focused on global warming and humanity’s connections to the natural world. Since the 1950’s, he has guided many people into the wilderness, sharing with them a profound connection with Nature.
My Octopus Teacher
This beautiful Netflix documentary is a love story every age group can relate to. It shows a grown man developing a deep connection with an octopus that lives in the waters near his ocean home.
C. A Global Vision: General Principles for a Sustainable Planet
This book by Jim Sloman explores the interconnectedness of ecology, energy, finance, geopolitics, and other dimensions of our society, and how our choices now will determine our future.
D. Sacred America, Sacred World: Fulfilling Our Mission in Service to All
A unique and beautiful synthesis of modern politics and spirituality, this book by Stephen Dinan offers the perspective that by bringing these two seemingly disparate worlds together we can create a vibrant future for the United States.
E. Planet Earth, Blue Planet, and Blue Planet II
Timeless documentary series by the BBC that explore the wonder and beauty of our amazing planet home.
F. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
A 2020 British documentary film narrated by renowned natural historian David Attenborough. The film acts as a “witness statement,” through which Attenborough shares first-hand his concern for the current state of the planet due to humanity’s impact on nature and his hopes for the future.
G. Facing Adversity: Choosing Earth, Choosing Life
https://choosingearth.org/ choosing-earth-documentary/
A 70-minute documentary that explores the speed, depth, and magnitude of our growing planetary crisis, and the opportunity to meet this crisis consciously. The film begins with a visual exploration of key adversity trends facing humanity (climate change, economic growth, inequity, and more) and offers a wider whole systems perspective and a deeper inquiry into what is being called forth from humanity. Learning to work with this paradox—an unfolding global crisis and the opportunity to awaken to and care for the well-being of all of life—is the work ahead. The film includes in order of appearance: Duane Elgin, Victoria Santos, Jack Kornfield, Joanna Macy, Nate Hagens, Beena Sharma, Lynne Twist, and more, as well as stories from around the world on impacts of our time of transition.
H. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it— the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism, and the trajectory of human progress. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation—today’s.
I. “A Good Day” With Brother David Steindl-Rast
https://gratefulness.org › grateful-day This beautiful, 5-minute video meditation connects us to the heart of what matters, every day.
2. Overpopulation
A. “The Earth Is Full”
www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full
In this sobering TED Talk, Paul Gilding explains how we’ve already passed many tipping points for resource use and population on this planet, and how this is a critical time to take action.
B. Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot
https://populationspeakout.org/the-book/
A collection of powerful images depicting the impact, both environmental and social, of overpopulation and overdevelopment.
C. World Population Awareness
Find articles and recent news related to overpopulation and efforts to address it.
3. Overdevelopment and consumption
A. The Story of Stuff Project
After the success of her 2007 documentary film, The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard started the Story of Stuff Project to launch an ongoing conversation about our consumption-crazed culture.
4. Degrading land, water, and ocean resources
A. Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
Author Lester R. Brown explores the growing threat of food shortages and rising food prices and how addressing these issues must involve moving away from fossil fuels and drastically curbing overpopulation.
B. Millions Face Hunger by 2030 Without ‘Deep Transformation’ of Agriculture according to the UN
www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/17/ millions-face-hunger-2030-without-deep-transformation-agriculture-un
This article published by Common Dreams outlines the content of a 2016 UN report that warns that many millions of people could be forced into poverty due to the effects of climate change.
C. Kiss the Ground Stewardship Program
https://kisstheground.com/stewardship/
The program educates existing and emerging leaders about the solutions that lie within the soil and train them to be influential advocates in their homes, communities, and in their businesses to drive structural change towards regeneration through grassroots action. We develop online and in-person courses and workshops to support your regenerative journey whether you are a student, parent, teacher, consumer, concerned citizen, or a business owner.
D. Cowspiracy
https://www.cowspiracy.com/about
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today—and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.
E. Moo’s Law: An Investor’s Guide to the New Agrarian Revolution
Moo’s Law is the latest title from successful investor Jim Mellon to help readers understand the investment landscape in cultivated and plant-based proteins and materials.
F. Oceans: The Threats to Our Seas and What You Can Do to Turn the Tide
A guide by Jon Bowermaster that explores the health of our oceans and what we can do to improve it.
G. The Rising Sea
This book by Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young explores the impact of sea-level rise on coastal areas and what we can do to address the root causes.
H. 50 Ways to Save the Ocean
David Helvarg’s book outlines simple and practical steps one can take to preserve our planet’s oceans.
I. Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
One of the most important books written about the water crisis by Maude Barlow, the head of the Council of Canadians and the Blue Planet Project.
J. Seaspiracy
Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species—and uncovers alarming global corruption.
K. Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
This book by Steven Solomon tells the story of the rise and fall of civilizations throughout history using water as the connecting theme between all of them.
L. Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat—and How to Counter It
With Wallace S. Broecker as his guide, award-winning science writer Robert Kunzig looks back at Earth’s volatile climate history to shed light on the challenges ahead. https://www.theguardian.com/ commentisfree/2021/may/06/ stop-rising-sea-levels-scientists-climate-forecast This humbling article in The Guardian looks critically at what will likely be unavoidable sea level rise and the impact this will have on coastal regions.
M. Mission Blue
An initiative of the Sylvia Earle Alliance (S.E.A.), Mission Blue works to raise public awareness for the protection of key areas critical to the health of our oceans.
5. Conflicts
A. The Age of Consequences
Through the lens of national security and global stability, this film looks at the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity, migration, and conflict.
B. American Exodus: Climate Change and the Coming Fight for Survival
Written by Giles Slade, this book looks at how the changing climate may reshape North America.
C. Climate Wars: What People Will Be Killed For in the 21st Century
Written by Harald Welzer, this book examines the struggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence, ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the Earth’s poorest countries, endless flows of refugees: the new conflicts and forces shaping the world of the 21st century.
D. Search for Common Ground
For the past thirty-five years, Search for Common Ground has been working tirelessly in numerous countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia to end conflicts that often create climate refugees seeking safety. As they note: “Conflict and differences are inevitable. Violence is not.”
6. Human Health Impacts and Inequities—Social and Environmental Justice
A. Climate Change’s Effects on Human Health in the United States
https://www.cdc.gov/climateandhealth/effects/ default.htm
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) uses the best science to explain how climate change, together with other natural and human-made health stressors, influences human health and disease in numerous ways. Some existing health threats will intensify and new health threats will emerge. Not everyone is equally at risk. Important considerations include age, economic resources, and location.
B. Environmental Justice Toolkit
https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/ environmental-justice-us
Service-Learning Project Ideas Related to Environmental Justice: This toolkit guides classroom instruction and provides ideas for service project ideas and community resources. This is designed to spark ideas for learning and actions related to understanding and impacting environmental justice.
C. “Turning up the Heat: Climate Change has worsened global economic inequality”
https://earth.stanford.edu/news/climate-changehas-worsened-global-economic-inequality#gs.1njuks
The gap between the economic output of the world’s richest and poorest countries is 25 percent larger today than it would have been without global warming, according to new research from Stanford University.
D. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
All We Can Save is the collected essays of dozens of diverse women leading on climate in the United States—scientists, journalists, farmers, lawyers, teachers, activists, innovators, wonks, and designers, across generations, geographies, and race—and aims to advance a more representative, nuanced, and solution-oriented public conversation on the climate crisis. These women offer a spectrum of ideas and insights for how we can rapidly, radically reshape society.
E. Movement Generation
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Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project inspires and engages in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture.
F. “Inequality is decreasing between countries— but climate change is slowing progress”
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/ article/climate-change-economic-inequality-growing
Forecasts have painted a difficult picture for the future. But one new study argues that climate change has already imposed an economic penalty on many countries.
G. “Climate Change Has Already Increased Global Inequality. It Will Only Get Worse”
https://time.com/5575523/ climate-change-inequality/
Scientists have long predicted that warmer temperatures caused by climate change will have the biggest impact on the world’s poorest, most vulnerable people. New research now indicates that’s already happened over the last several decades.
7. Climate refugees
A. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Let’s Talk About Climate Migrants, Not Climate Refugees
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/06/
lets-talk-about-climate-migrants-not-refugees Dina Ionesco, the Head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division at the UN, on climate migration and the international effort to create policy and programs to address this challenge.
B. The Climate Crisis, migration, and refugees
https://www.brookings.edu/research/ the-climate-crisis-migration-and-refugees/
A 2019 brief by the Brookings Institute on climate change-imposed migration facts and policy.
8. Species Extinction
A. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Elizabeth Kolbert reports in this book how we are currently in the midst of a man-made sixth extinction.
B. The Fate of the Species: Why the Human Race May Cause Its Own Extinction and How We Can Stop It
In this book, Fred Guterl examines many possible scenarios for the future, laying out the existing threats and offering his perspective on the means to avoid them.
9. Plastics
A. Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
The story about how plastics has taken over every aspect of our life, by Susan Frienkel.
B. Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too
Written by Beth Terry, how one consumer of plastics awoke to the problems plastics were creating and broke the habit.
III. Solutions and Actions
1. By individuals and communities
A. Sustainable World Sourcebook
The Sustainable World Sourcebook is a beautifully illustrated handbook that provides straightforward solutions and actions for individuals and communities. An essential guidebook for every concerned citizen.
B. The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth
In The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth, Sophie and John have revised the original bestselling book for a concerned and vibrant youth market. Its easy-to-do and kid-friendly projects show that kids can make a difference, and each chapter is packed with tons of links to groups and resources.
C. Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement
Edited by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage, Ignition brings together some of the world’s finest thinkers and advocates to jump-start the ultimate green revolution.
D. The 12 Questions Every Climate Activist Hears and What to Say
This handy resource offered by the Climate Reality Project lists twelve of the most common arguments against climate change and ways you can respond to them.
E. “51 Ways to Restore Our Earth”
https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-tips/a
EarthDay.org’s list of actions individuals and communities can take on climate change and to protect our planet.
F. The End of Nature
This famous work by Bill McKibben looks at the impact we’re having on the planet and how a philosophical shift in our relationship to the natural world is necessary to make the changes that are needed.
G. This is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook
Extinction Rebellion is a global activist-movement of ordinary people, demanding action from Governments. This is Not a Drill is the movement’s essay collection on all aspects of the climate crisis. Governments must create and be led by the decisions of a Citizens’ Assembly on climate and ecological justice. Halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025.
2. By schools and teachers
A. K-12 CLIMATE ESSENTIALS FOR ALL EDUCATORS
https://www.presidio.edu/climate-change-k12/
The Presidio Graduate School, founded in San Francisco in 2002 offers MBA and MPA degrees in sustainable development. In 2021, it launched a nationwide program for all K-12 teachers throughout the United States to enable them to teach climate change.
B. CLEAN
https://cleanet.org/index.html
The Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) Portal was launched in 2010 as a National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Pathways project. It is led by the science education expertise of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College. As of 2012, CLEAN has been syndicated to NOAA’s climate.gov portal.
C. CK-12
https://www.ck12.org/search/
CK-12 will provide open-source content and technology tools to help teachers provide learning for students in a global world. Free access to high-quality, customizable educational content in multiple modalities suited to multiple student learning styles, levels, resources, and use content acceptance will allow teachers, students, and others to innovate and experiment with new models and modalities of learning. CK-12 help students and teachers alike by enabling rapid customization and experimentation of teaching and learning styles.
D. Climate Gen https://www.climategen.org/
Climate Generation understands that climate change is a highly complex issue and that just and equitable solutions cannot be found if we proceed with the climate science and policy lens alone. We must take a comprehensive perspective of climate change impacts and solutions if we are to reach our goal and create the future we want to live in. We are committed to addressing the intersection of climate change and economic, social, and racial disparities, and working closely with partners who understand this interface. The climate fiction and nonfiction reading guide “will help you bring climate change books to your English/ Language Arts classes, book clubs, science classes, and beyond. Climate change fiction and non-fiction books are included, along with book summaries, reading levels, discussion questions, and relevant news articles to bring the content to life.”
E. Green Ninja
https://web.greenninja.org/
Green Ninja is a phenomena-based science program for grades 6-8. Our program engages students by providing them with opportunities to use science and engineering to solve real-world environmental problems. The program is thoughtfully packaged and flexible, making it easy for teachers and students to access content through a digital platform and through printed materials.
F. Earth Echo International
https://www.earthecho.org/educator-resources
EarthEcho International’s Educator Resources are a collection of videos, lesson plans, and other materials designed to support high-quality classroom experiences. They are unique tools to assist educators as they equip young people to explore and protect their local natural resources. Many of the resources are designed to satisfy Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards.
G. Global Oneness Project
https://www.globalonenessproject.org/
Welcome to the Global Oneness Project. We believe that stories play a powerful role in education. Founded in 2006 as an initiative of Kalliopeia Foundation, we aim to plant seeds of empathy, resilience, and a sacred relationship to our planet. Using stories as a pedagogical tool for growing minds, we bring the world’s cultures alive in the classroom. Committed to the exploration of cultural, environmental, and social issues, we offer a rich library of multimedia stories comprised of award-winning films, photo essays, and essays. Companion curriculum and discussion guides are also available.
H. Learning to Give
https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/ humans-and-environment
Service-Learning Project Ideas Related to Environmental Justice: This toolkit will guide instruction and provides ideas for service project ideas and community resources. This is designed to spark ideas for learning and actions related to understanding and impacting environmental justice.
I. Project Look Sharp
https://projectlooksharp.org/index.php
A nonprofit, mission-driven outreach program of Ithaca College. Their mission is to help K-16 educators enhance students’ critical thinking, metacognition, and civic engagement through media literacy materials and professional development.
J. EarthDay.org’s 2021 Restore our Earth Climate Education Week Toolkit
https://www.earthday.org/ restore-our-earth-climate-education-week-toolkit/ This toolkit provides a wealth of resources for you to incorporate and utilize whenever they best fit into your curriculum at any point in the year. By using resources like this, we can work to build climate and environmental literacy in students all year long, not just during one week in April.
K. Our Climate, Our Future
Home Page
Our Climate, Our Future is a project of the Alliance for Climate Education. ACE’s mission is to educate young people on the science of climate change and empower them to take action. Since 2009, ACE has educated two million students and trained over 4,000 student leaders.
L. National Marine Sanctuaries Education Program
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/
The NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries aims to provide teachers with resources and training to support ocean literacy in America’s classrooms. You will find curriculum, lesson plans and activities that will excite your students about science and technology.
M. US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
https://uspartnership.org/
The US Partnership consists of individuals, organizations, and institutions in the United States dedicated to education for sustainable development. It acts as a convener, catalyst, and communicator working across all sectors of society.
N. Teaching Resources to Integrate Climate Topics Across The Curricula
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Our innovative educational resources, with detailed step-by-step descriptions for use in regular lectures, are designed and packaged so that teachers in schools and colleges/Universities across the world can use them to: 1) introduce examples and case studies from climate science and climate change while enhancing the conceptual understanding of topics in the sciences, mathematics, social sciences, and other disciplines, and 2) impart interdisciplinary training that is essential for research on climate change.
O. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication for Educators (Grade 6-12)
For Educators: Grades 6-12
We conduct scientific research on public climate change knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the underlying psychological, cultural, and political factors that influence them. We also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnership with governments, media organizations, companies, and civil society, and with a daily, national radio program, Yale Climate Connections.
P. Young Voices for the Planet
https://www.youngvoicesfortheplanet.com/
The mission of Young Voices for the Planet (YVFP) is to limit and mitigate the magnitude and impacts of climate change by empowering youth, through uplifting and inspiring success stories, to take an essential role in informing themselves, their peers, and their communities—becoming leaders and changing laws, changing minds, and changing the world.
Q. Alliance for Climate Education
https://acespace.org/our-work/ youth-action-network/
The Alliance for Climate Education educates young people on the science of climate change and empower them to take action.
R. Mocomi Kids Presents “What is Sustainability?”
An informative kids’ video on sustainability. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well-being, which has ecological, economic, political, and cultural dimensions.
3. By governments
A. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.
B. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Drawdown, edited by Paul Hawken, maps, measures, models, and describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming to determine if we can reverse the buildup of atmospheric carbon within thirty years.
C. “Six ways to remove carbon pollution from the sky”
https://www.wri.org/ insights/6-ways-remove-carbon-pollution-scky
The World Resources Institute, a leading sciencebased organization, iterates the methods of removing carbon pollution from the sky.
D. Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York, and Carl Pope, former head of the Sierra Club, team up to propose how we all might solve the climate crisis.
E. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How It Can Renew America
A proposal by Thomas Friedman to marshal the United States’ public and private resources in service of a green revolution.
F. This Changes Everything
www.thischangeseverything.org
Written by Naomi Klein, this book and its companion film links climate change and capitalism to uncover the basis of environmental destruction and questions fundamental assumptions about the causes and solutions.
G. On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
With signature moxie, Naomi Klein takes on climate reform through a series of essays that examine where we are, how we got to this point, and where to go from here. Her indefatigable efforts and journalistic integrity continue to blaze an enduring path of hope.
H. Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
www.earth-policy.org/images/uploads/book_files/ pb4book.pdf
This book by Lester R. Brown explores our transition to a new energy economy based on renewable energy sources and how it will affect our daily lives.
I. A World at War: We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII
www.newrepublic.com/article/135684/ declare-war-climate-change-mobilize-wwii
In this article in the New Republic, Bill McKibben likens our current struggle against climate change to a World War and argues that we must mobilize in a similar drastic manner if we want to turn current trends around.
J. Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
In this follow-up to An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore presents the solutions to climate change as being already at hand and discusses how the real breakthrough needs to come in the form of collective commitment.
K. Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
This look at the current impacts of changing climates from longtime writer and activist Bill McKibben explores the contributing economic and cultural trends and proposes new approaches to stave off the worst of the possible outcomes.
L. A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future
https://yalebooks.yale.edu › book › better-planet This timely book, edited by Yale professor Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum.
4. By businesses
A. Field Notes From a Catastrophe
Writer Elizabeth Kolbert provides first-hand accounts of the impacts of climate change, conversations with climate scientists, and a look at corporate lobbying and complicit governments that stand in the way of policy changes.
B. Harvard Business School: Confronting Climate Change
https://www.hbs.edu/environment/climate-change/ Pages/default.aspx
HBS identifies the key industry sectors that contribute to and are impacted by climate change as well as the promising business innovations that are helping to address this problem.
C. Conscious Capitalism
www.consciouscapitalism.org
Conscious Capitalism supports organizations and individuals to practice conscious capitalism, a way of thinking about capitalism and business that better reflects where we are in the human journey, the state of our world today, and the innate potential of business to make a positive impact on the world.
D. The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics
This book by Riane Eisler looks at economics from a larger perspective than the powers of the market, arguing that we must give visibility and value to the socially and economically essential work of caring for people and the planet if we are to meet the enormous challenges we are facing.
E. The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
Author James Speth draws connections between the current environmental crisis and modern capitalism, and suggests that we must change the basic operating structures of our modern economy to address environmental degradation and climate change.
F. The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Van Jones, noted TV commentator, activist, and author, makes the case in this book for embracing renewable energy sources to address two of the biggest problems facing humanity: environmental degradation and struggling economic systems.
G. “Cradle to Cradle Design”
www.ted.com/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_ cradle_design
Architect and author William McDonough explores in this TED Talk how the design of our products and buildings could change to create a sustainable future for “all children of all species for all time.
H. The Tactics of Hope: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing Our World
Author Wilford H. Welch presents twenty-seven case studies of extraordinary social entrepreneurs who have created initiatives to address challenges in health, education, microcredit, fair trade, human rights and social justice, disaster relief, and rehabilitation of the environment.
I. Reinventing Prosperity: Managing Economic Growth to Reduce Unemployment, Inequality and Climate Change
Jørgen Randers and Graeme Maxton make a persuasive economic argument in this book that proves we can all live better lives in this finite world.
J. Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
In this book, David Korten describes his vision of the alternative to the corporate Wall Street economy: a Main Street economy based on locally owned, community-oriented “living enterprises” whose successes are measured as much by their positive impact on people and the environment as by their positive balance sheet.
K. The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
This book by Richard Heinberg posits that the expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits and explores the resulting impact on our economic systems.
L. Confessions of a Radical Industrialist
With practical ideas and measurable outcomes that every business can use, Ray C. Anderson shows in this book that profit and sustainability are not mutually exclusive; businesses can improve their bottom lines and do right by the planet.
M. The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World
Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur, and Sara Schley explore in this book how individual people, in their personal lives and business, are supporting a powerful shift toward more sustainable ways of living and working.
IV. Visions of a Positive Future for Humanity
1. Shifts in values and consciousness
A. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
A beautiful look at the power and opportunity of living in the present moment, this world-renowned book by Eckhart Tolle provides sage advice for how to stay present in the day-to-day challenges of life.
B. Living Deeply: The Science and Art of Transformation in Everyday Life
This book, part of the Living Deeply project offered by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, reveals the perennial wisdom across religions, cultures, and traditions that can help you to live more fully and deeply.
C. Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
In this book, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Arianna Huffington calls for a reexamination of our modern standards for success.
D. “Less Stuff, More Happiness”
www.ted.com/talks/ graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness In this TED Talk, Graham Hill makes the argument that living with less stuff and taking up less space can lead to greater happiness and outlines three guidelines for making this happen.
E. The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
In this book, Emily Esfahani Smith explores the idea that the search for meaning, as opposed to a search for personal happiness, is what can bring deep fulfillment in life.
F. Living in Gratitude: A Journey That Will Change Your Life
This book by Angeles Arrien combines teachings from social science with simple practices and prayers to support people in cultivating a daily practice of living in gratitude.
G. Love Is Letting Go of Fear
This classic guide to personal transformation by Gerald G. Jamplosky is designed to help us let go of the past and stay focused on the present as we step confidently toward the future.
H. Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
Written by George Marshall, this book provides insight gleaned from interviews with psychologists, climate scientists, and activists on both sides of the issue. Explores whether humanity can accept the research on climate change.
I. Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate
In this two-part documentary film, writer, producer, and director Helen Whitney examines the power of forgiveness through stories that range from the intimately personal to global scales.
J. The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources
Author Lynne Twist explores our relationship with money, what it tells us about our values, and how that awareness can add value to our lives and the lives of others.
K. The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
This book by Wade Davis explores how understanding the wisdom of the traditional cultures of the world will be our mission for the next century.
L. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression.
M. Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up
In this book, James Hollis explores the ways we can grow and evolve to fully become ourselves when the traditional roles of adulthood aren’t fulfilling, revealing a new way of uncovering and embracing our authentic selves.
N. Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom
A collection of stories, this book by Mary Catherine Bateson relates the experiences of men and women who, upon entering their second adulthood, have found new meaning and new ways to contribute, composing their lives in new patterns.
O. Change the Story, Change the Future
Author David Korten believes that the stories we tell ourselves help determine our future, and that if we want a different future, we must believe that a new story is possible.
2. Shifts in individual, collective and political will
A. Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home
In his second encyclical, Pope Francis draws all Christians into a dialogue with every person on the planet about our common home and what we can do to preserve and celebrate it.
B. 5 Buddhist Practices to Help Tackle Climate Change
https://www.lionsroar.com/5-practices-to-help-youskillfully-contemplate-climate-change/
C. The Living Universe: Where Are We? Who Are We? Where Are We Going?
In this book, Duane Elgin sources from the fields of cosmology, biology, physics, and his participation in psychic experiments to show how we are always connected to a living field of existence that makes up reality as we know it.
D. New Consciousness for a New World: How to Thrive in Transitional Times and Participate in the Coming Spiritual Renaissance
Kingsley L. Dennis calls for a paradigm shift in human thinking in recognition of the interconnectedness of all things.
E. Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
Noted scientist and environmentalist Jane Goodall explores her beliefs about spirituality and moral evolution in this spiritual autobiography.
3. What a positive future for humanity might look like
A. Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity’s Future
A powerful counter-narrative to dark predictions about the state of the world, this book by Duane Elgin provides a compelling blueprint for a possible future that is both hopeful and doable.
B. Leading from the Emerging Future: From EgoSystem to Eco-System Economies
This thought-provoking guide by Otto Scharmer presents proven practices for building a new economy that is more resilient, intentional, inclusive, and aware.
C. The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
This powerful and thought-provoking book by Charles Eisenstein uses individual stories to show that by fully embracing and practicing the principle of interconnectedness—called interbeing—we become more effective agents of change and have a stronger positive influence on the world.
D. Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature
Through a series of short essays, Kenny Ausubel introduces readers to people around the world taking action and shifting thought paradigms to bring about a new future.
E. Active Hope
Active Hope, by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face the current crises so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power through processes informed by an intersection of spirituality, psychology, and science.
F. Wendell Berry on Climate Change: To Save the Future, Live in the Present
http://www.yesmagazine.org/ issues/together-with-earth/
wendell-berry-climate-change-future-present Noted poet and farmer Wendell Berry looks at the challenges we face and why we need to live more firmly in the present moment.