If You Love This Planet A Plan To Save The Earth Revised And Updated

Author : Helen Caldicott
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393072709
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Save the Earth (Revised and Updated) written by Helen Caldicott and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Helen Caldicott has the rare ability to combine science with passion, logic with love, and urgency with humor.” —Naomi Klein From the leader and spokeswoman of the antinuclear movement comes a revised and updated edition of this groundbreaking, widely acclaimed classic. Exploring dangerous global trends such as ozone depletion, global warming, toxic pollution, food contamination, and deforestation, Helen Caldicott presents a picture of our world and the forces that threaten its existence. As always, she gives a prescription for a cure and cause for hope, rallying readers to action with the contention that our fight for the planet will draw its strength from love for the Earth itself.

Author : Helen Caldicott
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393333027
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Love This Planet written by Helen Caldicott and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a picture of our world and the forces that threaten its existence. It gives a prescription for a cure and cause for hope, rallying readers to action with the contention that our fight for the planet will draw its strength from love for the Earth itself.

Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385546149
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster written by Bill Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • 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. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

Author : Helen Caldicott
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393030457
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Love this Planet written by Helen Caldicott and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1992 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by the noted Australian anti-nuclear activist, Helen Caldicott, on a range of issues from pollution and overpopulation to ways of remedying the current ecological crisis. Indexed, with references and notes on campaign strategies and tactics.

Author : Andy Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0593135210
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Project Hail Mary written by Andy Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

Author : Harry Henderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610693973
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Power written by Harry Henderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides timely and up-to-date facts, context, perspectives, and tools to make informed decisions about nuclear energy. In the 21st century, nuclear power has been identified as a viable alternative to traditional energy sources to stem global climate change, and condemned as risky to human health and environmentally irresponsible. Do the advantages of nuclear energy outweigh the risks, especially in light of the meltdown at the Fukushima plant in 2011? This guide provides both a comprehensive overview of this critical and controversial technology, presenting reference tools that include important facts and statistics, biographical profiles, a chronology, and a glossary. It covers major controversies and proposed solutions in detail and contains contributions by experts and important stakeholders that provide invaluable perspective on the topic.

Author : Robert R. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313392803
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Romancing the Atom written by Robert R. Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a compelling account of atomic development over the last century that demonstrates how humans have repeatedly chosen to ignore the associated impacts for the sake of technological, scientific, military, and economic expediency. In 1945, Albert Einstein said, "The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind." This statement seems more valid today than ever. Romancing the Atom: Nuclear Infatuation from the Radium Girls to Fukushima presents compelling moments that clearly depict the folly and shortsightedness of our "atomic mindset" and shed light upon current issues of nuclear power, waste disposal, and weapons development. The book consists of ten nonfiction historical vignettes, including the women radium dial painters of the 1920s, the expulsion of the Bikini Island residents to create a massive "petri dish" for post-World War II bomb and radiation testing, the government-subsidized uranium rush of the 1950s and its effects on Native American communities, and the secret radioactive material development facilities in residential neighborhoods. In addition, the book includes original interviews of prominent historians, writers, and private citizens involved with these poignant stories. More information is available online at www.romancingtheatom.com.

Author : Megan McKenna
Publisher : Image
ISBN 13 : 0385508549
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Like a Hammer Shattering Rock written by Megan McKenna and published by Image. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned Catholic author Megan McKenna celebrates her 50th book with a controversial interpretation of the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John and what they mean for the Church and society today. In many ways, modern audiences have become so familiar with the gospels that we've stopped listening and integreting their wisdom into our everyday lives. Acclaimed author Megan McKenna explores the messages of the four gospels in the context of daily life when they were originally written and interprets their meaning for our modern world. While some argue for the development of new gospels for the 21st century, McKenna argues that we haven't paid due attention to the ones we already have; in many cases, we've ignored sections of these teachings entirely and twisted their meaning to suit our own agendas. McKenna breaks it down, gospel by gospel, and shows us how the lessons of Jesus's apostles continue to resonate.

Author : Hans A. Baer
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 075912132X
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System written by Hans A. Baer and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many progressive scholars, particularly in the social sciences, have increasingly come to acknowledge that anthropogenic climate change constitutes yet another contradiction of global capitalism. This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits its roots in global capitalism with its emphasis on profit-making, a treadmill of production and consumption, heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and commitment to ongoing economic expansion. It explores the systemic changes necessary to create a more socially just and sustainable world system that would possibly start to move humanity toward a safer climate and discusses the role of a burgeoning climate movement in this effort.

Author : Edward Robert Wells
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810833319
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of North American Environmentalism written by Edward Robert Wells and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attempt to capture the people, places, and events which have contributed to the development of environmentalism around the world, attempting to place each term used in the context of a developing movement. Although the focus of this volume is the history of North American environmentalism, entries that are not purely North American in scope have been included because they somehow helped to shape environmentalism on this continent.