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The Big Idea
Can We Save the Planet? (The Big Idea Series) (The Big Idea Series): A Primer for the 21st Century
This new volume in The Big Idea series surveys the detrimental impact humans have had on the planet and evaluates what we can do to reverse the damage.
The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive, horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behavior—but is it too little, too late? Is it still possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet?
This title in The Big Idea series, Can We Save the Planet?, provides an in-depth understanding of global warming, climate change, and the disastrous effects on our oceans through the prevalence of single-use plastics. It begins by setting out the evidence and arguments concerning the relationship of escalating carbon emissions and deforestation with the planet’s environmental decline. It offers insightful analysis of our consumerist, throwaway culture, and evaluates whether we can save the planet through a combination of proactive individual action and governmental policy, or if we can only react to the problems caused as they arise, using modern technologies.
Can We Save the Planet? is an incisive, engaging, and authoritative text on one of today’s key issues, written by an expert in the field.
The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive, horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations, and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behavior—but is it too little, too late? Is it still possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet?
This title in The Big Idea series, Can We Save the Planet?, provides an in-depth understanding of global warming, climate change, and the disastrous effects on our oceans through the prevalence of single-use plastics. It begins by setting out the evidence and arguments concerning the relationship of escalating carbon emissions and deforestation with the planet’s environmental decline. It offers insightful analysis of our consumerist, throwaway culture, and evaluates whether we can save the planet through a combination of proactive individual action and governmental policy, or if we can only react to the problems caused as they arise, using modern technologies.
Can We Save the Planet? is an incisive, engaging, and authoritative text on one of today’s key issues, written by an expert in the field.
217 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 21, 2020
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March 19, 2021
plastic gives me panic attacks
February 28, 2021
Con @babelio y Masa Crítica he optado a leer este libro divulgativo de @editorialblume
El libro nos muestra y de muestra con datos científicos los cambios que han ido produciéndose en el medio ambiente y los que se producirán si no cuidamos de nuestro planeta ya que cada vez la temperatura media que alcanza la atmósfera es mayor, con lo que muchas especies desaparecen y otras al no recibir el oxígeno y temperatura que siempre tenían para su existencia van muriendo.
Hay especies que se están "adaptando" a esos cambios climáticos y creando otras especies nuevas como los osos "pizzly" o "grolar".
Todos podemos a portar nuestro pequeño granito pero son los gobiernos de cada país los que tienen que dirigir los cambios por un planeta más sostenible o de otro modo siendo los humanos los más inteligentes somos el arma más mortífera para el planeta.
Se necesita más mano dura para los que incumplan las leyes de contaminación o de destrucción de bosques o zonas verdes.
Un libro que se ha hecho muy ameno de leer ya que no sólo era información, había mucha foto ilustrando los hechos que se iban contando.
El libro nos muestra y de muestra con datos científicos los cambios que han ido produciéndose en el medio ambiente y los que se producirán si no cuidamos de nuestro planeta ya que cada vez la temperatura media que alcanza la atmósfera es mayor, con lo que muchas especies desaparecen y otras al no recibir el oxígeno y temperatura que siempre tenían para su existencia van muriendo.
Hay especies que se están "adaptando" a esos cambios climáticos y creando otras especies nuevas como los osos "pizzly" o "grolar".
Todos podemos a portar nuestro pequeño granito pero son los gobiernos de cada país los que tienen que dirigir los cambios por un planeta más sostenible o de otro modo siendo los humanos los más inteligentes somos el arma más mortífera para el planeta.
Se necesita más mano dura para los que incumplan las leyes de contaminación o de destrucción de bosques o zonas verdes.
Un libro que se ha hecho muy ameno de leer ya que no sólo era información, había mucha foto ilustrando los hechos que se iban contando.
October 7, 2023
Finished this in one sitting. The level of content in this was perfect for someone (like me) who knows about climate change but does not have a background in scientific study. I would perhaps have liked a little more provision of resources/ideas about steps you can take at the end, but overall this was a brilliant read and I feel much better informed.
June 9, 2020
Powerful conclusion. Good level of content. I've been introduced to several ideas and technologies I've been happy to explore further.
May 14, 2022
Can recommend pairing with some very heavy metal xoxoxox
May 11, 2024
Would’ve been 4 stars but this book is SCARY. Also, didn’t like the different font sizes. All in all an uncomfortable read.
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