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message 1: by Lena (last edited Mar 08, 2019 10:30PM) (new)
Nov 13, 2018 05:38AM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
We mostly read fiction here at Solarpunk but my hope is that we do so to be a catalyst for real life change.

A member recently asked me for books about dealing with climate change deniers. So here are some helpful list of books (that I hope to read soon!)

Books to Take on Climate Change Deniers
Boiling Point How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled the Climate Crisis—And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster by Ross Gelbspan Censoring Science Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming by Mark Bowen Environmental Skepticism Ecology, Power and Public Life by Peter J. Jacques The Lomborg Deception Setting the Record Straight About Global Warming by Howard Friel Merchants of Doubt How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes Straight Up America's Fiercest Climate Blogger Takes on the Status Quo Media, Politicians, and Clean Energy Solutions by Joseph J. Romm The Inquisition of Climate Science by James Lawrence Powell Climate Change Denial Heads in the Sand by Haydn Washington The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars Dispatches from the Front Lines by Michael E. Mann Climatology Versus Pseudoscience Exposing the Failed Predictions of Global Warming Skeptics by Dana Andrew Nuccitelli The Madhouse Effect How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy by Michael E. Mann Unprecedented Crime Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival by Peter Carter

Here is a tidy blog about how to speak politely, effectively, to a climate change denier.

Books That Inspire You to Resist Climate Change Deniers
Climate Change What Everyone Needs to Know by Joseph Romm The Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert Caring for Creation The Evangelical's Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment by Paul Douglas This Changes Everything Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein Six Degrees Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas Oil and Honey The Education of an Unlikely Activist by Bill McKibben Climate Changed A Personal Journey through the Science by Philippe Squarzoni Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

Books on Climate Change Politics
The Great Derangement Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh Learning to Die in the Anthropocene Reflections on the End of a Civilization by Roy Scranton Love in the Anthropocene by Dale Jamieson The Great Persuasion Reinventing Free Markets Since the Depression by Angus Burgin

Other Must Read List Climate Change Books
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late by Thom Hartmann The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs Comfortably Unaware Global Depletion and Food Responsibility... What You Choose to Eat Is Killing Our Planet by Richard Oppenlander The End of the Long Summer Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth by Dianne Dumanoski Climate Wars by Gwynne Dyer Don't Even Think About It Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall The Great Transition Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy by Lester R. Brown

I did not graphically represent the duplicates from each list, to save time, but the book which showed up the most was Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming.

What I consider the most important book: Caring for Creation: The Evangelical's Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment

Evangelicals are a large and powerful voting block in American politics. I want to buy a few copies and put them into little libraries near churches. If you have any spare cash please do the same!


message 2: by Lena (new)
Nov 14, 2018 03:49PM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
PBS has started a show called Sinking Cities.
https://www.pbs.org/show/sinking-cities/


message 3: by Lena (new)
Nov 14, 2018 04:40PM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
Best places to live in 2100. Plan ahead for your families!
https://medium.com/s/futurehuman/the-...


message 4: by Darius (new)
Nov 17, 2018 04:29PM

Darius Murretti | 3 comments https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... is my review of Unstoppable by Bill Nye
Its an audio book Im like so much and found so edifying Im listening to it a second time !!!

In the comment section readers shared conversation they had with people in denial and one shared teh below link to a debate at oxford university which I found further edifying for my task of transforming those in denial to functioning members of the climate change mitigation community


https://www.youtube.com/results?searc...
Climate Change Debate | Rob Paver | Proposition (1/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHUp...
Climate Change Debate | Chris Garner | Opposition (2/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgCf...
Climate Change Debate | Barry Gardiner MP | Proposition (3/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2p6T...
Climate Change Debate | Secretary Ernest Moniz | Opposition (4/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsZW2...
Climate Change Debate | Angela Smith MP | Proposition (5/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9MsF...
Climate Change Debate | President Mohamed Nasheed | Opposition (6/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wfj2...
Climate Change Debate | Sir David King | Proposition (7/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRdhT...
Climate Change Debate | Natalie Bennett | Opposition (8/8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehuEL...


message 5: by Virginie (new)
Nov 28, 2018 12:54PM

Virginie Not sure where to post this...

I recently came across this website: https://eco-fiction.com/eco-fiction/

This website deals about climate-change 'nature-lovers' literature and news. I think the ressource category is particularly worth a look. Plenty of 'environmental-aware' projects and websites.


message 6: by Lena (new)
Nov 28, 2018 04:13PM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
It’s a cool site. I mentioned it under the thread Wellsprings. I was trying to be clever with the names, sorry.


message 7: by Lena (last edited Aug 08, 2019 12:38PM) (new)
Aug 08, 2019 12:37PM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
Just found a yearly award for books
Most Likely to Save the Planet!

2000 The Humanure Handbook A Guide to Composting Human Manure by Joseph C. Jenkins
2001 The Living Wild by Art Wolfe
2002 Visionaries People and Ideas to Change Your Life by Jay Walljasper
2003 Live Safely in a Dangerous World How to Beat the Odds of Dying in an Accident by John C. Myre
2004 Farming with the Wild Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches by Daniel Imhoff
2005 The Face of Human Rights by Walter Kälin
2006 Yellowstone to Yukon Freedom to Roam A Photographic Journey by Florian Schulz
2007 Precious Air The Kyoto Protocol and Profit in the Global Warming Game by Alan Reed
2008 Water Voices from Around the World by William E. Marks & Blue Planet Run The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World by Rick Smolan
2009 Evolution's Edge The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World by Graeme Taylor
2010 Planet Ice A Climate for Change by James Martin
2011 The CAFO Reader The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories by Daniel Imhoff
2012 To the Arctic by Florian Schulz & The Long Ride The Record-Setting Journey by Horse Across the American Landscape by Lucian Spataro
2013 Everyday Heroes 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time by Katrina Fried
2014 Energy Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth by Tom Butler
2015 The Wastewater Gardener Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time by Mark Nelson
2016 Climate Shock The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet by Gernot Wagner
2017 Industrial Scars The Hidden Costs of Consumption by J. Henry Fair
2018 Whitewash The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science by Carey Gillam & Being the Change How to Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution by Peter Kalmus
2019 The Future of Packaging From Linear to Circular by Tom Szaky

Link: http://www.ippyawards.com/137/medalis...


message 8: by David (new)
Aug 09, 2019 02:47PM

David Witzel (dwitzel) | 2 comments thanks! great list


message 9: by Lena (new)
Aug 11, 2019 08:49PM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
You’re welcome!


message 10: by Lena (last edited Jan 09, 2020 07:37AM) (new)
Jan 09, 2020 07:36AM

Lena | 1412 comments Mod
Justin Bieber has Lyme Disease
https://www.theguardian.com/music/202... It reminds me that I wanted to read Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change


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