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How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley Dawson argues that cities are ground zero for climate change, contributing the lions share of carbon to the atmosphere, while also lying on the frontlines of rising sea levels. Today, the majority of the worlds megacities are located in coastal zones, yet few of them are adequately...
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The science is conclusive: to avoid irreversible climate collapse, the burning of all fossil fuels will have to end in the next decade. In this concise and highly readable intervention, Ashley Dawson sets out what is required to make this momentous shift: simply replacing coal-fired power plants with for-profit solar energy farms will only maintain the toxic illusion that it is possible to sustain relentlessly expanding energy consumption. We can...
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With a new introduction by the author
Some thousands of years ago, the world was home to an immense variety of large mammals. From wooly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers to giant ground sloths and armadillos the size of automobiles, these spectacular creatures roamed freely. Then human beings arrived. Devouring their way down the food chain as they spread across the planet, they began a process of voracious extinction that has continued to the present.
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Do any of these statements sound familiar, "Ugh, another Monday," "I already see how this day is gonna go," or "I hate Mondays?" You are not alone in feeling this way about Mondays, but every Monday is a new Monday. Mind Over Monday provides weekly inspiration to jumpstart your Mondays and set the trajectory for your week. This inspirational book will help you realize that your Mondays are possible!