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• Hope Dies Last

  Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future

  Weisman, Alan, 1947-

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  Alan Weisman reports on environmentalists across the world battling to protect the world we live in. There are uplifting examples of nature's and human resilience juxtaposed against the challenges of climate change, apathy and the self-interest of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clearing the Air

  a Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers

  Ritchie, Hannah, 1993-

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  This new book from the author of 'Not the End of the World' answers 50 common questions about what we can and can't do to mitigate climate change. An accessible read, perfect for anyone who wants concise, hopeful, and well researched answers.

• The Chthonic Cycle

  Cruickshank, Una

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  Poet Una Cruickshank celebrates the ancient and mythic power of the Earth to regenerate via life, death, decay and rebirth in this beguiling take on environmental science. This is a Popular Science book like no other as a poet, in communion with her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Human Nature

  Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

  Marvel, Kate

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  Climate Scientist Kate Marvel tackles climate change from all directions with clear explanations of the science behind our past and present understandings of climate change, to possible futures. She also acknowledges the importance of our feelings…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life on a Little-known Planet

  Dispatches From a Changing World

  Kolbert, Elizabeth, 1961-

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  This collection of essays from Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert explores a wide range of environmental changes she has discovered in her journalistic travels over the last twenty years or so. Investigating both devastating loss and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Barrister for the Earth

  Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future

  Feria Tinta, Mónica, 1966-

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  People are turning to legal action to demand rights for nature and action against climate change, and award-winning lawyer Mónica Feria Tinta is leading the charge arguing for them. In this book she outlines some of her real-world cases, dealing not…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If We Get It Right?

  Visions of Climate Futures

  Johnson, Ayana Elizabeth

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  Marine biologist Johnson challenges us to imagine a hopeful future in this collection of essays and interviews with experts working to mitigate the potentially devastating effects of climate change. Her focus on amazing work being done by scientists…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Displacement

  Climate Change and the Next American Migration

  Bittle, Jake

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  Bittle tells the stories of people in the United States who have already been forced to relocate due to climate disasters. He also looks to the future: the challenges we face and the radical change we can expect to see in how and where people live.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Regenesis

  Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

  Monbiot, George, 1963-

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  Environmental activist George Monbiot offers a fascinating perspective on how all farming (not just intensive farming) has a detrimental impact on the environment and explores solutions already being developed to produce food in a less destructive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silent Spring

  Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964

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  Silent Spring is a classic work first published in 1962 that remains relevant today. Rachel Carson writes in a manner that sits between poetic and scientific, documenting the use of pesticides at the time and the resulting damage. A polarizing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hot Air

  the Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial

  Stott, Peter

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  This first-hand account from climate scientist Peter Stott details the decades-long war to inform the world about global warming. Stott unveils tactics fossil fuel lobbyists and other climate change deniers have used to undermine scientific research…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Climate Book

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  Full of insight from experts all over the world, this collection gathered by Greta Thunberg demonstrates the urgent action needed to minimise the climate crisis. This is an eye-opening one-stop-shop on climate change, from how we got into this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fire Weather

  a True Story From a Hotter World

  Vaillant, John

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  Award-winning author and journalist John Vaillant explores the past, present and future of our flammable world. Centering his story on an apocalyptic wildfire that engulfs a small town at the edge of the Arctic tar sands, Vaillant drills down into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Climate Aotearoa

  What's Happening & What Can We Do About It?

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  An informative collection of essays on the past, present and future of climate change by a range of experts. This is a great starting point for anyone wanting to understand what climate change means for us here in Aotearoa, and what we can do about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Alarmist

  Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change

  Lowe, D. C. (David Charles), Dr

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  Dave Lowe formed a spiritual connection with the atmosphere early in life through surfing off the rugged coasts of Taranaki. This helped him overcome early academic struggles, inspiring him to go on and become a leading figure in the world of…Read moreRead more of this annotation