Bill McKibben est une voix de premier plan dans la littérature environnementale, se consacrant aux questions urgentes du changement climatique dès le début de sa carrière. Son écriture examine avec acuité la relation entre l'humanité et la nature, alertant sur le réchauffement climatique avec clarté et urgence. Grâce à son style captivant et à sa profonde compréhension des préoccupations écologiques, McKibben s'est imposé comme un commentateur essentiel de notre époque. Son œuvre invite les lecteurs à réfléchir à notre impact sur la planète et à affronter activement les défis environnementaux.
The book encourages a reimagining of the holiday season, emphasizing the importance of joy, intimacy, and spirituality over consumerism. Bill McKibben presents suggestions to shift focus from materialism to meaningful traditions and celebrations, aiming to restore the true essence of Christmastime. By exploring alternative ways to celebrate, he invites readers to embrace a more relaxed and fulfilling holiday experience.
Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in
the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on
down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic
engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our
past, of our humanity, of meaning.
Five years after the initial publication of Worldchanging, the landscape of environmentalism and sustainability has changed dramatically. The average reader is now well-versed--even inundated--with green lifestyle advice. In 2011, green is the starting point, not the destination. This second edition of the bestselling book is extensively revised to include the latest trends, technologies, and solutions in sustainable living. More than 160 new entries include up-to-the-minute information on the locavore movement, carbon-neutral homes, novel transportation solutions, the growing trend of ecotourism, the concept of food justice, and much more. Additional new sections focus on the role of cities as the catalyst for change in our society. With 50 percent new content, this overhauled edition incorporates the most recent studies and projects being implemented worldwide. The result is a guided tour through the most exciting new tools, models, and ideas for building a better future
This collection features influential perspectives on global warming, tracing its historical development from the 19th century to contemporary discussions. Edited by renowned environmental writer Bill McKibben, it includes contributions from prominent figures like Van Jones, Al Gore, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Naomi Klein. The book highlights the urgency of climate issues and offers insights into the ongoing environmental crisis, making it a crucial read for understanding the complexities of climate change and the voices advocating for action.
This book argues for shifting focus from "growth" as the main economic goal to pursuing local prosperity. It illustrates how this idea is emerging globally, from the developing economies of India and China to the established societies of Europe and New England.
The Emmy Award–winning creator of GASLAND tells his intimate and damning, personal story of our world in crisis. With a foreword by Bill McKibben. The rules have changed. The water has changed. The climate has changed. The truth has changed. We must change. In The Truth Has Changed, Josh Fox turns the rapid-fire shocks that are remaking the very fabric of our lives—writing as a first responder, a reporter, a documentarian, and an activist—into art, literature, and at least one answer to the question of what the future holds. Our normal isn’t normal anymore. The paradigm shift that global warming represents parallels a paradigm shift in how we process truth. Both deeply affect democracy. Josh Fox has had a front row seat—a first responder after 9/11, filming the Deepwater Horizon spill close up from the air and on the ground, a member of Bernie Sanders’s delegation of the Democratic Platform Committee, risking his life to cross a bridge on Thanksgiving Day at Standing Rock, traveling the nation and the world, shooting his films, talking to people everywhere he goes. The Truth Has Changed is his first book, the companion to his new one-man show of the same title, and it’s beautiful.
"Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding."--Los Angeles Times In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the compelling case for moving beyond "growth" as the paramount economic ideal and pursuing prosperity in a more local direction, with regions producing more of their own food, generating more of their own energy, and even creating more of their own culture and entertainment. Our purchases need not be at odds with the things we truly value, McKibben argues, and the more we nurture the essential humanity of our economy, the more we will recapture our own.
Argues that a large-scale shift in Earth's climate is unavoidable and explains how humans should live if they are going to sustain themselves on the new planet that their mistakes have created
