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Gore,
Al. An inconvenient truth. Rodale
Books, 2006
Al Gore’s groundbreaking book,
An Inconvenient Truth, brings together leading-edge
research from top scientists around the
world, as well as photographs, charts, and
other illustrations to document the reality
of global warming--and to sound a warning
bell for action before it’s too late.
Filled with personal anecdotes and observations
about how this issue has become a central
focus in Mr. Gore’s
life--and why he believes it is the crucial
issue of our time--AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
argues that global warming is not just about
science, nor is it just a political issue:
it is a moral issue and we have a responsibility
to do something about it. Destined to become
a classic, this accessible, entertaining,
and thorough book is a unique reference
for anyone who wants more information about
global warming as well a guidebook for those
who want to join the fight. (Book description) |
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Guest,
Greg ed. Globalization, health, and the environment
: an integrated perspective. Lanham, MD: AltaMira
Press, c2005
Leading health scholars reveal the impact
of globalization on human health, as it is
mediated through environmental change. They
explore the destabilizing impact of globalization
on the planet's ecology, and on the health
of the human populations that are dependent
on the delicate global bionetwork. Their timely
case studies describe the cultural adaptations
of indigenous populations to their changing
environments, evaluating their technological
and global political-economic processes. The
authors analyze local and global public health
strategies, examine the association between
globalization and demographies, and offer
creative solutions for future health policies.
This book will be a valuable resource for
professionals in international health, medical
anthropology, sociology and geography, environmental
studies, and globalization studies. (Altamira
Press) |
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Ryan,
John and Alan Durning. Stuff: The Secret Lives
of Everyday Things. Northwest Environment,
1997
Documenting a day in the life of the average
North American consumer, Stuff: The Secret
Lives of Everyday Things deconstructs the
American Dream by unraveling the hidden costs
behind the objects around us. From our morning
cup of Columbian coffee to our South Korean-made
sneakers, the book traces the environmental
impact of the consumer decisions most of us
make without thinking. Authors John C. Ryan
and Alan Thein Durning of Seattle's Northwest
Environment Watch tell us greenhouse gases
produced in making one burger are equivalent
to those emitted in a six-mile drive to the
burger joint. Only occasionally verging on
preachiness, this readable 88-page book is
definitely worth the paper it's printed on
(from Mother Jones, September/October 1997). |
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We're All New Orleanians Now by Mike Tidwell, The Washington Post
Sunday, August 20, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081800984.html
How's this for poetic justice? In future years, the White House and all those federal agencies accused of acting too slowly after Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans last August will probably find their own D.C. offices threatened by catastrophic flooding from monster storms. They may be hunkering behind massive levees and fantastic floodgates, harried by the annual threat of Katrina-scale hurricanes.
Because one year after the great catastrophe in Louisiana, this much is clear: It's coming here. |
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Citizens
for Global Solutions
http://www.globalsolutions.org/index.htm
Nationwide organization that inspires America
to engage the world. Our members recognize
that in today’s interconnected world,
our lives, our jobs and our families are increasingly
affected by global problems. Challenges like
terrorism, climate change, failed states and
infectious diseases cannot be addressed by
any one country alone, not even the United
States. Citizens for Global Solutions believes
that countries can best solve global problems
by working together to find global solutions (from Web description). |
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Carbon
Footprint Calculator
http://www.safeclimate.net/calculator/index.php
Calculate your carbon emissions with SafeClimate’s
Carbon Footprint Calculator. |
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National
Innovation Initiative
http://innovateamerica.org/index_nii.asp
On December 15, 2004, over 500 leaders from
across the nation and the world attended the
National Innovation Summit in Washington,
DC, where the Council on Competitiveness released
the landmark report, Innovate America: Thriving
in a World of Challenge and Change. The report
provides a comprehensive analysis of our changing
innovation ecosystem and lays out an action
agenda for a wide range of stakeholders to
improve U.S. innovation capacity. The path-breaking
and robust agenda laid out by Innovate America
includes more than 60 detailed recommendations
grouped under three major platforms for action:
Talent, Investment and Infrastructure (from
Web description).
Download an Executive Summary of the report:
http://innovateamerica.org/webscr/NII_EXEC_SUM.pdf |
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The Great
Green Web Game
http://go.ucsusa.org/game/
Test how your consumer choices effect the
environment by playing the Great Green Web
Game. |
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Addicted to Oil (2006) Directed by Kenneth Levis USA, 53 minutes (Thomas L. Friedman Reporting)
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman brought globalization to the masses with his book The World is Flat. In his new documentary Addicted to Oil, he takes petropolitics--the relationship between oil prices and the power of oil-rich nations--into the mainstream. With gas prices over $3.00 a gallon and the cost of the war on terror mounting, topics like energy conservation, global warming and alternative energy have never been hotter, and Friedman’s explication of the intricate relationship between energy, national security and geo-political power couldn’t be more timely.
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An Inconvenient
Truth (2005) Directed by Davis Guggenheim, USA 1hr 40minutes
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
Humanity is sitting on a ticking time
bomb. If the vast majority of the world's
scientists are right, we have just ten years
to avert a major catastrophe that could send
our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic
destruction involving extreme weather, floods,
droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves
beyond anything we have ever experienced.
If that sounds like a recipe for serious gloom
and doom -- think again. From director Davis
Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival
hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a
passionate and inspirational look at one man's
fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly
progress in its tracks by exposing the myths
and misconceptions that surround it. That
man is former Vice President Al Gore, who,
in the wake of defeat in the 2000 election,
re-set the course of his life to focus on
a last-ditch, all-out effort to help save
the planet from irrevocable change. In this
eye-opening and poignant portrait of Gore
and his "traveling global warming show,"
Gore also proves himself to be one of the
most misunderstood characters in modern American
public life. Here he is seen as never before
in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright
on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring
truth about what he calls our "planetary
emergency" out to ordinary citizens before
it's too late. (from movie description) |
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The End of Suburbia:
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American
Dream (2004) Canada, 87 minutes - Directed by Gregory
Greene
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
http://eos.postcarbon.org/
Since World War II North Americans have invested
much of their newfound wealth in suburbia.
It has promised a sense of space, affordability,
family life and upward mobility. As the population
of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past
50 years, so too the suburban way of life
has become embedded in the American consciousness.
Suburbia, and all it promises, has become
the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st
century, serious questions are beginning to
emerge about the sustainability of this way
of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of
irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American
Way of Life and its prospects as the planet
approaches a critical era, as global demand
for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply.
World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline
of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists
and policy makers argue in this documentary.
The consequences of inaction in the face of
this global crisis are enormous. What does
Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy
prices skyrocket in the coming years, how
will the populations of suburbia react to
the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs
destined to become the slums of tomorrow?
And what can be done NOW, individually and
collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia? (from IMDB)
Movie review:
http://baltimorechronicle.com/080304ThomasWheeler.shtml |
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Oil on ice (2004) Directed by Dale Djerassi and Bo Boudart,
USA 57 minutes
http://www.oilonice.org/
OIL ON ICE is a vivid, compelling and comprehensive
documentary connecting the fate of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to decisions America
makes about energy policy, transportation
choices, and other seemingly unrelated matters.
Caught in the balance are the culture and
livelihood of the Gwich'in Athabascan Indians
and Inupiat Eskimos and the migratory wildlife
in this fragile ecosystem. |
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