Resources to help you make a difference to our Planet and our Future!
This is a clear and comprehensive overview of climate change presented by Bob Lindmeier, Senior Chief Meteorologist with WKOW TV, Madison, WI
ABOUT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
National Geographic - about Photosynthesis
CURRENT NEWS
Journalist David Wallace-Wells on climate change and climate hope On Point Radio, interview with Meghna Chakrabarti, November 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/year-of-living-better/how-to-reduce-your-carbon-footprint
Excellent article with good graphics about rate of change and includes links to what to change in our lives, carbon footprint of various foods
CAN ONE INDIVIDUAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
COMPUTE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/consider-your-impact/carbon-calculator/
https://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/
https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local
Complete carbon footprint of our food: from land use to transportation and packaging.
League of Women Voters, Dane County, Climate Blog
https://lwvdanecounty.org/climate-corner/
CLIMATE RELATED FICTION
The Ministry For the Future (Pres. Obama’s booklist for 2020), Kim Stanley Robinson
“In Kim Stanley Robinson’s anti-dystopian novel, climate change is the crisis that finally forces mankind to deal with global inequality.”
New York Review of Books)
READING AND RESOURCE LIST
Thinking in Systems: A Primer Donella H. Meadows
The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things; Stories from Science and Observation (The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy, Book 3) Peter Wohlleben
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth James Lovelock
Climate: A New Story Charles Eisenstein
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health David R. Montgomery, Anne Bikle
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Paul Hawken
Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication Oren Jay Sofer, Joseph Goldstein
Nonviolent Communication: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values Marshall Rosenberg PhD
A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold
Walden / Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau
Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything Robert M. Hazen
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Bill McKibben
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate Naomi Klein
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life David Quammen
Burn: Using Fire to Cool the Earth Albert Bates, Kathleen Draper
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming David Wallace-Wells
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World Peter Wohlleben
The Botany of Desire Michael Pollan
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
The Transpersonal Vision: The Healing Potential of Nonordinary States of Consciousness Stanislav Grof Ph.D.
INDUSTRY RESOURCES, GREEN TECHNOLOGY (please use at your own discretion. I am trying to provide reliable sources, but I have no way of vetting or guaranteeing these sources and I cannot endorse these companies.
Expedition Air, creating consumer products from captured carbon
Carbon Upcycling creates low carbon concrete products from captured carbon