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Being the Change Peter Kalmus

Being the Change von Peter Kalmus

Being the Change Peter Kalmus

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Zusammenfassung

How a climate scientist and suburban father cut his climate impact down to one tenth the US average and became happier because of it. Being the Change merges science, spirituality, and practical knowledge to offer a deeply optimistic message: living without fossil fuels is not only possible, it can be better.

Being the Change Zusammenfassung

Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution Peter Kalmus

Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome.

We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, global warming worsens.

Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate systems, the author, a climate scientist and suburban father of two, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling, growing food, meditating, and making other simple, fulfilling changes. Ultimately, he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process.

Being the Change explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament. It merges science, spirituality, and practical action to develop a satisfying and appropriate response to global warming.

Part one exposes our interconnected predicament: overpopulation, global warming, industrial agriculture, growth-addicted economics, a sold-out political system, and a mindset of separation from nature. It also includes a readable but authoritative overview of climate science. Part two offers a response at once obvious and unprecedented: mindfully opting out of this broken system and aligning our daily lives with the biosphere.

The core message is deeply optimistic: living without fossil fuels is not only possible, it can be better.

AWARDS

  • GOLD (tie) | 2017 IPPY Awards: Books Most Likely to Save the Planet
  • SILVER | 2017 Nautilus Book Awards: Green Living / Sustainability
  • BRONZE | 2017 Foreword INDIES: Ecology & Environment

Über Peter Kalmus

Peter Kalmus is a climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. At work he studies the physics of clouds in a changing climate, and at home he explores how we can address climate change while living happier, more connected lives. He lives in Altadena, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, with his wife and two children on 1/10th the fossil fuels of the American average. He enjoys orcharding, beekeeping, and backpacking. Peter speaks purely on his own behalf, not on behalf of NASA or Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Part I: Predicament
1. Waking Up
2. Beyond Green
3. Global Warming: The Science
4. Global Warming: The Outlook
5. Growth Always Ends
6. Our Mindset

Part II: A Mammal in the Biosphere
7. Trailheads into the Wilderness
8. Like to Bike
9. Leaving Fossil Fuel
10. Slow Travel
11. Meditation, a Foundation of Change
12. Reconnecting with Mother Earth
13. Opting Out of a Broken System
14. Collective Action
15. Community
16. Love

Notes
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers

Zusätzliche Informationen

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9780865718531
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Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution Peter Kalmus
Peter Kalmus
Gebraucht - Wie Neu
Broschiert
New Society Publishers
2017-07-10
384
Winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) 2018 (United States) Joint winner of Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) 2018 (United States) Runner-up for Nautilus Book Award 2017 (United States)
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