The Carbon Almanac: It's Not Too Late
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Review : When it comes to the climate, we don’t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, and now we face a critical decision. Whether to be optimistic or fatalistic, whether to profess skepticism or to take action. Yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics. And a shift from thinking about climate change as a “me†problem to a “we†problem. The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and illustrators that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. Drawing on over 1,000 data points, the book uses cartoons, quotes, illustrations, tables, histories, and articles to lay out carbon’s impact on our food system, ocean acidity, agriculture, energy, biodiversity, extreme weather events, the economy, human health, and best and worst-case scenarios. Visually engaging and built to share, The Carbon Almanac is the definitive source for facts and the basis for a global movement to fight climate change. This isn’t what the oil companies, marketers, activists, or politicians want you to believe. This is what’s really happening, right now. Our planet is in trouble, and no one concerned group, corporation, country, or hemisphere can address this on its own. Self-interest only increases the problem. We are in this together. And it’s not too late for concerted, collective action for change. Read more
Review : A shipwreck has tossed you into a turbulent sea. Hold this book close to your chest, it's your life raft. Call to your shipmates as they're struggling to stay afloat, point out the rafts like yours already within their reach. The build of your raft gives you the sight-lines and the confidence to lead your friends to shore. There, your raft changes shape. Now it's a guide for joining together and constructing a more seaworthy vessel, one which can weather — better yet, dispel – the catastrophes of climate change. In short, easy-to-understand essays — numbered articles illustrated with clever infographics, even cartoons — The Carbon Almanac lays out what’s causing climate change and why it matters. Then the book spells out how to move from information to collective action. For example: The list on page 327, headlined “Things To Do Today,†details more than ten quick-start steps to take. The first is to visit a specific page on the book's companion website and discover a group that needs your help. Say you read the article titled “Race, Fairness, and Climate†and want more. A visit to that webpage leads you to the Climate Justice Alliance, with whom you can join forces. More than a book and a website, The Carbon Almanac spins off into a kids' version, an educators' guide, a photo book, and several podcasts — including an episode titled “The Carbon Almanac Origin Story.†Then there's The Daily Difference, an email service organizing thousands of fellow subscribers to press for systemic corporate and government change. The Carbon Almanac's origin story codes a process which points to a promising future. In all its formats, The Carbon Almanac is the brilliant generosity of volunteers. It demonstrates what people of good will can do when we’re invited to give our time and skill to a worthy effort, when we’re met with warm welcome and sincere appreciation. Having taken part in this project, I've seen how this kind of fellowship opens up our capacity to learn, to co-create, and to lead. As comprehensive as the The Carbon Almanac is, you might find something — a perspective, a concern, a sensibility — missing. In that case, use the book as code for leading into that dimension yourself. Hold this book close to your chest — you may hear the earth's heartbeat resonant in your own. You may feel the impulse to safeguard who and what you love within the turbulence of our changing climate.
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