In The 60S, Silent Spring Forced Us To Pay Attention To The Problem With Pesticides. The 70S Galvanized The Nation To Conserve. In The 90S Our Communities Came Together To 'Reduce, Reuse, And Recycle.' And Now, The First Decade Of The New Millennium Will Focus Our Attention On Our Most Urgent Environmental Challenge Yet: Global Warming And The Potential For Irreversible Climate Change.In A Clear And Understandable Style, Stormy Weather Explains Why We And The Planet Have Reached This Overheated Situation And How Scientists Predict 'Runaway' Climate Change Will Affect The Earth And Our Lives. The Solutions To Global Warming Revolve Around 12 Core Methods Of Reducing Our Use Of Fossil Fuels And Filling Our Energy Needs With Solar, Wind, Tidal, And Bio Fuels. Each Userfriendly Solution Is Organized On Two Facing Pages With A Description, Illustrations, Quotations, Resources, And A Detailed 'Howto' Section. Solutions Are Grouped By Social Sectorindividuals; Citizen Groups; Towns And Cities; State Government; Power Utilities; Businesses; Oil, Coal & Gas Corporations; Automobile Corporations; National Governments; And Developing Nationsbreakingup These Vital Planetsaving Tasks Into Manageable Activities For Both Individuals And Larger Organizations.From Riding Your Bike To The Office To Developing Sustainable Transportation Infrastructures, And From Launching A Treeplanting Initiative In Your Community To Negotiating A Global Forests Protection Treaty, This Critical Book Will Help Anyone And Everyoneon A Small Or Grand Scaleto Participate In Cooling Our Planets Troubled Atmosphere.Guy Dauncy Is The Publisher Of The Monthly Environmental Newsletter Econews And The Author Of Earthfuture (New Society Publishers, 1999), And After The Crash (Greenprint Uk, 1996). He Lives In Victoria, British Columbia.Patrick Mazza Is A Staff Writer And Researcher With Earth Island Institutes Climate Solutions. He Lives In Seattle, Washington.
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