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Climate Action for Busy People
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
- 212 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Climate Action for Busy People
Cate Mingoya-LaFortune
About This Book
As unprecedented heat waves, storms of the century, and devastating fires impact cities across the country, the time to create climate resilient communities is now. While large-scale innovations in policy and technology are necessary to preserve the planet, the wisest and most lasting adaptation solutions originate at the local level. However, with something as large as the climate crisis, it can be hard to know where to begin. Climate Action for Busy People is a hopeful and realistic roadmap for individuals and groups who want to boost climate preparedness and move the needle towards environmental justice. Drawing from her professional and personal success in climate adaptation and community organizing, Cate Mingoya-LaFortune begins with a brief history of why our communities look the way they do (spoiler, it's not an accident!) and how that affects how vulnerable we are to climate risks. Each chapter will help readers scale up their actions, from identifying climate solutions that an individual or small group can pull off in a handful of weekends, like tree plantings or depaving parties, to advocating for change at the municipal level through coalition-building and data collection. It's not too late for people of all ages and skill levels to create climate safe neighborhoods. Climate Action for Busy People is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to make lasting and equitable improvements that will make their communities climate resilient.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Subscribe to Island Press
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Itâs No Accident
- Chapter 2. Hot, Wet, and Smoky
- Chapter 3. Now What? Small Solutions
- Chapter 4. The Three Questions
- Chapter 5. Experts, Allies, and Naysayers
- Chapter 6. Whoâs in Charge around Here?
- Chapter 7. Collecting Data
- Chapter 8. Systems Change
- Conclusion: In It for the Long Haul
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author