Month of Climate Action - Non-Fiction Print | San Francisco Public Library

On Fire

The (burning) Case for A Green New Deal

by Klein, Naomi

Book - 2019

Klein's accessible volume makes the case for grand policy responses, and shows how the climate crisis can be seen as intimately connected to other political issues. Klein's accessible volume makes the case for grand policy responses, and shows how the climate crisis can be seen as intimately connected to other political issues. Show less

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The Archipelago of Hope

Wisdom and Resilience From the Edge of Climate Change

by Raĭgorodet͡skiĭ, Gleb

Book - 2017

The author has spent two decades working with different indigenous groups who are responding to climate change and offers lessons from what he's learned. The author has spent two decades working with different indigenous groups who are responding to climate change and offers lessons from what he's learned. Show less

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Anthropocene or Capitalocene?

Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism

Book - 2016

The authors dissect the concept of the Anthropocene (human-made climate change) and ask readers to respond to climate change by challenging capitalism's relationship to nature instead of seeing humanity as incompatible with the Earth. The authors dissect the concept of the Anthropocene (human-made climate change) and ask readers to respond to climate change by challenging capitalism's relationship to nature instead of seeing humanity as incompatible with the Earth. Show less

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Soil Not Oil

Environmental Justice in An Age of Climate Crisis

by Shiva, Vandana

Book - 2015

Activist and scholar Vandana Shiva lays out the science of what we're facing, and the science and politics of how to respond to climate change through the lens of agriculture. Activist and scholar Vandana Shiva lays out the science of what we're facing, and the science and politics of how to respond to climate change through the lens of agriculture. Show less

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The No-nonsense Guide to Degrowth and Sustainability

by Ellwood, Wayne

Book - 2014

While "sustainability" is a buzzword of our daily lives, Wayne Ellwood works to convince readers that the economy has to change in substantive ways for humans to have a better relationship with the Earth. While "sustainability" is a buzzword of our daily lives, Wayne Ellwood works to convince readers that the economy has to change in substantive ways for humans to have a better relationship with the Earth. Show less

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Spiritual Ecology

The Cry of the Earth, A Collection of Essays

Book - 2013

This collection of global thinkers has the reader consider connecting to the earth on a spiritual level as one of the steps needed to respond to the ecological disruption we see. Pieces from Vandana Shiva, Winona LaDuke, Thich Nhat Hanh and others. This collection of global thinkers has the reader consider connecting to the earth on a spiritual level as one of the steps needed to respond to the ecological disruption we see. Pieces from Vandana Shiva, Winona LaDuke, Thich Nhat Hanh and others. Show less

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Ecosocialism

A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe

by Löwy, Michael

Book - 2015

Another look at how the planet is faring under our current economic system, and what a response looks like from those with a left/Marxist background. Another look at how the planet is faring under our current economic system, and what a response looks like from those with a left/Marxist background. Show less

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Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth

Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in An Age of Ecological Crisis

by Wirth, Jason M.

Book - 2017

This slim volume looks at the work of poet/activist Gary Snyder, and the Zen thinker Dogen, and how they can help us build a philosophy where we take seriously the interconnectedness of all living things. This slim volume looks at the work of poet/activist Gary Snyder, and the Zen thinker Dogen, and how they can help us build a philosophy where we take seriously the interconnectedness of all living things. Show less

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The Great Derangement

Climate Change and the Unthinkable

by Ghosh, Amitav

Book - 2016

Ghosh asks why the climate crisis is a difficult subject for the modern novel, and explains why our collective imagination needs to take it on. Ghosh asks why the climate crisis is a difficult subject for the modern novel, and explains why our collective imagination needs to take it on. Show less

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http://bostonreview.net/forum/jedediah-purdy-new-nature

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"The New Nature from Boston Review. It is impossible to divorce nature from human influence. Can that influence be democratic?" Another great forum from Boston Review magazine. "The New Nature from Boston Review. It is impossible to divorce nature from human influence. Can that influence be democratic?" Another great forum from Boston Review magazine. Show less

Spirituality And Ecology: Satish Kumar

Downloadable Video - 2015

"Interview with Satish Kumar, one of the founders of deep ecology, a philosophy which sees human beings not as lords over nature but as part of natur...Show more "Interview with Satish Kumar, one of the founders of deep ecology, a philosophy which sees human beings not as lords over nature but as part of nature, interdependent with all other forms of life as part of a living whole." Part of "The Green Interview" series available on Kanopy. The series has interviews with Jane Goodall, David Suzuki, Vandanda Shiva, and many more: https://sfpl.kanopy.com/category/765 Show less

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