“In the course of 20-some years of investigating and writing about global warming I’ve become all too familiar with that dynamic of gloom/doom/shame/fear/apathy, and I think Hawken has put his finger on exactly why we haven’t made more policy progress. Tom Peters, American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence And, not so incidentally, also the most important. To come at the world’s most important issue in an entirely novel fashion is a monumental feat.” “The Paul Hawken presentation I just experienced at Telluride Mountainfilm was simply the best speech I have ever heard. such an effort can do more than merely succeed that it can succeed well, and open into futures that we can actually bear to contemplate.” Stabilizing the climate system will require a heroic global effort, but the point here is only to show that. “It will give you the best kind of hope, the kind that balances realism with radical vision. Andreas Kuhlmann, CEO German Energy Agency “ Drawdown is an exceptional example of cooperation between some of the sharpest thinkers on climate and energy matters, an atlas that has the potential to save the planet.” It is a promising story that has the potential to engage every person on the planet with at least one solution to climate change, whether it is educating girls, improved rice cultivation, creating walkable cities, eating a plant-rich diet, household recycling, or any of the other solutions.” “ Drawdown is not just a project-it is an adventure. Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook-only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” There remains no single, comprehensive, reliable compendium of carbon-reduction solutions across sectors. “There’s been no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have. Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” Reading it is an effective inoculation against the widespread perception of doom that humanity cannot and will not solve the climate crisis. “At this point in time, the Drawdown book is exactly what is needed a credible, conservative solution-by-solution narrative that we can do it. These measures promise cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being-giving us every reason to see this planetary crisis as an opportunity to create a just and livable world. If deployed collectively on a global scale over the next thirty years, they represent a credible path forward, not just to slow the earth’s warming but to reach drawdown, that point in time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere peak and begin to decline. The solutions exist, are economically viable, and communities throughout the world are currently enacting them with skill and determination. They range from clean energy to educating girls in lower-income countries to land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. One hundred techniques and practices are described here-some are well known some you may have never heard of. In the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer a set of realistic and bold solutions to climate change. “This is the ideal environmental sciences textbook-only it is too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.” -Peter Kareiva, Director of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA The public is hungry for this kind of practical wisdom.” -David Roberts, Vox Reported by-effects include increased determination and a sense of grounded hope.” -Per Espen Stoknes, Author, What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the world
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