Stormy Weather - Softcover

Guy Dauncey; Patrick Mazza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865714215 ISBN 13: 9780865714212

Publisher: New Society Publishers, 2001

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 over-heated 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 user-friendly solution is organized on two facing pages with a description, illustrations, quotations, resources, and a detailed "how-to" section. Solutions are grouped by social sector-Individuals; Citizen Groups; Towns and Cities; State Government; Power Utilities; Businesses; Oil, Coal & Gas Corporations; Automobile Corporations; National Governments; and Developing Nations-breaking-up these vital planet-saving 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 tree-planting initiative in your community to negotiating a global forests protection treaty, this critical book will help anyone and everyone-on a small or grand scale-to participate in cooling our planet's 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 Institute's Climate Solutions. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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From the Inside Flap:

"A fabulous book! Everybody talks about the climate, but nobody does anything about it. Now they can. Stormy Weather provides a sweeping vision of the issues and comprehensive, practical solutions. A must-read for anyone who wants a cleaner, healthier planet." -- James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

"A wonderful contribution that provides clear guidance on climate solutions -- 101 of them, in fact. Positive action is long overdue and this exciting road map will help move us forward." -- David Suzuki, scientist, author, and broadcaster

Humanity's most urgent challenge in the 21st century is likely to be global warming, and the possibility of irreversible climate change.

Stormy Weather deals head-on with this challenge. It is the only book to put simple and effective solutions to global warming in the hands of ordinary citizens, communities, businesses, power utilities, state governments, and national leaders.

In a clear and lively style, Stormy Weather explains how the planet got so over-heated, and then provides 101 solutions to help cool things down. These revolve around 12 core methods of reducing our use of fossil fuels and meeting our energy needs with solar, wind, tidal, and other renewable energies. Ten solutions each are suggested for individuals; citizens' organizations; cities; businesses; states and provinces; national governments; developing nations; and the world as a whole. Another five solutions are recommended specifically for auto companies, and fifteen for energy companies.

Meticulously researched, and including all the contacts necessary for further reading and action -- including hundreds of web sites -- Stormy Weather is the most up to date resource yet on global climate change, and the best guide to what we can all do to turn our collective fate around. It is essential reading for making it through the 21st century.

"...an invaluable boook: science and solutions, credible and accessible -- a must-read survival guide for Planet Earth." -- Elizabeth May, Sierra Club of Canada

"...an extraordinary accomplishment." -- The Rev. Sally G. Bingham, The Regeneration Project, San Francisco

"...a one-stop shop for global warming action for all sectors of society." -- Jennifer Morgan, Director of Climate Change Campaign, World Wildlife Fund

About the Author:

Guy Dauncey is an author, speaker and sustainability consultant. He co-chairs Prevent Cancer Now and is President of the BC Sustainable Energy Association. The founder of the Solutions Project, he coauthored Stormy Weather, Enough Blood Shed, Cancer and Building an Ark.

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