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Book Title
SPEED & SCALE
John Doerr
an action plan for solving our climate crisis now
A launch pad for those who are ready to act now, this book is geared to leaders in every walk of life. With a definitive action plan, the latest science, and a rising climate movement on our side, we can still reach net zero before it's too late.
But as Doerr reminds us, there's no time to waste.
REWIRING AMERICA
Saul Griffith
the strategy
to reach net-zero in the U.S.
Reaching net-zero is critical and achievable. How? By replacing or installing one billion American-made machines: furnaces, water heaters, cars, clothes dryers, and infrastructure machines. Here's the math and the strategy behind this urgent opportunity, that adds jobs and will help keep global warming below pre-industrial levels.
THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE
Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnac
by the "architect" of
the 2015 Paris Agreement
Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivet-Carnac make the compelling case for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination & optimism, a cautionary but optimistic book about the world’s changing climate and the fate of humanity.
DRAWDOWN, the book
A Comprehensive Guide
to 80 Solutions Backed by Science
Edited by Paul Hawken
Published in 2017, this comprehensive guide to 80 existing solutions, backed up by science and data from a worldwide team of over 200 scholars, scientists, policy-makers, business leaders, and activists who modeled solutions, ranking them by their on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and restoring the earth's climate.
SAVING US
A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope
Katharine Hayhoe
Renowned climate scientist & Evangelical Christian, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe brings a fresh & compelling message about the science of climate change and the moral imperative to act on "global weirding".
DESIGNING
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
Hal Harvey
A small set of energy policies, designed and implemented well, can put us on the path to a low-carbon future. Energy systems are large and complex, so energy policy must be focused and cost-effective.
THE NO-NONSENSE GUIDE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE SCIENCE,
THE SOLUTIONS, THE WAY FORWARD
Danny Chivers
Accessible and friendly pocket-sized overview of this complex mega-subject, combining all the basics with facts and analysis.
IN OUR HANDS
An Intergenerational Handbook
Wilford H. Welch
A Handbook for Intergenerational Actions to Solve the Climate Crisis looks at the individual and collective levels, actions we must take to shape our future and avoid environmental and societal collapse. Packed with information, ideas, and resources, this book inspires us to move from concern to action.
NET POSITIVE
How Courageous Companies Thrive
by Giving More Than They Take
Paul Polman & Andrew Winston
This is no utopian fantasy. Courageous leaders are already making it real - and the stakes couldn't be higher. With bold and compelling stories, Net Positive sets out principles and practices that will deliver the scale of change and transformation that the world so desperately needs.
THE HEAT
WILL KILL YOU FIRST
HOT
Living Through the
Next Fifty Years on Earth
Mark Hertsgaard
John Englander
THE NEW CLIMATE WAR
The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
Dr. Michael Mann
From acclaimed environmental journalist and author, Goodell criticizes use of the term global warming because it fails to convey the urgency associated with the climate crisis. Goodell decries the term "global warming as sounding gentle and soothing, as if the most notable impact of burning fossil fuels will be better beach weather".
From a renowned journalist, a view of how other countries have approached preparing for and slowing climate change; an informative and vividly reported book that goes beyond the politics of climate change to explore practical ways we can adapt and survive.
Dr. Mann outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change.​ With immensely powerful vested interests aligned in defense of the fossil fuel status quo, the societal tipping point won't happen without the active participation of citizens everywhere aiding in the collective push forward. This book will reach, inform, and enable citizens everywhere to join this battle for our planet.
Jeff Goodell
WE ARE THE WEATHER
Saving the Planet begins at Breakfast
Jonathan Safran Foer
By beginning with WWII, and demonstrating the collective effort to win the war, the author sets down the parameters that, for us to do anything about climate change, we must do it collectively.
THE FATE OF FOOD
Amanda Little
An environmental journalist and professor asks the question: Is the future of food looking bleak—or better than ever? and takes the reader on a trip through 11 countries and 13 states, meeting people working various angles of our food supply.
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING
Capitalism vs The Climate
Naomi Klein
Klein exposes the myths that are clouding the climate debate.

 We've been told the market will save us, when in fact the addiction to profit and growth is digging us in deeper every day. We have been told it’s impossible to get off fossil fuels when in fact we know exactly how to do it.