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- ISBN
- 9781538185483
- Book Title
- Our Environmental Handprints : Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, House & Home, Science
- Topic
- Sustainable Living, Environmental / General, Global Warming & Climate Change, Natural Resources
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 14.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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"Readers should be inspired, informed, and ready to go." Booklist, Starred Review Our Environmental Handprints shows us how, individually and together, we can revive rivers, revitalize agriculture, curtail carbon emissions, form a circular economy, and foster a better world.
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1538185482
ISBN-13
9781538185483
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12061232627
Product Key Features
Book Title
Our Environmental Handprints : Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sustainable Living, Environmental / General, Global Warming & Climate Change, Natural Resources
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, House & Home, Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Td171.7.B53 2023
Reviews
This is a heartfelt entreaty from a retired energy conservation consultant to do something, anything, to alleviate the environmental damage wrought by previous generations. Thoroughly grounded in reality, author Biemer's exhortations come across as reassuring, emphasizing the differences even tiny gestures make. He uses the metaphors of handprints, intentional, corrective actions, and footprints, measures of energy consumption and waste production, as ways to help readers develop a climate neutral life plan. As chapters progress, so do his easily achievable, specific, everyday handprint suggestions, going beyond planting trees and wearing vintage clothing to creating neighborhood eco-villages, observing socially responsive investing and sustainable development, and getting kids outdoors, into nature. This ends up almost as a how-to manual, with every chapter ending with a challenge: "How will you honor the soil?"; "How will you become a steward of our oceans?". The multiple solutions make the lessons go down easily, and the concluding sections highlight international economic and political initiatives and individuals who are effecting change. Biemer's final message is that success is within our grasp. Readers should be inspired, informed, and ready to go. YA Review: Teens will appreciate the relatable anecdotes, practical suggestions, and copious notes and backmatter that will help with reports. * Booklist, Starred Review * The Handprint-what a beautiful and elegant metaphor and example for respectfully and lovingly saving our planet from the ravages of climate change and environmental degradation! -- Thom Hartmann, author of "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" This book is for all of us who think that we are doing all that we can to help heal the planet. It is a relief to learn that there are always more ways we can work together to take better care of the precious environment that sustains us all. -- Judith A. Ramaley, president emerita, Portland State University Jon Biemer celebrates people's ability and creativity. It is not just our amazing brains, but even more so our hands that turn ideas into reality. We can leave a positive legacy with our hands, and reverse our massive overuse of Earth's ecosystems. While inevitably we have an ecological footprint, our handprints can help us, our neighbors, our cities, and our countries not only to find ways to manage our own resource use, but also to build also to build pathways for a world where all can thrive within the means of our planet Earth. Jon's practical guidance is most welcome inspiration. -- Mathis Wackernagel, author of "Our Ecological Footprint" and president of Global Footprint Network The most important thing an individual can do in the fight against global warming is join in the movements reshaping our politics and economies--but many people have creativity to spare, and this volume is a perfect guide to all the personal things that can make a difference too. -- Bill McKibben, author of "Deep Economy", The most important thing an individual can do in the fight against global warming is join in the movements reshaping our politics and economies--but many people have creativity to spare, and this volume is a perfect guide to all the personal things that can make a difference too., The Handprint--what a beautiful and elegant metaphor and example for respectfully and lovingly saving our planet from the ravages of climate change and environmental degradation!, This is a heartfelt entreaty from a retired energy conservation consultant to do something, anything, to alleviate the environmental damage wrought by previous generations. Thoroughly grounded in reality, author Biemer's exhortations come across as reassuring, emphasizing the differences even tiny gestures make. He uses the metaphors of handprints, intentional, corrective actions, and footprints, measures of energy consumption and waste production, as ways to help readers develop a climate neutral life plan. As chapters progress, so do his easily achievable, specific, everyday handprint suggestions, going beyond planting trees and wearing vintage clothing to creating neighborhood eco-villages, observing socially responsive investing and sustainable development, and getting kids outdoors, into nature. This ends up almost as a how-to manual, with every chapter ending with a challenge: "How will you honor the soil?"; "How will you become a steward of our oceans?". The multiple solutions make the lessons go down easily, and the concluding sections highlight international economic and political initiatives and individuals who are effecting change. Biemer's final message is that success is within our grasp. Readers should be inspired, informed, and ready to go.YA Review: Teens will appreciate the relatable anecdotes, practical suggestions, and copious notesand backmatter that will help with reports., This book is for all of us who think that we are doing all that we can to help heal the planet. It is a relief to learn that there are always more ways we can work together to take better care of the precious environment that sustains us all., Jon Biemer celebrates people's ability and creativity. It is not just our amazing brains, but even more so our hands that turn ideas into reality. We can leave a positive legacy with our hands, and reverse our massive overuse of Earth's ecosystems. While inevitably we have an ecological footprint, our handprints can help us, our neighbors, our cities, and our countries not only to find ways to manage our own resource use, but also to build also to build pathways for a world where all can thrive within the means of our planet Earth. Jon's practical guidance is most welcome inspiration.
Table of Content
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION: On the Staff of Our Children PART I: CREATING SUSTAINABILITY From Footprints to Handprints The Handprint Story. Planting Trees. The Ecological Footprint. Footprint and Handprint Thinking. Voluntary Carbon Offsets. Twelve Handprint Opportunities. Little Things Add Up Cleaning Products. Intelligent Clothing. Eliminating Disposables. Six Handprint Opportunities. PART II: ALLYING WITH HUMANITY Nurture Community Community Sharing. Repair Cafes. Ecovillages. Village Building Convergence. Community-friendly Businesses. Community Rights. Fourteen Handprint Opportunities. Give Generously The Giveaway. Gleaning. Crowdfunding. Online Gifting Platforms. Donating to Environmental Causes. Philanthropy. Nine Handprint Opportunities. Invest in Sustainability Socially Responsible Investing. Divesting Fossil Fuels. Shareholder Activism. Where Black Rock Goes... Six Handprint Opportunities. Work for Environmental Justice The Earth Charter. Flint's Water. Landfills. Environmental Justice in Indian Country. Standing Rock. One Congregation's Initiative. Eight Handprint Opportunities. Support Sustainable Development Sustaining Entrepreneurs. Education for Sustainable Development. Educating Girls in the Developing World. Contraception in the Developing World. Seven Handprint Opportunities. PART III: TEACHING AND LEARNING HANDPRINTS Teach Ecology Environmental Literacy. Zoos and Aquariums. Nature Schools. Environmental College Education. Nine Handprint Opportunities. Nurture a Lifelong Relationship with Nature Exposing Young People to Nature. Ecotourism. Experiential Education. Seven Handprint Opportunities. PART IV: FOOD HANDPRINTS Honor the Soil Organic Agriculture. Agricultural Carbon Sequestration. Perennials. Intensive Ranching and Farming. Agroforestry. Seven Handprint Opportunities. Partner with Your Earth-Friendly Farmer Gardening. Farmers Markets. Community Supported Agriculture. Food Labeling. Eating as if the Environment Mattered. Not All Meat is Created Equal. Partnering with Grocery Stores. Fifteen Handprint Opportunities. PART V: SHELTER, MOTION, AND ENERGY HANDPRINTS Live and Work in Modest Elegance Small Houses. Eco Remodeling. Multifamily Housing. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Ten Handprint Opportunities. Move with Graceful Economy Walking. The Bicycle. The Electric Car. A Low-car Lifestyle. Urban Mass Transit. Inter-city Rail. The Next Generations. Eight Handprint Opportunities. Insist on Earth-friendly Energy Energy Efficiency. Wind. Solar Electricity. Distributed Energy. Ten Handprint Opportunities. PART VI: STEWARDSHIP HANDPRINTS Protect and Recover the Land The Serengeti of America. Endangered Species. Permaculture. Bioremediation. The Superfund. Thirteen Handprint Opportunities. Revive Our Rivers Pete Seeger's Legacy. Removing Dams. Water Restoration. Iconic River Revivals. Seven Handprint Opportunities. Conserve Our Ocean The Coast. Marine Protected Areas. Fisheries. Reefs. Signature Marine Species. Marine Pollution Prevention. Ocean Gyres. Six Handprint Opportunities. PART VII: WITHIN OUR GRASP A Circular Economy Resale. Recycling. The Benefit Corporation. Cradle to Cradle. We the People. Happiness. Ten Handprint Opportunities. Paris The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Paris Agreement. Putting a Price on Carbon. Cities (and Everyone Else) versus Climate Change. Eight Handprint Opportunities. Be a Hero in Your Own Story Transitions. Claiming Your Handprints. When Something Breaks. Three Handprint Opportunities. We Can Do This! Twelve Future Collective Handprints. The Prophesy of Jake Swamp. APPENDIX 1. Drawdown Solutions vis a vis Handprint Opportunities APPENDIX 2. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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