Ignition : what you can do to fight global warming and spark a movement
Title:
Ignition : what you can do to fight global warming and spark a movement
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Jonathan Isham and Sissel Waage.
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2007.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages)
ISBN:
9781435664050
9781597267656
Abstract:
Ignition brings together some of the world's finest thinkers and advocates to jump start the ultimate green revolution. Including celebrated writers like Bill McKibben and renowned scholars like Gus Speth, as well as young activists, the authors draw on direct experience in grassroots organization, education, law, and social leadership. Their approaches are various, from building coalitions to win political battles to rallying shareholders to change corporate behavior. But they share a belief that private fears about deadly heat waves and disastrous hurricanes can translate into powerful public action. For anyone who feels compelled to do more than change their light bulbs or occasionally carpool, Ignition is an essential guide. Combining incisive essays with success stories and web resources, the book helps readers answer the most important question we all face: "What can I do?"
Local Note:
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
Genre:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Bill McKibben -- pt. 1. It's time -- 1. Igniting action for a new movement / Jonathan Isham Jr. and Sissel Waage -- 2. Groundswell / James Speth -- 3. Shaping the movement / Mary Finley -- pt. 2. Finding your voice -- 4. Irrationality wants to be your friend / Kenton de Kirby, Pamela Morgan, Ted Nordhaus, and Michael Shellenberger -- 5. Communication strategies / Susan Moser -- 6. Coming home to roost / Bill Shutkin -- pt. 3. Finding your allies -- 7. Focus on health / Bob Musil -- 8. Binding life to values / Rebecca Gould -- 9. Climate justice / Julian Agyeman, Harriet Bulkeley, and Aditya Nochur -- pt. 4. Getting mobilized -- 10. The tidewater / Julia West and Ben Gore -- 11. Your mission : focus the nation / Eban Goodstein -- 12. Practical steps to create change in your organization / Bob Doppelt.
pt. 5. Getting results -- 13. The sound of birds not singing / William Chaloupka -- 14. Policy pathways / Christopher McGrory Klyza and David J. Sousa -- 15. Climate change and the business challenge / Eileen Claussen -- 16. Taking it to the states / Barry Rabe -- 17. Let's cause trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble / John Passacantando -- Afterword / Jared Duval and Nathan Wyeth -- Endnotes -- References -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Index.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.