Environmental Politics

In this dynamic account, award-winning author Paul Fleischman arms teens with the basic tools to uncover vested interests and falsehoods by vetting sources, following the money, and checking references so that they can make informed decisions about what actions to take in the worldwide battle against climate change, overconsumption, and dwindling resources.

In brave and unforgettable terms, Al Gore, the passionate and lifelong defender of the environment, describes how human actions and decisions can endanger or safeguard the vulnerable ecosystem that sustains us.

Hi, I’m Richard Walker, and I wrote Who Cares? A decade ago. The climate crisis and the financial crisis of 2008 were the main motivators for me. Now in 2021, we are still hurtling toward a climate disaster, despite more than 30 years of dire warnings. And we’ve been devastated by a virus even though scientists have been warning governments for the past 40 years. One early warning came from a Nobel Prize winner. Joshua Lederberg he said: “The single biggest threat to man’s continued dominance on the planet is the virus.”

Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are the result of one huge problem: Us. As the population continues to grow, our problems will increase. And this means that every way we look at it, a planet of 10 billion people is likely to be a nightmare. Stephen Emmott, a scientist whose lab is at the forefront of research into complex natural systems, sounds the alarm. This is a snapshot of our planet, and our species, approaching a crisis, and a stark analysis of where this leaves us.

Durante años, cuando se hablaba del terrible impacto que tendría el cambio climático, se solía mencionar a las generaciones futuras. Pues bien, estas ya están aquí y han nacido en un planeta al borde del colapso. Por eso, cada vez más estudiantes de todo el mundo toman conciencia del problema y se suman a la huelga del movimiento Fridays for Future. En este audiolibro ineludible y narrado por él mismo, el activista Lucas Barrero arroja luz de manera contundente sobre lo que siempre hemos imaginado, pero nunca hemos tenido la valentía de mirar de frente.

Saving the world won't happen on the silver screen. In our fragile ecosystem, climate change is swiftly becoming the defining issue of how to prepare - and protect - the earth for the future. The climate change debate raged on in America in 2015, but the facts and the science now show irrefutably that our world is rapidly changing, and that irreparable damage has already begun.

In the wake of the pope's monumental Apocalyptic Encyclical on climate change, this audiobook seeks to present both of the sides of the debate, but not only that, it seeks to invoke the thoughts of the listener so that after ingesting so much energy and theories around the subject they can create their own interpretation of this complicated and multifaceted topic of global warming and climate change!

Food is one of the most absolute essentials in survival. Ensuring that you have a sufficient source of food is essential in improving your odds of survival regardless of the emergency situation in which you find yourself. By using a mason jar, you can preserve all kinds of food for yourself and your family should the unfortunate happen. This audiobook talks about everything you need to know about these jars, including how you can use them to preserve food.