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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An urgent and definitive collection of essays from leaders and experts championing the Green New Deal-and a detailed playbook for how we can win it-including contributions by leading activists and progressive writers like Varshini Prakash, Rhiana Gunn-Wright, Bill McKibben, Rev William Barber II, and more"--
Author
Publisher
Business Publications Corporation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"On March 1, 2014, Ed Fallon set out with fifty other climate warriors on a journey that would change their lives. The March spanned eight months, started in Los Angeles, California, and finished in Washington, DC. Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim is Ed's account of the March. His story is infused with candid reflections about the intense interpersonal drama that threatened to tear apart the March community. With the March as the conduit, Ed shares deep,...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Power of Scenery tells the story of how America's national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted's insights and energy serving to link three jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines America's loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11, and the global environmental crisis, and shows how the solutions to these two problems are linked.
In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America. Friedman explains how global warming,...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Catherine Flowers grew up in Lowndes County, Alabama, a place that's been called "Bloody Lowndes" because of its violent, racist history. Once the epicenter of the voting rights struggle, today it's Ground Zero for a new movement that is Flowers's life's work. It's a fight to ensure human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. Too many people, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing cleanly...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Climate change. Two words that are quickly becoming the clarion call to action in the twenty-first century. It is a voter issue, an economy driver, and a defining dynamic for the foreseeable future. Yet, in Black communities, climate change is seen as less urgent when compared to other pressing issues, including police brutality, gun violence, job security, food insecurity, and the blatant racism faced daily around the country. However, with Black...
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