Bill McKibben ist eine führende Stimme in der Umweltliteratur, der sich seit Beginn seiner Karriere den dringenden Fragen des Klimawandels widmet. Seine Schriften untersuchen prägnant die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Natur und warnen eindringlich vor der globalen Erwärmung. Mit seinem fesselnden Stil und tiefen Verständnis für ökologische Anliegen hat sich McKibben als wichtiger Kommentator unserer Zeit etabliert. Seine Werke fordern die Leser auf, über unsere Auswirkungen auf den Planeten nachzudenken und sich aktiv den ökologischen Herausforderungen zu stellen.
„Die Klima-Helden von morgen“ ist ein inspirierendes Kinderbuch ab 4 Jahren, das die Bedeutung von Gemeinschaft im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel vermittelt. Bill McKibben und Stevie Lewis zeigen, wie Zusammenarbeit zur Bewältigung von Herausforderungen führt und Kinder dazu anregt, sich für den Umweltschutz zu engagieren.
One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022 So Far Bill McKibben—award-winning author, activist, educator—is fiercely curious. “I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity.” Like so many of us, McKibben grew up believing—knowing—that the United States was the greatest country on earth. As a teenager, he cheerfully led American Revolution tours in Lexington, Massachusetts. He sang “Kumbaya” at church. And with the remarkable rise of suburbia, he assumed that all Americans would share in the wealth. But fifty years later, he finds himself in an increasingly doubtful nation strained by bleak racial and economic inequality, on a planet whose future is in peril. And he is curious: What the hell happened? In this revelatory cri de coeur, McKibben digs deep into our history (and his own well-meaning but not all-seeing past) and into the latest scholarship on race and inequality in America, on the rise of the religious right, and on our environmental crisis to explain how we got to this point. He finds that he is not without hope. And he wonders if any of that trinity of his youth—The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon—could, or should, be reclaimed in the fight for a fairer future.
From environmentalist and bestselling author Bill McKibben comes a hopeful, inspiring picture book celebrating the power of human cooperation and the beauty of life on Earth, beautifully illustrated by artist Stevie Lewis. When we work together, we humans can do incredible things. We share the responsibility to address climate change and our changing planet. It is critical that we act collectively to protect our beautiful, fragile world. Renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben and the incredibly talented artist Stevie Lewis team up to bring this gorgeous picture book to life. Celebrating the amazing things people can do, it’s an inspiring message of hope.
"An Idea Can Go Extinct is Bill McKibben's ... account of how, by changing the earth's entire atmosphere, the weather and the most basic forces around us, 'we are ending nature.'"--Provided by publisher
The most urgent call-to-arms yet for us to solve climate change, from one of the world's most influential and respected environmental advocates
Im Jahr 1989 warnte Bill McKibben mit seinem Buch »Das Ende der Natur« als einer der ersten vor dem Klimawandel. Sein neuer Aufruf ist umso dringender und weitreichender – die Menschheit ist dabei, nicht weniger als ihr Fortbestehen aufs Spiel zu setzen. Der Klimawandel ist heute, so McKibben, ein Hebel, der unsere Welt von Grund auf verändert. Die konzentrierte wirtschaftliche Macht in den Händen einiger weniger Spieler ist ein weiterer. Genauso die radikalen Konsequenzen der modernen Genetik sowie das Streben der Tech-Mogule nach künstlicher Intelligenz, das nach dem Sinn menschlichen Daseins gar nicht mehr fragt. In »Die taumelnde Welt« tritt Bill McKibben einen großen Schritt zurück, um dieses gesamte »Spiel der Menschheit« zu betrachten: Welchen Lauf nimmt es, wer macht die Regeln, und wie wollen wir es in Zukunft spielen?
The Emmy Award–winning creator of GASLAND tells his intimate and damning, personal story of our world in crisis. With a foreword by Bill McKibben. The rules have changed. The water has changed. The climate has changed. The truth has changed. We must change. In The Truth Has Changed, Josh Fox turns the rapid-fire shocks that are remaking the very fabric of our lives—writing as a first responder, a reporter, a documentarian, and an activist—into art, literature, and at least one answer to the question of what the future holds. Our normal isn’t normal anymore. The paradigm shift that global warming represents parallels a paradigm shift in how we process truth. Both deeply affect democracy. Josh Fox has had a front row seat—a first responder after 9/11, filming the Deepwater Horizon spill close up from the air and on the ground, a member of Bernie Sanders’s delegation of the Democratic Platform Committee, risking his life to cross a bridge on Thanksgiving Day at Standing Rock, traveling the nation and the world, shooting his films, talking to people everywhere he goes. The Truth Has Changed is his first book, the companion to his new one-man show of the same title, and it’s beautiful.
„Globální oteplování již není jen teoretickou či budoucí hrozbou, není hrozbou vůbec. Je skutečností, v níž žijeme," konstatuje ve své nejnovější knize zakladatel mezinárodní iniciativy 350.org Bill McKibben, jehož kniha Konec přírody (1989) byla jednou z prvních varovných prognóz důsledků globální změny klimatu. V situaci, kdy je většina seriózních vědeckých doporučení nadále ignorována či přímo zpochybňována a mezinárodní společenství zatím nebylo schopno na stále hrozivější problém adekvátně zareagovat, představuje McKibbenovo zamyšlení příkladně věcnou a realistickou analýzu skutečného stavu, v němž se nacházíme, a současně pokus o nalezení způsobu, jak se s reálným stavem věcí vyrovnat. Autor nenechává čtenáře na pochybách, že masivní proměna podmínek života na Zemi není pouze nevyhnutelná, ale začala již probíhat, byť si to zatím plně neuvědomujeme. I s maximálním nasazením prostředků, jaké má lidská civilizace k dispozici, není podle McKibbena reálné dosáhnout víc než jen částečného zmírnění těchto procesů. Podstatné bude, nalezneme-li společnou vůli k zásadní a dosud marně vyhlížené změně našeho chování; v opačném případě čeká svět, jak jej známe, drastický a nezvratný vývoj s jen obtížně představitelnými ničivými důsledky pro lidstvo jako celek.
A practical guide to generating less waste, featuring meaningful and achievable strategies from the blogger behind The Green Garbage Project, a yearlong experiment in living garbage-free. Trash is a big, dirty problem. The average American tosses out nearly 2,000 pounds of garbage every year that piles up in landfills and threatens our air and water quality. You do your part to reduce, reuse, and recycle, but is it enough? In The Zero-Waste Lifestyle, Amy Korst shows you how to lead a healthier, happier, and more sustainable life by generating less garbage. Drawing from lessons she learned during a yearlong experiment in zero-waste living, Amy outlines hundreds of easy ideas—from the simple to the radical—for consuming and throwing away less, with low-impact tips on the best ways to: • Buy eggs from a local farm instead of the grocery store • Start a worm bin for composting • Grow your own loofah sponges and mix up eco-friendly cleaning solutions • Purchase gently used items and donate them when you’re finished • Shop the bulk aisle and keep reusable bags in your purse or car • Bring your own containers for take-out or restaurant leftovers By eliminating unnecessary items in every aspect of your life, these meaningful and achievable strategies will help you save time and money, support local businesses, decrease litter, reduce your toxic exposure, eat well, become more self-sufficient, and preserve the planet for future generations.
Five years after the initial publication of Worldchanging, the landscape of environmentalism and sustainability has changed dramatically. The average reader is now well-versed--even inundated--with green lifestyle advice. In 2011, green is the starting point, not the destination. This second edition of the bestselling book is extensively revised to include the latest trends, technologies, and solutions in sustainable living. More than 160 new entries include up-to-the-minute information on the locavore movement, carbon-neutral homes, novel transportation solutions, the growing trend of ecotourism, the concept of food justice, and much more. Additional new sections focus on the role of cities as the catalyst for change in our society. With 50 percent new content, this overhauled edition incorporates the most recent studies and projects being implemented worldwide. The result is a guided tour through the most exciting new tools, models, and ideas for building a better future