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Title: WHILE GLACIERS SLEPT
BEING HUMAN IN A TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE
By: M. Jackson, Bill McKibben (Foreword)
Format: Hardback

List price: £21.95


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ISBN 10: 0996087265
ISBN 13: 9780996087261
Publisher: GREEN WRITERS PRESS
Pub. date: 23 April, 2015
Pages: 236
Description: "While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of family and planet change. Jackson, a National Geographic Expert, reveals how these events are deeply similar and intertwined. She tells the story of her parents' struggles with cancer while describing in detail the planetary changes she's witnessed. Above all else, Jackson shows that even in the darkest of times there is clear reason for hope and light. Readers are drawn into a world where complex climatic themes and glacial processes are broken down for a general audience. Jackson dances us over solar, wind, and geothermal mysteries, bringing us along on expeditions. Climate change, she convinces us, is not just about science--it is also about the audacity of human courage and imagination. While Glaciers Slept shows us that the story of one family can be the story of one planet, and that climate change has a human face" --
Synopsis: While Glaciers Slept weaves together the parallel stories of what happens when the climates of a family and a planet change. M Jackson, a noted scientist and National Geographic Expert, reveals how these events are deeply intertwined, and how the deterioration of her parents health was as devastating as the inexorable changing of Earths climate. Jackson poses a stark question: if losing ones parents is so devastating, how can we survive the destruction of the planet that sustains us? Jackson draws both literal and metaphorical parallels between the degradation of the climate and her parents struggles with cancer. Nonetheless, Jackson shows that even in the darkest of times we cannot lose hope. Jackson guides us to solar, wind, and geothermal solutions, bringing us along on her expeditions to research climate change and to educate people about how to stop it. Scientists are continually looking for better ways to translate hard science into human language and that is precisely what this book does. While Glaciers Slept shows us that the story of one family can be the story of one planet, and that climate change has a human face.Climate change, she convinces us, is not just about scienceit is also about the audacity of human courage and imagination.
Publication: US
Imprint: Green Writers Press
Returns: Returnable
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