Ignition

ISBN 10: 1597261564 / ISBN 13: 9781597261562

Published by Island Press, 2007

About this Item

pp. xiv + 285 Figures.

Seller Inventory # 6586377

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ignition
• Publisher: Island Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597261564
• ISBN 13: 9781597261562
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The evidence is irrefutable: global warming is real. While the debate continues about just how much damage spiking temperatures will wreak, we know the threat to our homes, health, and even way of life is dire. So why isn’t America doing anything? Where is the national campaign to stop this catastrophe?

It may lie between the covers of this book. 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?”

About the Author

Eban Goodstein is Associate Professor of Economics at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and research associate with the Environmental Policy Institute, based in Washington, D.C. He is author of Economics and the Environment (Prentice Hall, 1999).