Description
Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there hope for humanity? The problem itself is complex, and there’s no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutionsfrom shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming agricultural practiceswe can get the world back on track.
Just Cool It is David Suzuki at his most passionate. In this book, he offers a comprehensive look at the current state of climate science and knowledge and the many ways to resolve the climate crisis, imploring us to do what’s necessary to live in a better, cleaner future. When enough people demand action, change starts happeningand this time, it could be monumental.
Contributor Notes
David Suzuki is an internationally renowned geneticist and environmentalist. He is the author of more than fifty books and is a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, and in 2007 was named one of Time Magazine's Heroes of the Environment.
Ian Hanington is senior editor at the David Suzuki Foundation, and is co-author with David Suzuki of Everything Under the Sun. He has worked as a researcher, news reporter, opinion-column writer, critic, and editor for a variety of newspapers and magazines and was editor of Canada’s largest alternative newsweekly, the Georgia Straight.
Editorial Review
"No one writes more persuasively about climate change than David Suzuki. Just Cool It! is just the right book for our time—clear, eloquent, and ultimately hopeful."—Elizabeth Kolbert
