Description
Climate change is a pressing reality. Hurricane Katrina, melting polar ice and increased threats to food and water security show that planetary blowback is becoming all too evident.
Governments and business keep reassuring the public they are going to fix the problem. This book brings together some leading activists who disagree. They expose the inertia, denial, deception -- even threats to our civil liberties -- which comprise mainstream responses from civil and military policy makers, and from opinion formers in the media, corporations and academia.
An epochal change is called for in the way we all engage with the climate crisis. Key to that change is Aubrey Meyer's proposed Contraction and Convergence framework for limiting global carbon emissions. This book, which also includes contributions by Mayer Hillman and George Marshall, is a powerful and vital guide to how mass mobilisation can avert the looming catastrophe.
About the Author
David Cromwell is co-editor and co-founder of Media Lens. His previous books include Private Planet (2001) and Why Are We The Good Guys? (2012). He is the co-author, with David Edwards, of Guardians of Power (2006), Newspeak in the 21st Century (2009) and Propaganda Blitz: How and Why Corporate Media Distort Reality (Pluto, 2018). Mark Levene is a Reader in History at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Surviving Climate Change (Pluto, 2007).
Reviews
'A vital point of reference for anyone who believes that neighbourhood and community initiatives will be essential in rising to the challenge that is climate change' -- Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP for South East England
'An insightful and inspiring collection of essays from some of the foremost thinkers on climate change' -- Mark Lynas, author of High Tide (Flamingo/HarperCollins, 2004)
Book Information
ISBN 9780745325675
Author David Cromwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 374g
Governments and business keep reassuring the public they are going to fix the problem. This book brings together some leading activists who disagree. They expose the inertia, denial, deception -- even threats to our civil liberties -- which comprise mainstream responses from civil and military policy makers, and from opinion formers in the media, corporations and academia.
An epochal change is called for in the way we all engage with the climate crisis. Key to that change is Aubrey Meyer's proposed Contraction and Convergence framework for limiting global carbon emissions. This book, which also includes contributions by Mayer Hillman and George Marshall, is a powerful and vital guide to how mass mobilisation can avert the looming catastrophe.
About the Author
David Cromwell is co-editor and co-founder of Media Lens. His previous books include Private Planet (2001) and Why Are We The Good Guys? (2012). He is the co-author, with David Edwards, of Guardians of Power (2006), Newspeak in the 21st Century (2009) and Propaganda Blitz: How and Why Corporate Media Distort Reality (Pluto, 2018). Mark Levene is a Reader in History at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Surviving Climate Change (Pluto, 2007).
Reviews
'A vital point of reference for anyone who believes that neighbourhood and community initiatives will be essential in rising to the challenge that is climate change' -- Caroline Lucas, Green Party MEP for South East England
'An insightful and inspiring collection of essays from some of the foremost thinkers on climate change' -- Mark Lynas, author of High Tide (Flamingo/HarperCollins, 2004)
Book Information
ISBN 9780745325675
Author David Cromwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint Pluto Press
Publisher Pluto Press
Weight(grams) 374g
