Jon R. Biemer

Our Environmental Handprints

Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future

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Produktbeschreibung

"Readers should be inspired, informed, and ready to go." Booklist, Starred Review Our Environmental Handprints shows us how, individually and together, we can revive rivers, revitalize agriculture, curtail carbon emissions, form a circular economy, and foster a better world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781538185483
• ISBN-10: 1538185482
• Artikelnr.: 67978942

Autorenporträt

Jon R. Biemer has more than forty years of experience creating sustainability. His practices and causes include free cycling, repair cafes, village building convergences, environmental education, solar and wind energy, and energy efficiency in homes, municipalities, and industry. Biemer is a mechanical engineer and holds a certificate in process-oriented psychology. He has managed utility energy conservation programs and now provides organizational development consulting to nonprofits. He is the author of Our Environmental Handprints: Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) and a member of the Society for Environmental Journalists.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: On the Staff of Our Children
PART I: CREATING SUSTAINABILITY
From Footprints to Handprints The Handprint Story. Planting Trees. The
Ecological Footprint. Footprint and Handprint Thinking. Voluntary Carbon
Offsets. Twelve Handprint Opportunities.
Little Things Add Up Cleaning Products. Intelligent Clothing. Eliminating
Disposables. Six Handprint Opportunities.
PART II: ALLYING WITH HUMANITY
Nurture Community Community Sharing. Repair Cafés. Ecovillages. Village
Building Convergence. Community-friendly Businesses. Community Rights.
Fourteen Handprint Opportunities.
Give Generously The Giveaway. Gleaning. Crowdfunding. Online Gifting
Platforms. Donating to Environmental Causes. Philanthropy. Nine Handprint
Opportunities.
Invest in Sustainability Socially Responsible Investing. Divesting Fossil
Fuels. Shareholder Activism. Where Black Rock Goes. Six Handprint
Opportunities.
Work for Environmental Justice The Earth Charter. Flint's Water. Landfills.
Environmental Justice in Indian Country. Standing Rock. One Congregation's
Initiative. Eight Handprint Opportunities.
Support Sustainable Development Sustaining Entrepreneurs. Education for
Sustainable Development. Educating Girls in the Developing World.
Contraception in the Developing World. Seven Handprint Opportunities.
PART III: TEACHING AND LEARNING HANDPRINTS
Teach Ecology Environmental Literacy. Zoos and Aquariums. Nature Schools.
Environmental College Education. Nine Handprint Opportunities.
Nurture a Lifelong Relationship with Nature Exposing Young People to
Nature. Ecotourism. Experiential Education. Seven Handprint Opportunities.
PART IV: FOOD HANDPRINTS
Honor the Soil Organic Agriculture. Agricultural Carbon Sequestration.
Perennials. Intensive Ranching and Farming. Agroforestry. Seven Handprint
Opportunities.
Partner with Your Earth-Friendly Farmer Gardening. Farmers Markets.
Community Supported Agriculture. Food Labeling. Eating as if the
Environment Mattered. Not All Meat is Created Equal. Partnering with
Grocery Stores. Fifteen Handprint Opportunities.
PART V: SHELTER, MOTION, AND ENERGY HANDPRINTS
Live and Work in Modest Elegance Small Houses. Eco Remodeling. Multifamily
Housing. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). Ten
Handprint Opportunities.
Move with Graceful Economy Walking. The Bicycle. The Electric Car. A
Low-car Lifestyle. Urban Mass Transit. Inter-city Rail. The Next
Generations. Eight Handprint Opportunities.
Insist on Earth-friendly Energy Energy Efficiency. Wind. Solar Electricity.
Distributed Energy. Ten Handprint Opportunities.
PART VI: STEWARDSHIP HANDPRINTS
Protect and Recover the Land The Serengeti of America. Endangered Species.
Permaculture. Bioremediation. The Superfund. Thirteen Handprint
Opportunities.
Revive Our Rivers Pete Seeger's Legacy. Removing Dams. Water Restoration.
Iconic River Revivals. Seven Handprint Opportunities.
Conserve Our Ocean The Coast. Marine Protected Areas. Fisheries. Reefs.
Signature Marine Species. Marine Pollution Prevention. Ocean Gyres. Six
Handprint Opportunities.
PART VII: WITHIN OUR GRASP
A Circular Economy Resale. Recycling. The Benefit Corporation. Cradle to
Cradle. We the People. Happiness. Ten Handprint Opportunities.
Paris The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Paris Agreement.
Putting a Price on Carbon. Cities (and Everyone Else) versus Climate
Change. Eight Handprint Opportunities.
Be a Hero in Your Own StoryTransitions. Claiming Your Handprints. When
Something Breaks. Three Handprint Opportunities.
We Can Do This! Twelve Future Collective Handprints. The Prophesy of Jake
Swamp.
APPENDIX 1. Drawdown Solutions vis a vis Handprint Opportunities
APPENDIX 2. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR