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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• 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 Biemer has more than forty years of experience creating sustainability including Repair Cafes, Free Cycling, Village Building Convergences, and ballot initiatives for Outdoor School and Clean Energy. 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 non-profits. He offsets his Carbon Footprint and buys resale clothing. In 2013 he walked the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route from Alberta to Nebraska with the Compassionate Earth Walk. Over the years, Jon and his wife have planted food forests, eco-remodeled their home, and lived without a power clothes dryer, refrigerator and car.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: On the Staff of Our Children
PART I: CREATING SUSTAINABILITY
1. From Footprints to Handprints
The Handprint Story. Planting Trees. The Ecological Footprint. Footprint
and Handprint Thinking. Voluntary Carbon Offsets. Twelve Handprint
Opportunities.
2. Little Things Add Up
Cleaning Products. Intelligent Clothing. Eliminating Disposables. Six
Handprint Opportunities.
PART II: ALLYING WITH HUMANITY
3. Nurture Community
Community Sharing. Repair Cafés. Ecovillages. Village Building Convergence.
Community-friendly Businesses. Community Rights. Fourteen Handprint
Opportunities.
4. Give Generously
The Giveaway. Gleaning. Crowdfunding. Online Gifting Platforms. Donating to
Environmental Causes. Philanthropy. Nine Handprint Opportunities.
5. Invest in Sustainability
Socially Responsible Investing. Divesting Fossil Fuels. Shareholder
Activism. Where Black Rock Goes... Six Handprint Opportunities.
6. 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.
7. 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
8. Teach Ecology
Environmental Literacy. Zoos and Aquariums. Nature Schools. Environmental
College Education. Nine Handprint Opportunities.
9. Nurture a Lifelong Relationship with Nature
Exposing Young People to Nature. Ecotourism. Experiential Education. Seven
Handprint Opportunities.
PART IV: FOOD HANDPRINTS
10. Honor the Soil
Organic Agriculture. Agricultural Carbon Sequestration. Perennials.
Intensive Ranching and Farming. Agroforestry. Seven Handprint
Opportunities.
11. 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
12. Live and Work in Modest Elegance
Small Houses. Eco Remodeling. Multifamily Housing. Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED). Ten Handprint Opportunities.
13. 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.
14. Insist on Earth-friendly Energy
Energy Efficiency. Wind. Solar Electricity. Distributed Energy. Ten
Handprint Opportunities.
PART VI: STEWARDSHIP HANDPRINTS
15. Protect and Recover the Land
The Serengeti of America. Endangered Species. Permaculture. Bioremediation.
The Superfund. Thirteen Handprint Opportunities.
16. Revive Our Rivers
Pete Seeger's Legacy. Removing Dams. Water Restoration. Iconic River
Revivals. Seven Handprint Opportunities.
17. 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
18. A Circular Economy
Resale. Recycling. The Benefit Corporation. Cradle to Cradle. We the
People. Happiness. Ten Handprint Opportunities.
19. 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.
20. Be a Hero in Your Own Story
Transitions. Claiming Your Handprints. When Something Breaks. Three
Handprint Opportunities.
21. 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