Alex Cook

Broschiertes Buch

The Family Guide to Disruptive Climate Change

Beschreibung

THE FAMILY GUIDE TO DISRUPTIVE CLIMATE CHANGE The everyday problems of family life occupy the attention and resources of most of our country%u2019s citizens. Thoughts of the future climate of our planet continue to be secondary to worries of finances and health. This Family Guide to Disruptive Climate Change is the response of an atmospheric scientist to the need for the relevant science information and guidance for adaptation and correction. In the hypothetical middle school town hall discussion of Part A, the relevant science and societal concerns for this clear and present danger to our lives is given attention in a familiar everyday manner. Participants in the discussion introduce the recent scientific observations and measurements that give clear evidence of global warming and climate change caused by the heat trapping mechanism of the greenhouse effect. An awareness is developed that human activity in producing energy and food have made significant increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and other heat-trapping gases. Discoveries of climate changes in unfamiliar remote areas of the planet are brought into the conversations. Students give thought to future adaptation problems with knowledge of present difficulties of people and animals with sea level rise and melting ice. This generation of young people becomes aware of the developing climate difficulties in their lives. A general need for corrections in energy use and production is recognized and all options for change are brought to the table. Part B of this Family Guide is an organized presentation of the necessary science, adaptations, and solutions for guidance of parents and teachers in developing an immediate response to avoid disruptive climate change.

Autor

Since 1997 Alex Cook has created over 2000 murals in 20 states and 4 countries (USA, Kenya, Nigeria, Guatemala). Alex's work focuses on community and spiritual themes expressed through nature imagery and storytelling. In 2004 Cook founded Art Builds Community, a mural painting program for teenagers in his hometown of Boston, MA. ABC hired teens during summers, teaching them the skills of mural painting and creating many murals in the neighborhoods of Boston and surrounding areas. Over many years Cook has taught art and creativity to children and adults in many different situations ranging from alternative high schools and court-ordered community reintegration programs, to after school programs and summer camps. His work in education and the powerful experiences of creating art in public have caused Cook's artwork to become deeply social. Many of his mural projects include community participation during which community members are invited to make their contribution to a larger artwork within a structure. For Cook, painting is only half of the art - the other half is creating environments in which community members feel the love of connection and creation. Past collaborations have been with community groups, schools, churches, prisons, youth organizations and many more. Cook is also an inspired musician. Since 2009 he has written and recorded 6 albums of original Bible-based music and performed over 200 concerts in the US and abroad. Cook has brought his music ministry to churches, community centers, prisons, homeless shelters and street festivals.Between 2007-2014 Cook served as a chaplain at the Nashua Street Jail in Boston, MA. There he led groups and individuals in Bible study, prayer, and gave pastoral care to detainees.One of Cook's current endeavors, the YOU ARE LOVED mural project, makes murals whose image is simply the words "YOU ARE LOVED". It began as a mural message to students in an elementary school in New Orleans, LA, and has grown into a project working with communities all over the US to influence public conversation about self-worth and value. To date, there are 80 YOU ARE LOVED murals in 13 states and 2 countries. They are in schools, homeless shelters, prisons, worship communities, and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Outskirts Press
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9781432757793
• ISBN-10: 1432757792
• Artikelnr.: 31180065