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How a visit to Iceland inspired a futurist novel of climate change and hope

Australian author Charlotte McConaghy brings 'Migrations' to the L.A. Times Book Club Feb. 24. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-02-17 16:00:28 UTC ]
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The 14 most important books for designers to read right now

Experts from IDEO, Adobe, SVA, HOK, Designer Fund, and more share book recommendations for designers who want to expand their horizons in 2021 and beyond. Designers in 2021 face some of the biggest challenges of their careers as they help rebuild a society torn asunder by COVID-19, economic... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2021-01-22 06:00:37 UTC ]
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She once found comfort in open spaces. Now it’s harder than ever.

Traveling around the world, Gretel Ehrlich notes the ruinous effects of climate change. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-08 13:00:00 UTC ]
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What does climate change look like? Twelve photographers force us to confront reality.

“Human Nature” brings together the work of photographers documenting the earth’s altered landscape. It’s not all bad news. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-05 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The best journalism of 2020: Covering the pandemic

A year has passed since the novel coronavirus first emerged. Even with mass inoculation efforts underway, it continues to rage on, with little sign of abating. Throughout this year, we’ve relied on journalism to make sense of it all—especially as the virus’s spread frequently outpaced our... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-12-15 13:02:41 UTC ]
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YA author James launches The Climate Fiction Writers League

Author Lauren James has established The Climate Fiction Writers League, a group of over 50 international published authors writing about climate change. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 22:31:59 UTC ]
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Dispatches from an Overheated World: On “Tales of Two Planets”

THE DEVELOPERS OF Beirut’s Eden Bay needed to clean up the raw sewage on the beach of their luxury development, so they rerouted it into a storm pipe. “And then the rains came,” writes Lina Mounzer in her darkly comedic account from the new anthology Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-10-25 12:30:52 UTC ]
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See Earth Transform Like You're a Time-Traveling Astronaut

The new photo book Overview Timelapse shows the startling ways humanity is changing the planet, from lithium mines to the ravages of climate change. Continue reading at 'Wired'

[ Wired | 2020-10-14 12:00:00 UTC ]
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There is still too much news

On Friday evening, CNN put a breaking-news chyron on screen: “WH: THERE WILL NOT BE A TRANSFER OF POWER.” It reflected White House assurances that President Trump—who was, at that moment, waiting to be taken to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19—did not plan on ceding his duties to... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-10-06 12:30:29 UTC ]
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COVID relief and the misplaced outrage about Rage

Yesterday, NPR, along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, published a bleak poll on the economic health of the nation since the pandemic began. Nearly half of respondents said their household has experienced “serious financial problems” linked... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-10 12:00:40 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury steals Alam's 'electrifying' race, class and climate change novel

Bloomsbury has won a seven-way auction to secure Rumaan Alam's "unnerving" novel, Leave the World Behind, deciding to "crash" the book into its autumn schedule. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 06:57:56 UTC ]
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Puffin acquires 'truly original' picture book about climate change

Puffin has acquired The Bear in the Stars by debut author and print-maker Alexis Snell. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 13:19:07 UTC ]
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Lydia Millet’s ‘A Children’s Bible’ is a blistering classic

The Pulitzer Prize finalist addresses the existential crisis of climate change with a story that’s alternately witty and devastating Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-12 16:34:09 UTC ]
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What Google and Facebook need to do to fight disinformation

Both Google and Facebook have acted surprisingly quickly to remove disinformation related to the COVID-19 virus over the past few weeks, considering their somewhat mixed track record when it comes to removing hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and trolls related to political campaigns. But experts... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-04-09 11:45:11 UTC ]
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Wainwright Prize launches new global conservation award

The Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing has launched a new award recognising narrative books that reflect conservation or climate change and how it impacts on nature and the outdoors. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 08:29:09 UTC ]
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Greta Thunberg’s family memoir sends an urgent message to us all, especially moms

“Our House Is on Fire” shares a very personal story of the suffering that preceded Thunberg’s activism on climate change. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-16 16:00:00 UTC ]
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What you can do about climate change, today

The authors of the new book ‘The Future We Choose,’ which outlines possible outcomes of the climate crisis, explain how you can make the choices today that will create the best possible world in 2050. A new book called The Future We Choose lays out two scenarios for the future: what 2050 looks... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2020-02-24 06:01:25 UTC ]
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A climate for change

As floods swamp Britain in yet another reminder of the weather extremes engendered by climate change, this week’s announcement from German media giant Bertelsmann, parent of Penguin Random House, that it has set a 2030 target to become “climate neutral” comes as a welcome marker for the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 00:16:16 UTC ]
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The Australian says it accepts climate science, so why does it give a platform to 'outright falsehoods'?

News Corp’s paper says its journalists report the facts but critics say it publishes misleading claimsIn an editorial on Saturday, the Weekend Australian defended the News Corp paper’s climate coverage in response to criticism that it had underplayed the bushfire crisis and chosen to highlight... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-01-14 16:30:39 UTC ]
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News Corp employee lashes climate 'misinformation' in bushfire coverage with blistering email

Emily Townsend’s reply-all email to executive chairman calls the company’s coverage ‘irresponsible’ and ‘dangerous’A senior News Corp employee has accused the company of “misinformation” and diverting attention from climate change during the bushfire crisis in an explosive all-staff email... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-01-10 02:32:52 UTC ]
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