Climate change is conspicuously absent from most realist, literary fiction set in the present day. Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, droughts and other natural disasters are part of our daily lives, yet they’re absent, save for brief mentions of a news clip for a college protest from much of our... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-03-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
Lack of time, difficulties with scientific rigour, an uninterested public … television meteorologists open up about why they’re so quiet about the reasons for extreme conditionsWhy do TV and radio forecasts rarely contextualise extreme weather events in terms of the climate crisis? After all,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-25 14:00:08 UTC ]
In A River Divided, scientist George Paxinos addresses the climate crisis through the eyes of two strangers with a unique genetic inheritance. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
The artist’s new picture book for adults explores the power of collective action. If you’re a parent, there’s a good chance you know the artist Oliver Jeffers. He illustrated the wildly popular children’s book, The Day the Crayons Quit, and he’s also written and illustrated several of his own... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-10-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Springer Nature says 2022 article ‘not supported by available evidence’ as editors launch investigationOne of the world’s biggest scientific publishers has retracted a journal article that claimed to have found no evidence of a climate crisis.Springer Nature said it had retracted the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-08-25 15:00:14 UTC ]
In a climate crisis that feels huge and hopeless, these eight books — essays, fiction, memoir and poetry on the wild — will help you focus on small things Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-04 13:00:09 UTC ]
Authors are asking their publishers in the UK 10 questions about the climate crisis and what it takes to get a book from the 'Tree to Me.' The post As London Book Fair Opens: Authors Seed a ‘Tree to Me’ Campaign appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-04-18 05:42:45 UTC ]
The 2022 'Sustainable Business Report' from the Springer Nature Group examines workforce dynamics and responses to the climate crisis. The post Springer Nature Issues a New Sustainability Report appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-04-05 20:42:53 UTC ]
The Climate Book will include contributions from scientist Katharine Hayhoe, economist Thomas Piketty and novelist Margaret AtwoodGreta Thunberg is releasing a new book this autumn, which aims to offer a “global overview of how the planet’s many crises connect”.“I have decided to use my platform... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-31 16:00:03 UTC ]
Duckworth has signed Siddarth Shrikanth’s “uniquely accessible debut” on the climate crisis, The Business Case for Nature. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-16 02:35:15 UTC ]
Fiction that lazily predicts a dystopian, ecologically decimated world is doomed to fail; instead novelists must engage on a new level with the climate crisis Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-18 12:54:39 UTC ]
The time for a business-as-usual approach to the climate has long since passed, argues author, academic and activist Timothy Morton, and urgent steps need to be take to maintain a planet we can not only survive on, but thrive on. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-14 20:35:24 UTC ]
The audio version of an in-depth article on how science fiction’s hopes and fears can inspire humanity’s response to the climate crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-10-11 09:13:49 UTC ]
Maggie Nelson explores the concept in the realms of art, sex, drugs and the climate crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-09-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
This year marks the sixth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement, an international accord that marks the first time nearly every nation on Earth promised to tackle the climate crisis. The goals set by that agreement, however, have not been met. As the climate crisis worsens, more novelists than... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-03-24 08:53:41 UTC ]
In “Unsolaced,” Greta Ehrlich tells a story of personal discovery against the backdrop of the climate crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-01-12 10:00:06 UTC ]
In her new book, adventurer, filmmaker, and environmental advocate Alison Teal combines a message of self-empowerment with a vital awareness of the climate crisis that is roiling the planet. PW recently caught up with teal to talk about her life of adventure and advocacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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 >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-02-24 06:01:25 UTC ]
Criticism of denial by News Corp and Fox underlines Murdoch heir’s transformationJames Murdoch claims he has never watched Succession, the drama series that documents the professional and personal rebellions of a billionaire media family suspiciously similar to his own. But his comments... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-15 19:36:48 UTC ]
Director Peter Barnes says board has not talked about attack on Fox News and News Corp’s climate coverageThe lead independent director of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, Peter Barnes, says the media group’s board has yet to discuss James Murdoch’s attack on the company over its stance on the climate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-01-15 07:29:48 UTC ]