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Film & Literature
Film & Literature
 The OverstoryA fantastic novel about the lives of trees and how to save them. Even without the save the trees and climate change stuff, it’s just a good book. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Give it a read. |  The World Without UsThis book is a "beautifully told story of secrets and survival, family and community, loss and renewal." |  What We Know About Climate Change"The vast majority of scientists agree that human activity has significantly increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere—most dramatically since the 1970s. Yet global warming skeptics and ill-informed elected officials continue to dismiss this broad scientific consensus. In this updated edition of his authoritative book, MIT atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel outlines the basic science of global warming and how the current consensus has emerged." |
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 A Life On Our PlanetA Life On Our Planet is a documentary revolving around the harsh reality of humanity’s Climate Change situation. David Attenborough delivers his concerns about the planet’s future, providing statistical evidence and video footage of landscapes prior to and following humanity’s consumption of resources. The documentary further urges action, and even points out the direction of the first steps. |  Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an EcosophyModern-day Climate Change is more than just the problem of a fluctuating biosphere. Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy is a book probing the application of philosophy to the issues derived from humanity’s role as a catalyst to Climate Change. The book is a translated revision and expansion of Arne Naess’ book Okologi, Samfunn of Livsstil. |  The Sixth ExtinctionWith estimates of 20%-50% of the total flora and fauna vanishing by the end of the 21st Century, the situation seems dire. In this era of extinction, the fault does not lie with a hypothesised meteorite impact nor an earth-shattering natural disaster. Instead, the blade is wielded by human hands and their actions against the interconnected network of the planet. The Sixth Extinction is a non-fiction novel that explores the past, the present, and the imminent future. |
 Clade by James BradleyJames Bradley is a novelist, poet and academic who writes prolifically about people and the environment. Clade is his fourth novel and combines a series of interconnected short stories which tackle the wide reaching and ever changing problems of climate change. It's urgent, spawning and definitely worth a read. |  How To Avoid A Climate DisasterThis book is simply written, engaging and offers measured solutions to climate change. It's blurb explains it best: "Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe." If you're the kind of person that rolls their eyes at the ‘capitalism must fall to save the environment,’ this book will be for you. |  The Ecocentriticism ReaderThe Ecocriticism Reader is a collection of intellectual essays on the interaction and relationship between literature and the environment. The literature works well as an analytical entry point to the wealth of information concerning the ecological world and its role described by the written medium. |
 Mission BlueDocumentary Mission Blue follows Sylvia Earle and her exploration of the mass decline of the ocean’s overall health. Witnessing what was clean become polluted due to humanity’s thoughtless actions, Sylvia Earle became only more determined to spread the message of awareness on the influences society has on the environmental world. |  An Inconvenient TruthAl Gore, featured in the eco-documentary An Inconvenient Truth, urges that governments and individuals alike take immediate action and understand that Climate Change is a very real threat. A countdown of 10 years is given, the final decade before the effects of humankind’s destructive influence on the world becomes irreversible. |  This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the ClimateThis Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate, written by Naomi Klein, delves below the surface cause of Climate Change and looks at the culprit behind it all: capitalism. The Greenhouse Gas emissions and their contribution towards Climate Change are simply tools wielded by humanity’s capitalistic desires and their need for economic growth. Naomi Klein examines the notion that the topic of climate catastrophe is a by-product of society and culture. |
 20402040 is a documentary revolving around an Australian filmmaker taking the initiative to scope out the impeding global disasters and discover the solution to a declining future. Motivated by his love for his daughter, Damon Gameau examines already existing inventions and practices that would have a large positive impact if they were simply adopted on a larger scale. |
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