Tales from an Uncertain World
What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change
by L. S. Gardiner
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Pub Date Mar 15 2018 | Archive Date Mar 15 2018
University of Iowa Press | University Of Iowa Press
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Description
Weaving scientific facts and research together with humor and emotion, veteran science educator L. S. Gardiner explores human responses to erosion, earthquakes, fires, invasive species, marine degradation, volcanic eruptions, and floods in order to illuminate why we find it so challenging to deal with climate change. Tales from an Uncertain World brings large-scale disaster to a human scale, emphasizing the role of the individual. We humans do have the capacity to deal with disasters. When we face threatening changes we do something, but because we’re human, our responses aren’t always the right ones the first time—yet we can learn to do better. This book is essential reading for all who want to know how we can draw on our strengths to survive the climate catastrophe and forge a new relationship with nature.
Advance Praise
“Given the advancing state of climatic disruption, humans are going to spend a lot of the foreseeable future dealing with disaster. This fascinating volume provides some memorable examples of how we’ve done so in the past, and as such helps concentrate our thinking on the necessary task of limiting the damage that’s coming our way.”—Bill McKibben, author, Radio Free Vermont
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781609385538 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 170 |
Featured Reviews
nathan h, Reviewer
A great, short read that serves as an interesting introduction for those interested in learning about climate change, and should be especially good for readers who have their eyes glaze over when they read books filled to the top with stats and references for further reading.
Gardiner seeks in the book to reveal people's attitudes to natural disasters when they happen, comparing that with the sluggish-but-inevitable climate changes all about us today. How will we react to future disasters? How did we react in the past? The word "uncertain" is in the book's title, and that just about sums a great deal of her message up: That being inactive & uncertain could be a choice that carries dire consequences for all humans.
Gardiner's history as a writer of children's books helps a great deal in presenting the simplified concepts the book wishes to convey. If you know of anyone on the fence about this whole "climate change" thing, I can't say with confidence that it'll sway them, but it's a great place to start, at the very least.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to check this book out.
