TAILIEUCHUNG - Cooler Smarter

This book is a powerful tool for action. It cuts through the politicized rhetoric that too often clouds public discussion regarding climate change by offering practical and manageable advice as to how each of us can take steps that, collectively, can effect meaningful change. I believe it is exactly the kind of synthesis we need, with accessible, up-to-date scientific knowledge that we all will find useful. My scientific research has delved into many aspects of climate science for more than three decades. When I began my career, most ocean scientists expected to see little change in the world’s oceans over the course of their lives. After all, the oceans. | Praise for Cooler Smarter Clear readable and genuinely smart Cooler Smarter answers the question concerned citizens everywhere are asking What can we do to make a difference ELIZABETH KOLBERT author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe Man Nature and Climate Change Finally an excellent short and readable book that is replete with examples of what each of us can do to improve our lives and at the same time reduce our carbon footprint by using energy more efficiently. Whatever your view may be about climate change projections there are no good arguments that favor wasting energy and launching the world s climate into an uncertain future. NEAL LANE Malcolm Gillis University Professor Rice University former White House Science Advisor and former Director of the National Science Foundation Cooler Smarter provides great advice backed by data analysis and examples. I was surprised how only a few simple steps can cut your environmental footprint by 20 percent and most of those steps don t involve sacrifice but rather pay for themselves and help you lead a healthier life. I plan on implementing several of these strategies and hope others do too RICK NEEDHAM Director Energy and Sustainability Google We can break our addiction to fossil fuels stave off the worst of global warming and generate quality jobs that allow us to support our families and build for the future but only if we work together and each of us does our part. This smart sensible and easy-to-use book lays out the most effective steps each of us can take right now. VAN JONES President Rebuild the Dream and author of The Green Collar Economy Global warming affects all of us no matter what our ethnicity politics or religious affiliation. This book offers the latest scientific thinking about the most effective steps each of us can take to lower our emissions. It is a valuable tool for congregations and others who care for God s creation. THE REV. CANON SALLY G. BINGHAM President The Regeneration Project Interfaith .

• Quản trị kinh doanh
• Climate Choices
• Driving Down Emissions
• Making Government Work
• An Explanation
• Analysis Methodology
• Social sciences and humanities
• Natural hazards
• Response choices in a changing climate
• Promoting bushfire preparedness
• Risk reduction decision making
• Disaster risk reduction
• Technologies
• Averaging
• Conservation of mass
• Multiphase flow models
• Multiphase flow notation
• distribution functions
• Climate Change
• Social Dimensions
• Technological Solutions
• Socioeconomic Dynamics
• Cleaner Infrastructure
• Development Choices