For the month of January, Mullins Library staff have compiled a list of digital material available for all students, staff and faculty regarding sustainability and climate change in today’s world. Physical items are also available on display in Mullins Library on Level 4.
E-BOOKS
There is a near-consensus amongst climate scientists that current levels of atmospheric greenhouse gas are sufficient to alter global weather patterns to disastrous effect. The resultant climate crisis is simultaneously both a natural and a socio-cultural phenomenon, and in the ebook Science Fiction and Climate Change, Milner and Burgmann argue that science fiction occupies a critical location within this nature/culture nexus.
Braiding Sweetgrass looks at the relationship between humans and Mother Earth. With growing concerns about climate change, deforestation and the depletion of natural resources, it is more important than ever to reevaluate how we treat the world around us.
Practical Sustainability: A Guide to a More Sustainable Life provides a guide to sustainable living ― from reducing our greenhouse gas footprint to becoming part of the green economy. Along the way, readers will learn about the field of sustainability and the “three E’s” of sustainable living ― environment, economy and equity.
Under A White Sky: The Nature of the Future examines what it might take for humans to continue to exist. Elizabeth Kolbert makes clear how far we already are from a world of undisturbed, balanced nature and how far we must go to find a new balance for the planet’s future — one that still includes us.
Collaboratively written by leading scholars from Europe and North America, Climate Change Scepticism considers climate-skeptical texts as literature, teasing out differences and challenging stereotypes as a way of overcoming partisan political paralysis on the most important cultural debate of our time.
STREAMING VIDEOS
In 2040, director Damon Gameau embarks on journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream.
Kiss the Ground is a documentary about a revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers and politicians that band together in a global movement of “Regenerative Agriculture” that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies and feed the world.
French actress and director Mélanie Laurent, along with friend and activist Cyril Dion, traveled the world in search of solutions that can help save the next generations. The result is Tomorrow, a documentary that presents concrete solutions implemented throughout the world by hundreds of communities.
Follow Leonardo DiCaprio in Before the Flood as he travels around the globe to witness the effects of climate change and what can be done to solve the climate crisis.
Global Footprints: Transportation, Greener Cars, Biodiesel & Designing Cities Less Dependent on Fossil Fuels explores the automotive industry’s move toward greener cars and the need for cities to balance cycling, public transport and cars within their overall infrastructure.
In the documentary Time to Choose, filmmaker Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions.
EPISODES: GOING GREEN
Episode 1 – Meet the everyday heroes spearheading change in their communities. Going Green features five individuals making a difference in the causes they believe in.
Episode 2 – We travel to Varanasi as the city takes on different hues during one of India’s most colorful festivals, Holi. There, we explore the city’s tradition in handmade textiles and journey along the sacred Ganges River, a source of spiritual purification for devout Hindus.
Episode 3 – Planet Earth is a wonder to behold, beautiful, fascinating, life-sustaining — but also, increasingly, under threat. All over the globe, people are innovating sustainable solutions to help our world.
Episode 4 – Meet “inspired environmentalists” to see how their bold, inventive ideas are improving lives through architecture, agriculture, and the strengthening of fragile eco-systems.