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How can each of us live Cooler, Smarter? While the routine decisions that shape our days—what to have for dinner, where to shop, how to get to work—may seem small, collectively they have a big effect on global warming. Based on years of research by the experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists, Cooler, Smarter shows you how to cut your own greenhouse gas emissions by as much as twenty percent. Each chapter addresses a key approach to cutting carbon, including choices about transportation, home energy use, diet, personal consumption, and influencing your workplace or getting involved politically. The advice in Cooler, Smarter has added personal benefits, from saving money to becoming healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low carbon-living, to confront one of society’s greatest threats.
About the Author
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based non-profit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
"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 "
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Thinking about Your Climate Choices | |
| Can One Person Make a Difference? | p. 3 |
| Sweat the Right Stuff | p. 13 |
| The Weight of the Evidence: How We Know the Planet Is Warming | p. 27 |
| Making Effective Climate Choices | |
| Driving Down Emissions | p. 51 |
| Home Is Where the Heat Is | p. 83 |
| Taking Charge of Electricity at Home | p. 109 |
| A Low-Carbon Diet | p. 137 |
| The Right Stuff | p. 159 |
| Rescuing the Future | |
| Step Up, Connect, Transform | p. 181 |
| Stepping Up at Work | p. 197 |
| Making Government Work for Us | p. 215 |
| Welcome to Our Low-Carbon Future | p. 237 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 247 |
| Resources | p. 249 |
| Our Paths to 20: Team Member Statements about Reducing Our Own Carbon Footprints | p. 257 |
| An Explanation of Our Research and Analysis Methodology | p. 263 |
| Research Results | p. 271 |
| Notes | p. 277 |
| About the Authors | p. 303 |
| Index | p. 309 |
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ISBN: 9781610911924
ISBN-10: 161091192X
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 328
Published: 25th April 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.4
x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.48
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