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The environmentalist's dilemma : promise and peril in an age of climate crisis / Arno Kopecky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : ECW Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 254 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781770416093
  • 1770416099
Subject(s):
Contents:
The newest normal -- Mickey Mouse is all right -- The velocity of perception -- The suspension of disbelief -- The unbearable whiteness of being (an environmentalist) -- Let's get drunk and celebrate the future -- Rebel, rebel -- Inside job -- Portents and prophecies -- A brief history of population control -- Dangerous opportunities -- Once upon a time in Deutschland -- Every little thing.
Summary: "For readers of Ronald Wright, Rebecca Solnit, and Yuval Noah Harari, comes a compelling inquiry into our relationship with humanity's latest and greatest calamity In The Environmentalist's Dilemma, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanity's doing better than ever. To acknowledge both sides of this paradox is to enter a realm of difficult decisions: Should we take down the government, or try to change it from the inside? Is it okay to compare climate change to Hitler? Is hope naive or indispensable? How do you tackle collective delusion? Should we still have kids? And can we take them to Disneyland? Inquisitive and relatable, Kopecky strikes a rare note of optimistic realism as he guides us through the moral minefields of our polarized world. From start to finish, The Environmentalist's Dilemma returns to the central question: How should we engage with the story of our times?"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 333.72 K83 Available 33111010751853
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In The Environmentalist's Dilemma, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanity's doing better than ever. Inquisitive and relatable, he guides us through the moral minefields of our polarised world.

The newest normal -- Mickey Mouse is all right -- The velocity of perception -- The suspension of disbelief -- The unbearable whiteness of being (an environmentalist) -- Let's get drunk and celebrate the future -- Rebel, rebel -- Inside job -- Portents and prophecies -- A brief history of population control -- Dangerous opportunities -- Once upon a time in Deutschland -- Every little thing.

"For readers of Ronald Wright, Rebecca Solnit, and Yuval Noah Harari, comes a compelling inquiry into our relationship with humanity's latest and greatest calamity In The Environmentalist's Dilemma, award-winning journalist Arno Kopecky zeroes in on the core predicament of our times: the planet may be dying, but humanity's doing better than ever. To acknowledge both sides of this paradox is to enter a realm of difficult decisions: Should we take down the government, or try to change it from the inside? Is it okay to compare climate change to Hitler? Is hope naive or indispensable? How do you tackle collective delusion? Should we still have kids? And can we take them to Disneyland? Inquisitive and relatable, Kopecky strikes a rare note of optimistic realism as he guides us through the moral minefields of our polarized world. From start to finish, The Environmentalist's Dilemma returns to the central question: How should we engage with the story of our times?"-- Provided by publisher.

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