Welcome to Sustainability’s collection of books highlighted this year in our bi-monthly Journal. It is important to share ideas and knowledge with the sustainability community and those interested in learning more on sustainability, climate change, and green innovations. This resource will continually reflect reviews as they are published in the Journal. The Journal team encourages book review submissions, which may be submitted for consideration online at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sustainability.
Deep Time Reckoning asks readers to take a giant leap into the future. The book describes the environmental collapse that has the potential to occur anywhere between 10,000 and 100,000 years from now due to radioactive waste, glaciations, population shifts, and other changes.
A collection of essays by experts leading the Green New Deal movement, this book offers a detailed playbook for how to achieve its goals to decarbonize the United States economy and avoid a climate catastrophe. The authors indicate the Green New Deal, a governing agenda, is the “last, best hope for a livable future.”
Author David Miller, a former mayor of Toronto, debunks the criticism that addressing climate change hurts the economy, maintaining that the real cost is inaction, as severe weather continues to take a toll on cities, insurers, businesses, and citizens. By acting on climate, cities become healthier and more livable. Actions to address climate change also must include the needs of low-income people.