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  • 1.  book review / climate policy

    Posted 11-30-2018 11:32 AM
    Terrific review (by David Roberts for Vox) of an Island Press book about climate policy: Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy, by Hal Harvey.
     
    https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/11/16/18096352/climate-change-clean-energy-policies-guide


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    Kira Gould
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    Kira Gould CONNECT
    Oakland CA
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  • 2.  RE: book review / climate policy

    Posted 12-05-2018 10:51 AM

    Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming by

    by Paul Hawken and Tom Steyer is also a great read.
    https://smile.amazon.com/Drawdown-Comprehensive-Proposed-Reverse-Warming/dp/0143130447/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543952743&sr=1-3&keywords=drawdown#customerReviews
    A review on Amazon: ...a NEW YORK TIMES BEST seller, and written by scientists from around the world. ..The only developed country where there is ANY debate about the severity of climate crisis in the USA is driven by a multinational fossil fuel industry that puts greed before the lives or the young everywhere...



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    Frances Hamilton AIA
    architect-illustrator-teacher
    HAStudio
    Atlanta GA
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  • 3.  RE: book review / climate policy

    Posted 12-07-2018 12:27 PM
    I couldn't agree more.  I fashioned an education seminar around it: Drawdown: The Top Four - October 26, <g class="gr_ gr_224 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="224" data-gr-id="224">2017</g> | <g class="gr_ gr_223 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace" id="223" data-gr-id="223">codegreen</g>
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    What if we told you - Be optimistic about solving Climate Change: Drawdown, edited by visionary Paul Hawken, is the 100 MOST SUBSTANTIVE SOLUTIONS TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING, BASED ON METICULOUS RESEARCH BY LEADING SCIENTISTS & POLICYMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD.
    View this on Codegreenhouston >


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    Steven Stelzer AIA
    Green Building Resource Center
    City of Houston
    Houston TX
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  • 4.  RE: book review / climate policy

    Posted 12-11-2018 11:35 AM
    Steve: Congrats for putting together a program on Project Drawdown. We held one as well this year in St. Louis which was very well received. I wanted to make sure that everyone saw the great interview with Paul Hawken in August's COTE Newsletter here: https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/aia-cote-in-conversation-with-paul-hawken_o
    So much need and opportunity for design professionals!
    regards

    Mary Ann

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    Mary Ann Lazarus FAIA
    Principal
    MALeco, LLC
    Saint Louis MO
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