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books on climate: good context for design for sustainability and resilience (and being human)

  • 1.  books on climate: good context for design for sustainability and resilience (and being human)

    Posted 04-23-2019 09:41 AM
    Two New Books Dramatically Capture the Climate Change Crisis
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    Two New Books Dramatically Capture the Climate Change Crisis
    Nonfiction THE UNINHABITABLE EARTH Life After Warming By David Wallace-Wells LOSING EARTH A Climate History By Nathaniel Rich Climate change is the greatest challenge humanity has collectively faced. That challenge is, to put it mildly, practical; but it also poses a problem to the imagination.
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/books/review/david-wallace-wells-uninhabitable-earth-nathaniel-rich-losing-earth.html


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