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OverviewClimate change has become one of the most polarizing issues of our time. Extremists on the left regularly issue hyperbolic jeremiads about the impending destruction of the environment, while extremists on the right counter with crass, tortured denials. But out in the vast middle are ordinary people dealing with stronger storms and more intense droughts than they've ever known. This middle ground is the focus of Betting the Farm on a Drought, a lively, thought-provoking book that lays out the whole story of climate change-the science, the math, and most importantly, the human stories of people fighting both the climate and their own deeply held beliefs to find creative solutions to a host of environmental challenges. Seamus McGraw takes us on a trip along America's culturally fractured back roads and listens to farmers and ranchers and fishermen, many of them people who are not ideologically, politically, or in some cases even religiously inclined to believe in man-made global climate change. He shows us how they are already being affected and the risks they are already taking on a personal level to deal with extreme weather and its very real consequences for their livelihoods. McGraw also speaks to scientists and policymakers who are trying to harness that most renewable of American resources, a sense of hope and self-reliance that remains strong in the face of daunting challenges. By bringing these voices together, Betting the Farm on a Drought ultimately becomes a model for how we all might have a pragmatic, reasoned conversation about our changing climate. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Seamus McGrawPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780292756618ISBN 10: 0292756615 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 15 April 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"1. Sundance 2. Comfortable in Our Ignorance 3. Kindergarten in a Fallout Shelter 4. Preaching to the Choir 5. Running from a Grizzly in Your Slippers 6. The Other White Meat 7. Flying by Wire 8. Notes from the Ivory Clock Tower 9. ""I Never Met a Liberal Before"" 10. The Year the Creeks Stopped Freezing 11. ""It's What I Do"" 12. Penguins Tumbling Off an Ice Sheet Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsThis title deserves a wide and varied readership; it has the power to change minds. -- Colleen Mondor Booklist The author may have found that there is reason to despair on the legislative level, but fortunately, he also found more openness to finding common ground among common folks... [He] provides plenty of reasons for optimism because it is clear that people are not ignoring this issue. Austin American-Statesman (McGraw's) story illustrates how the debate over fracking has ascended to the level of abortion or same-sex marriage as an indicator of political tribe. Those with agendas on either side can obscure the climate benefits of natural gas, the fossil fuel with the smallest carbon footprint, or downplay the real environmental hazards that fracking can cause. The Times-Tribune This title deserves a wide and varied readership; it has the power to change minds. --Colleen Mondor Booklist (02/15/2015) Author InformationSeamus McGraw has written eloquently about hydraulic fracking and its sometimes devastating effects on landscapes and communities in The End of Country: Dispatches from the Frack Zone. His award-winning writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Playboy, Popular Mechanics, Reader’s Digest, and the Forward, and on Fox Latino. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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