Our criteria for inclusion includes usefulness, succintness, and sensitivity to cultural realities.
This page will concisely list some of the best resources we've seen, which:
- Gives the public easily-to-read information on participating in environmental solutions
- Provides background to help environmental professionals redefine their approach
to communicating climate change
For the Public
Wendell Berry on Eating Responsibly
The Pleasures of Eating, Center for Ecoliteracy
Tips for Responsible Carnivores
Your Meat Is Green, by Roxanne Webber, Chow
Carbon Footprint Calculator at the Nature
Conservancy
For Enviromental Professionals
The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming
Politics in a Post-Environmental World
by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
Communication tactics for climate change
by Futerra Sustainability Communications
by Stephen Kaplan, Journal of Social Issues, Vol 56,
Americans and Climate Change:
Closing the Gap Between Science and Action.
A Synthesis of Insights and Recommendations
from the 2005 Yale F&ES Conference on
Climate Change
by Daniel R. Abbasi
How to Respond to Conservatives
An excerpt from the book Don't Think of an Elephant!:
Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
by George Lakoff