OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #105, December 12, 2022

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #105, December 12, 2022

RESISTANCE TO CLIMATE CATASTROPHE
Jeff Masters.  “Disasterology.”
João Pedro Stedile,   Global Disasters, Causes, and Solutions.
Geoff and Leslie Oelsner.  Attunements for the Earth.
Duncombe and Lambert. The Art of Activism.

 

RESISTANCE TO CLIMATE CATASTROPHE

Jeff Masters.   “Disasterology: Disasters from the Front Lines of  the Climate Crisis, by Samantha Montano, a book review.” POSTED IN EYE ON THE STORM, YALE Climate CONNECTIONS (nOV. 27, 2022).
The U.S. emergency management and disaster response systems are desperately deficient, and cannot handle the onslaught of climate change-amplified disasters already besieging the nation. That’s the take-home message of Disasterology, the excellent 2021 book by disaster researcher Samantha Montano, assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Increasing vulnerability, inadequate regulations, decaying infrastructure, social and economic inequality, and climate change demand a revamping of U.S. efforts to prevent or prepare for disasters, the author argues.   HTTPS://YALECLIMATECONNECTIONS.ORG/2022/11/DISASTEROLOGY-A-BOOK-REVIEW/?UTM_SOURCE=WEEKLY+NEWS+FROM+YALE+CLIMATE+CONNECTIONS&UTM_CAMPAIGN=F76CEA2316-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_01_09_45&UTM_MEDIUM=EMAIL&UTM_TERM=0_-F76CEA2316-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

 

“The attack on nature is putting humanity at risk.” The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2022).  Vijay Prashad.  Mronline.org (11-13-22). 

In the last week of October, João Pedro Stedile, a leader of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Brazil and the global peasants’ organisation La Via Campesina, went to the Vatican to attend the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace.  Stedile lists 16 global disasters, identifies 5 causes, and promotes 15 solutions.
https://mronline.org/2022/11/12/the-attack-on-nature-is-putting-humanity-at-risk-the-forty-fifth-newsletter-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-attack-on-nature-is-putting-humanity-at-risk-the-forty-fifth-newsletter-2022&mc_cid=58d9bf966b&mc_eid=ab2f7bf95e  

Geoff and Leslie Oelsner.   Attunements for the Earth.

Hello Climate League Friend,  Something unexpected and beautiful has come along.  Last week I received the pdf and ebook links to Geoff and Leslie Oelsner's co-creation entitled Attunements for the Earth: Poetic, Musical, Photographic, Anecdotal, Climatic, Intuitional, Scientific, Spiritual.      Geoff and Leslie are long-standing friends of The Climate League and life-long cherishers of the Natural World.  Their vibrant enthusiasm and deep curiosity and concern for our precious planet shines through the journey of their book's text, visual art, and audio.    

As Geoff says, "All of its diverse contents are oriented to nurture our loving and creatively serving the Earth at this precarious time of accelerating climate change." 

Attunements for the Earth PDF      Attunements for the Earth Ebook.

 Sincerely,  Jan Schaper, Arkansas Citizens Climate League

 

STEVE DUNCOMBE and STEVE LAMBERT.   The Art of Activism.  OR Books, 2022.  Free e-workbook with every paperback ordered.

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