Climate Emergency

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. ""I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes."" So begins...

This book must not be ignored. It really is our final warning. Mark Lynas delivers a vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist. And it’s only looking worse. We are living in a climate emergency. But how much worse could it get?...

As the climate crisis accelerates toward the collapse of civilization and the natural world, people everywhere are feeling deep pain about ecological destruction and their role in it. Yet we are often paralyzed by fear. Help is at hand. Facing the Climate Emergency gives people the tools to confront the climate emergency, face their negative emotions, and channel them into protecting humanity and the natural world.

Why past climate change tells us it's almost too late. A warning and a rallying-cry. 'Read it and weep, or read it and win' Chris Packham A global refugee crisis. Extreme storms. Agriculture devastated. Economic ruin. Societal collapse. These are not just possibilities but likely outcomes of our...

Nature doesn't just happen; it attacks. Experience the raw power of the atmosphere’s most violent whiteouts in this gripping narrative that spans centuries of human struggle. From the deceptive, mild morning of the 1888 Gilded Age to the hyper-connected, digital-age chaos of the 2022 Buffalo tragedy, these are the moments when civilization stood still and the elements took over. Discover the harrowing true accounts of teachers shielding students on the frozen plains, cities paralyzed by "bomb cyclones," and the catastrophic technical failures that left millions in the dark. This ...

No longer is the climate emergency purely an external threat to our wellbeing: this profoundly political circumstance is deeply personal. The summer after giving birth, Sarah Marie Wiebe and her baby endured the 2021 heat dome in British Columbia, with temperatures over 20 degrees above normal, creating all-time heat records across the province. It was the deadliest weather event in Canadian history. The extreme heat landed Wiebe in the hospital, dehydrated and separated from her nursing baby from dawn until dusk. So began a year of mothering through heat, fires and floods.

A cautionary tale for a new era of megafires, Paradise is the gripping true story of a town wiped off the map and the determination of its people to rise again. The inspiration for the Apple Original Film The Lost Bus, starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera “A tour de force story of...

Narrated by the author: Experience the Southern California wildfires through Jacob Soboroff’s eyes—and voice. New York Times Bestseller and #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller A "gripping, unshakeable firsthand account" (San Francisco Chronicle) of the firestorm that consumed Los Angeles, from...

Featuring a foreword by visionary filmmaker and philanthropist Adam McKay, Facing the Climate Emergency takes a deep dive into why disruptive grassroots activism is the fastest, most cost-effective path to transformative change. Whether you're drawn to the front lines of high-stakes, non-violent direct action, or prefer to play a supporting role, this guide will help you combat the forces of climate denial and discover your own power in the face of the greatest planetary crisis.

Why would someone who cares so deeply about ecological change want to stop talking about it now? At Work in the Ruins is the book that grew out of Dougald’s attempt to answer that question. He delves deeply into what he discovered during the globally shared isolating Covid moment, why the virus and the measures taken against it drove so many of us to despair, and how we can re-find our bearings if the pandemic is not the big event that changes everything but simply one in a chain of emergencies that are bringing about the end of the world as we knew it.

An up-to-the-minute survival guide from the creator of Survivorman explores how to stay alive in the wild, in the jungle, in the desert, and in urban disasters. From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has made a life of surviving in the...

This gripping, deeply thoughtful book considers the future of civilization in the light of what we know about climate change and related threats. David Orr, an award-winning, internationally recognized leader in the field of sustainability and environmental education, pulls no punches: Even with the Paris Agreement of 2015, Earth systems will not reach a new equilibrium for centuries.

Bloomsbury presents A Wilder Way, written and read by Poppy Okotcha. 'A wise, passionate, heartfelt book. An invaluable resource for those seeking greater attunement with the year's cycles' - Katherine May 'I learnt so much, about the alchemy of the living world and the possibilities of...

The forecast said the storm would turn. The forecast was dead wrong. A grieving former ER nurse thought a summer road trip to a beachfront camper festival would help heal the rift between her and her teenage son. But as they arrive on the isolated coastal sands, the ocean begins to boil. When an anomalous weather system rapidly intensifies into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane, a devastating explosion severs the only bridge to the mainland. Trapped with thousands of panicked festival-goers and a rising storm surge, the mother's medical trauma training is the only thing keeping the ...

When the first funnel touches down, the residents of Red Creek Mobile Estates think they know how to ride out the storm. But nature has a different plan. Wade Harlan and his daughter Emerson barely make it to the underground concrete bunker as the neighborhood is ripped apart above them. Trapped in the dark with a handful of terrified neighbors, rising water, and rapidly depleting medical supplies, they are pushed to the absolute brink. Then, the unimaginable happens: the sirens start up again. With the shelter compromised and the structural integrity failing, staying underground is a death...

As a child he was taught to respect nature by an Apache elder he called Grandfather, now as a bestselling author and master tracker Tom Brown, Jr., shares his secrets for nurturing and saving our planet. Tom Brown, Jr., is America's most acclaimed outdoorsman, tracker, and teacher. When he was...

What will become of our self-destructed planet? The answer shatters all expectations in this subversive speculation from the Hugo Award - winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy. An explorer returns to gather information from a climate-ravaged Earth that his ancestors, and others among the planet’s finest, fled centuries ago. The mission comes with a warning: A graveyard world awaits him. But so do those left behind - hopeless and unbeautiful wastes of humanity who should have died out ages ago.

This book will explore whether we can successfully align our politics with climate science and the conditions under which it may be possible to act boldly. Canada’s WWII experience, Klein contends, provides a reminder that we have mobilized in common cause and retooled our economy in a few short years.

The Survival Seed Handbook: High Yield Emergency Gardening for UK Growers What would your household eat if the supermarket shelves were empty tomorrow? The Survival Seed Handbook is the complete, practical guide to answering that question with confidence rather than worry. Written for British conditions and British gardeners, it takes you step by step from your first packet of seed to a garden, store cupboard and seed bank capable of feeding your family through every season of the year — including the seasons when the shops cannot be relied upon. Across fourteen in-depth chapters, you ...

Forty thousand people traveled to the Thunder Mesa valley for the ultimate desert experience. They expected three days of massive crowds, pulsating energy, and incredible memories. They did not expect the sky to tear open. When an unprecedented weather system breaches the canyon walls, the isolated paradise instantly becomes a claustrophobic death trap. The main stage collapses under tearing winds. The few access roads completely choke with panicked crowds. There is no shelter and nowhere to run. Ray Calder thought he was just working security for another chaotic weekend. Now he is leading ...