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Climate champions : 15 women fighting for your future / Rachel Sarah

Summary:

"These 15 contemporary climate champions are on the frontlines of science to create a sustainable future on Earth. They are climate scientists, journalists, professors, academics, researchers, and policy makers from around the world who draft policies with real-world impact, run science labs to find new answers to old problems, and lead organizations at the forefront of change. These women reveal how racial and social injustices lie at the root of the climate crisis. As young readers learn how these champions are rising up around the world, they will learn how to be part of the solution."-- Page 4 of cover

Record details

ISBN: 9781641607001
ISBN: 1641607009
Physical Description: 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes bibliographic references (page 181-188) and notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Challenge the system. Molly Kawahata: keep on climbing -- Amy Westervelt: calling out the system one podcast at a time-- Wanjiku "Wawa" Getheru: black girl environmentalist -- Trimita Chakma: rising up in the global south -- Tori Tsui: bad activist -- Hold fast to science. Katharine Hayhoe: the science mom who's saving us -- Jacquelyn Gill: lost in the ice age -- Brigitte Baptiste: queering ecology -- Jeanette David: just keep swimming -- Nikki Roach: a day in the life of a conservation biologist -- Take a stand for justice. Amy Cardinal Christianson: burning good fires -- Anna Jane Joyner: flipping the script on climate -- Jennifer Uchendu: sustainability vibes -- Tessa Khan: keep it in the ground -- Anushka Sai Braskar: no justice, no peace