39 Ways to Save the Planet: Real World Solutions to Climate Change - and the People Who Are Making Them Happen

by Tom Heap, Arnold Schwarzenegger (Foreword by)

Overview

A  fascinating exploration of the work being done round the world—right now—to help stop climate change. Foreword from Arnold Schwarzenegger.

We got ourselves into this. Here's how we can get ourselves out.

We know the problem: the amount of biodiversity loss, the scale of waste and pollution, the amount of greenhouse gas we pump into the air . . . it's unsustainable. We have to do something.

And we are resourceful, adaptable, and smart. We have already devised many ways to reduce climate change—some now proven, others encouraging and craving uptake. Each one is a solution to get behind.

In 40 Ways to Save the Planet, Tom Heap reveals some of the real-world solutions to climate change that are happening around the world, right now. From tiny rice seeds and fossil fuel free steel to grazing elk and carbon-capturing seagrass meadows, each chapter reveals the energy and optimism in those tackling the fundamental problem of our age.

Accompanying a major BBC Radio 4 series in collaboration with the Royal Geographic Society, 40 Ways to Save the Planet is a fascinating exploration of our attempt to build a better future, one solution at a time. A roadmap to global action on climate change, it will encourage you to add your own solutions to the list.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785946974
Publisher:	Penguin Random House UK
Publication date:	01/14/2022
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Arnold Schwarzenegger ix

Introduction 1

Energy

1 BladeBUG 6

2 Floating Solar 12

3 Gravitricity 18

4 Blown Away 24

5 Scalding Solar 31

6 The Nuclear Option 37

7 Helpful Hydrogen 44

8 Solar Flare 51

Nature

9 Sublime Seagrass 58

10 A Mammoth Task 64

11 Good Logging 70

12 Bountiful Bamboo 75

13 For Peat's Sake 81

14 Ocean Farming 87

Farming

15 Zero-carbon Crops 96

16 Dry Rice 102

17 Degassing Cows 108

18 Dash to Ash 115

19 Phenomenal Photosynthesis 121

20 Rock Rescue 126

Society

21 Girls' School 134

22 Eye in the Sky 140

23 Carbon in the Dock 147

24 Meat the Future 153

25 Indigenous Knowhow 159

26 At the Wrong Altar 166

27 Unstuffed 172

Transport

28 Slippery Ships 180

29 Battery Power 186

30 Green Wings 191

Buildings and Industry

31 Wood for Good 200

32 Keep Warm to Carry On 206

33 Carbon Dioxide = Sewage 212

34 A Concrete Answer 220

35 Just Suck It Up 226

36 Clean Steel 232

Waste

37 Climate Time Bombs 240

38 Liquid Air 246

39 Grow More, Pollute Less 252

Acknowledgements 259