A project of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Penguin Classics
Thoreau's Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming
AN ONLINE ANTHOLOGY
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AuthorsThe 67 contributors selected for Thoreau's Legacy include scientists, students, grandparents, activists, veterans, journalists, evangelical Christians, artists, and businesspeople. Their muses are as diverse as their backgrounds. View the authors and their essay titles in the Table of Contents below. In the months leading up to publication, we met with a few of the selected authors to learn more about them. Read their interviews by using the links to the right. For complete author bios and photos, read the interactive book now. . . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword: Day Seventy-nine Barbara Kingsolver Introduction Elda Rotor and Kevin Knobloch I Treasured Places, Shifting Seasons
The Warming of Walden
II Water and IceMichelle Nijhuis Skinny-Dipping at Walden Melissa M. Juchniewicz Black Spring Jill Carpenter Rural Southern Georgia Janisse Ray God’s Glorious Gifts Diego Paris A Grandfather’s Tale Thomas Huntington Last Winter Michelle Cacho-Negrete Sugar Shacks, Snow Cones, and Sugar Maples Marian Wineman
The Unfathomable in Flux
III Open SpacesDanna Staaf For the Love of Alaskan Ice Susan Carol Stein Through a Sailor’s Eyes Edward C. Brainard II Chukchi Sea Ice-Out Bruce Wright Climate Change and Creature Comforts Terril L. Shorb Calving Tidewater Glacier Trude McDermott In Defense of Ice Carol Ellis Disappearing Coral Craig Quirolo Change Is in the Air Kristan Hutchison Garden of Ghosts Mark Hixon Clamming Katherine McLaughlin
A Million and a Half Acres
IV Tales from Urban AmericaChavawn Kelley An Appalachian Idyll Lillian Marks Heldreth The Carson Range Betty Owen Bloomington Canyon Helen Whitaker Prairie Pothole Wonder Dorothy Boorse One Acre at a Time Richard Baker Steel Creek Amanda Keen-Zebert The Lying Sky John Calderazzo The Price of Detachment Tara Mitchell I Was Born on Shaky Ground Bronwyn Mitchell Racetrack Playa Mindy Kimball Windmills, Talking Jennifer Kepka
At the Sign of the Heron, Turn Left
V On WildlifeSarah Wolpow Reverse Migration Dale Elizabeth Walker Oracle Russell Brutsche The Heat Is Always On Michael Gold Apathy in the Inner City Sarah Flanders Above Portland Gary Braasch The Big Uneasy Randall Curren Canceling Catalogs: A Gift Whose Time Has Come Jennifer B. Freeman I Love Muscle Cars, but I Hate My Own Hypocrisy More Robert N. Shorin
Sea Bear
VI Faith and ConvictionsBlake Matheson Tiny Scales Curtis Childs American Ruby-Spot Damselfly Lea Jane Parker The Last Pika Daniel T. Blumstein Where Are the Butterflies? Susan J. Tweit A Chambered Nautilus Ursula Freer Salmon in Alaska Sue Mauger Dolphins in the Water off California Maddalena Bearzi A Beautiful Shrimp David Beebe
The Golden Rule
VII For TomorrowMatthew, Nancy, and Emma Sleeth Tó’sido, New Mexico Vangee Nez Dumpster Diving: My Day of Saving 66 Million BTUs Laura Pritchett The Energy of Creation Donald D. Hoyle The Other Part of the Equation Howard V. Hendrix Monetary Capital, Biological Treasure Lewis Ziska Peddling Solutions to Climate Change David Kroodsma Counting Cranes John F. Wasik View from the Yakama Nation Moses Dick Squeochs, as told to Rebecca Hawk Stewards of the Earth Ray Trimble
A Teachable Moment
Frank Schwing The Burns Homestead Andrea Burns One Professor in a Classroom Melanie Szulczewski Passing It On Gillian Zaharias Miller The Last of the Carnivores Gabriel Filippelli My Grandson, Ryan Carlson Kate Crowley Eating Healthy for the Planet Una McGeough Man Freezes Out Family Rick Lindroth |
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