As climate disruption intensifies the world over, Californians are finding solutions across a diversity of communities and landscapes.
Though climate change is a global existential threat, we cannot wait for nation-states to solve the problem when there are actions we can take now to protect our own communities. In Climate Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect California, readers are invited on a journey to discover that all life is interconnected and shaped by climate and to learn how communities can help tackle climate change.
Climate Stewardship shares stories from everyday people and shows how their actions enhance the resilience of communities and ecosystems across ten distinct bioregions. Climate science that justifies these actions is woven throughout, making it easy to learn about Earth's complex systems. The authors interpret and communicate these stories in a way that is enjoyable, inspiring, and even amusing.
California is uniquely positioned to develop and implement novel solutions to widespread climate challenges, owing to the state's remarkable biogeographic diversity and robust public science programs. Produced in collaboration with the UC California Naturalist Program, Climate Stewardship focuses on regenerative approaches to energy, agriculture, and land and water use across forested, agricultural, and urban landscapes. The authors' hopeful and encouraging tone aims to help readers develop a sense that they, too, can act now to make meaningful change in their communities.
ISBN-13: 9780520378940
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 09-07-2021
Pages: 296
Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Adina Merenlender is an internationally recognized conservation biologist who has authored more than 100 published works. She currently works as a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Department at UC Berkeley.
Brendan Buhler is an award-winning science writer who has been featured in the Los Angeles Times and in Sierra and California magazines. His work has been collected in The Best American Science and Nature Writing.
Table of Contents
Foreword Greg Sarris ix
Preface: United by Nature, Guided by Science xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Extreme Events: Life in the New Normal 1
2 Big Bay to Tech Town 29
3 A Changing Harvest 59
4 Keeping Forests Green and Snow White 93
5 Climate Canaries 127
6 Los Angeles Plants Itself 157
7 Riding the California Current 195
In the End 237
References 243
Index 257
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