Drawdown (book) explained

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming is a 2017 book created, written, and edited by Paul Hawken about climate change mitigation. Other writers include Katharine Wilkinson, and the foreword was written by (hardback edition) Tom Steyer and (paperback) Prince Charles.

The book describes solutions arranged in order by broad categories: energy, food, women and girls, buildings and cities, land use, transport, materials, and "coming attractions".[1] The book provides a list of 100 potential solutions and ranks them by the potential amount of greenhouse gases each could cut, with cost estimates and short descriptions.[2] [3]

The Guardian notes that the author has had influence in corporate sustainability efforts and that companies such as Interface and Autodesk have backed the project. It was intended that the book be supplemented with an online database, Project Drawdown, which was to compile the numerous types of solutions.[4]

Reception

Drawdown has been a New York Times bestseller and has received favorable reviews.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] For example, Kirkus Reviews called the book "an optimistic program for getting out of our current mess".[11]

An April 2017 video on C-SPAN described the book as "a collection of policies, plans, and active programs to reduce carbon emissions outside of the purview of the federal government".[12] In the video, Mr. Hawken stated, "the reason we can say 'the most comprehensive plan ever proposed' is that no one's ever proposed a plan... which is sort of astonishing when you think about it." According to an article in Vox, "until 2017, there was no real way for ordinary people to get an understanding of what they can do and what impact it can have".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Hawken. Paul. 2017. Penguin Books. 9780143130444. Paul Hawken. New York, NY. registration.
  2. News: How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming?. Schlossberg. Tatiana. 2017-06-12. The New York Times. 2019-09-24. en-US. 0362-4331. Tatiana Schlossberg.
  3. Web site: This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.. Roberts. David. 2017-05-10. Vox. en. 2019-09-24.
  4. News: First look: environmental entrepreneur Paul Hawken's long-awaited new book. Gunther. Marc. 2014-10-22. The Guardian. 2019-09-24. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: Drawdown. 2019. Penguin Random House. en-US. 2019-09-24.
  6. Web site: 100 Practical Ways to Reverse Climate Change. https://web.archive.org/web/20190903142453/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/05/climate-change-global-warming-drawdown-hawken/. dead. September 3, 2019. Worrall. Simon. 2017-05-28. National Geographic News. en. 2019-09-24.
  7. Web site: Drawdown - A Book Review. Brough. Holly. 2017-11-17. Shelburne Farms. en. 2019-09-25.
  8. Web site: Solutions to Climate Change: A Review of Drawdown edited by Paul Hawken. 2017-06-20. TreeZero. en-US. 2019-09-24.
  9. Web site: In 'Drawdown,' Paul Hawken ditches the rhetoric to offer 100 practical climate solutions. Edelstein. Ken. May 4, 2017. MNN - Mother Nature Network. en. 2019-09-24.
  10. Web site: Drawdown: Paul Hawken Gets Real with Climate Change by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C. January 13, 2018. Facade Tectonics Institute. en-US. 2019-09-24. 2019-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924222933/https://facadetectonics.org/news-articles/drawdown-paul-hawken-gets-real-climate-change-mic-patterson/. dead.
  11. Web site: DRAWDOWN : The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, edited by Paul Hawken. February 20, 2017. Kirkus Reviews.
  12. Web site: Drawdown. April 21, 2017. C-SPAN.org. en-us. 2019-09-24.

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