Climate Chaos and Its Origins in Slavery and Capitalism

Climate Chaos argues powerfully that unless global citizens come together to change the infrastructure and value system of capitalist greed and consumption, human society will not survive past this century.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Background: Early Signs of Warming into the Present; 2. Extraction: Slavery and Capitalism; 3. Are We Helpless? Or Empowered?; 4. What Replaces Capitalism? The Circular Economy? Blockchain?; 5. Geoengineering; 6. Hands off Mother Earth; 7. The Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Agreement; 8. The SDGs and COVID-19; 9. Turning the Page; 10. Conclusions: To End Capitalism; Glossary: Terms Relevant for (1) Global Warming, and (2) COVID-19; Index.

About the author

Reva Blau is a writer and middle-school ELL teacher. She leads professional development that teaches empowerment along lines of race, gender, and class that is grounded in restorative practice.

Judith Blau is professor emerita of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she chaired the social and economic justice undergraduate minor for many years. She was founder and director of the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill-Carrboro.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Blau, Judith Blau Blau, Reva Blau, Reva Blau Blau, Blau Judith
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781785275272
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-527-2
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: Anthem Sociological Perspectives on Human Rights and Development; Anthem Sociological Perspectiv
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Global warming; philosophy; climate change