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Karl Coplan shares his personal journey of attempting to cut back on carbon without giving up the amenities of a suburban middle-class lifestyle.
Live Sustainably Now shows that there does not have to be a trade-off between the ethical obligation to maintain a sustainable carbon footprint and the belief that life should be fulfilling and fun.
List of contents
Preface
Prologue: Climate March at the Crossroads
1. Climatarianism: Our Personal Moral Obligation
Carbon Diary: September 2015
2. Why Both Individual Action and Collective Policy Will Be Needed to Address Climate Change
Carbon Diary: October 2015
3. Some Climate Basics: What We Mean by “Carbon Footprint,” How We Measure It, and Why It Matters
Carbon Diary: November 2015
4. Sustainability: What Is It Anyway, and Who Can Really Claim to Be Doing It?
Carbon Diary: December 2015
5. What Is Individual Carbon Sustainability, Then?
Carbon Diary: January 2016
6. Going on a Carbon Diet to Save the Planet
Carbon Diary: February 2016
7. Surprising Carbon Impact Comparisons: If You Are Only Going to Sweat One Kind of Stuff, Sweat Big Stuff, Not Small Stuff
Carbon Diary: March 2016
8. Grappling with the Big Four: Electricity, Heat, Transportation, and Food
Carbon Diary: April 2016
9. Having Fun on a Carbon Budget
Carbon Diary: May 2016
10. Medium-Term Goal: Getting to Zero
Carbon Diary: Summer 2016
Postscript: Individual Climate Action in the Trump Era: Now More than Ever
Appendix: Sample Carbon Footprint Calculation
Index
About the author
Karl Coplan is professor of law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, where he directs its environmental litigation clinic. He is a coauthor of Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control (second edition, 2016). Coplan is also a member of the board of directors of Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of clean water advocates.
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Karl Coplan shares his personal journey of attempting to cut back on carbon without giving up the amenities of a suburban middle-class lifestyle. Live Sustainably Now shows that there does not have to be a trade-off between the ethical obligation to maintain a sustainable carbon footprint and the belief that life should be fulfilling and fun.
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Live Sustainably Now is a personal, practical guide to low-carbon living.
