Being the Change

<p><strong>Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome. </strong></p><p>We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness global warming worsens.</p><p>Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate systems the author a climate scientist and suburban father of two embarked on a journey to change his life and the world. He began by bicycling growing food meditating and making other simple fulfilling changes. Ultimately he slashed his climate impact to under a tenth of the US average and became happier in the process.</p><p><em>Being the Change </em> explores the connections between our individual daily actions and our collective predicament. It merges science spirituality and practical action to develop a satisfying and appropriate response to global warming.</p><p>Part one exposes our interconnected predicament: overpopulation global warming industrial agriculture growth-addicted economics a sold-out political system and a mindset of separation from nature. It also includes a readable but authoritative overview of climate science. Part two offers a response at once obvious and unprecedented: mindfully opting out of this broken system and aligning our daily lives with the biosphere.</p><p>The core message is deeply optimistic: living without fossil fuels is not only possible it can be better.</p><p><strong>AWARDS</strong></p><ul><li>GOLD (tie) | 2017 IPPY Awards: Books Most Likely to Save the Planet</li><li>SILVER | 2017 Nautilus Book Awards: Green Living / Sustainability</li><li>BRONZE | 2017 Foreword INDIES: Ecology & Environment</li></ul>