Subtitle: How Americans Are
Fighting Global Warming and Building a Better Future Author:
Robert K. Musil Subject:Environmental
Science, Public Policy Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4411-3 Pages:
264 pages Publication Date:
January 2009
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Praise for Hope for a Heated Planet
“Hope for a Heated Planet is an important and timely
book. Musil not only makes a strong case that a real climate movement
is underway, he shows how a public health perspective can help to
accelerate this hopeful new movement.”
—Jonathan Isham, Editor of Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight
Global Warming and Spark a Movement
"Hope for a Heated Planet
offers a clear-eyed assessment of the unprecedented challenge that
climate change presents for today's Americans. Musil is a
hardheaded yet hopeful Washington insider who is well-positioned to
make the case that with a new generation of clean energy--and the
energy of citizens across America--there is hope, indeed, for our
heated planet."
—Chris
Flavin, president of the Worldwatch Institute
"Hope for a
Heated Planet is an excellent synthesis of everything you need
to know about global warming, from science to solutions. It is
authoritative and accessible, often witty and wise. Musil, a
long-time environment and health leader, calls on Americans to get
involved - from light bulbs to legislation, from the secular to the
spiritual, from the backyard to the ballot box."—Gene Karpinski,
President, League of Conservation Voters
"Robert Musil
has had a bird's eye view of the climate debate almost from its
inception, and he has paid careful attention to both the problem and
the solutions. This is a masterfully comprehensive account of both
where we are and we sure better go."—Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy
"Bob Musil's Hope for a Heated Planet is an act
of faith, both secular and spiritual. This generous and
thoughtful guide to understanding climate change will make all readers
want to join the growing climate movement."—Reverend Richard Cizik,
Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of
Evangelicals
"In this timely book on how to fight climate change, Musil captures
history-in-the-making and offers us genuine hope for a better and
sustainable future."
—James Gustave Speth, author of The Bridge at the Edge of the World:
Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability
Description:
Rejecting cries
of gloom and doom, Hope for a Heated Planet shows how the fight
against global warming can be won by the grassroots efforts of
individuals. Robert K. Musil, who led the Nobel Peace Prize–winning
organization Physicians for Social Responsibility, explains that a
growing new climate movement can produce unprecedented change—in the
economy, public health, and home—while saving the planet.
Musil draws on personal experience and compelling data in this
practical and rigorous analysis of the causes and cures for global
warming. The book presents all the players in the most pressing
challenge facing society today, from the massive fossil fuel lobby to
the enlightened corporations that are joining the movement to “go
green.” Musil thoroughly explains the tremendous potential of renewable
energy sources—wind, solar, and biofuel—and the startling conclusions
of experts who say society can do away entirely with fossil fuels. He
tells readers about the engaged politicians, activists, religious
groups, and students who are already working together against climate
change.
But the future depends, Musil insists, on what changes ordinary
citizens make. Through personal choices and political engagement, he
shows how readers can cut carbon emissions and create green communities
where they live. With practical and realistic solutions, Hope for a
Heated Planet inspires readers to be accountable and enables them
to usher in an age of sustainability for future generations.
About the Author:
Robert K.
Musil is a scholar-in-residence and adjunct professor in the School
of International Studies at American University where he teaches in the
Program on Global Environmental Politics and the Nuclear Studies
Institute. He is the past executive director and CEO of the Nobel Peace
Prize–winning Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and its
director of policy and programs from 1992–2006. He was the executive
producer and host of “Consider the Alternatives,” a weekly radio
program syndicated to over 150 stations with two million listeners and
a two-time winner of the Armstrong Award for excellence in radio
broadcasting.
