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Much of what you’ve heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous GreatPacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea—more like a soup than afloating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: less than nine percent of the plastic we createis reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. And plastic pollution isn’t confined to the open ocean: it’s in much of theair we breathe and the food we eat.In Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis, journalist Erica Cirino brings readers on a globe-hoppingjourney to meet the scientists and activists telling the real story of the plastic crisis. From the deckof a plastic-hunting sailboat with a disabled engine, to the labs doing cutting-edge research on microplastics and thechemicals we ingest, Cirino paints a full picture of how plastic pollution is threatening wildlife and human health. ThickerThan Water reveals that the plastic crisis is also a tale of environmental injustice, as poorer nations take in a larger share ofthe world’s trash, and manufacturing chemicals threaten predominantly Black and low-income communities.There is some hope on the horizon, with new laws banning single-use items and technological innovations to replaceplastic in our lives. But Cirino shows that we can only fix the problem if we face its full scope and begin to repair ourthrowaway culture. Thicker Than Water is an eloquent call to reexamine the systems churning out waves of plastic waste.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Erica CirinoEAN: 9781642831375COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 229 cm
Marine biology, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Pollution and threats to the environment
"Cirino's personal narrative recalls almost a log-book, being poetic at times.... This characteristic makes it an easy read suitable to sensitize those with no scientific background. Several references make it an informative read and allow exploring the topic further." -- "Community Ecology", "In Thicker Than Water, journalist and photographer Erica Cirino steers us through the true scope of the plastic pollution crisis. Cirino is a talented, lyrical writer who gets her hands dirty"-- "TNC's Cool Green Science", "Timely... strikingly evocative... Thicker Than Water [is] so distinctive beyond the litany of grim statistics and accounts of plastic pollution and its impacts across the globe."-- "UnDark", "By moving the plastic crisis documentation from theory to activism and community impact, [Cirino's] book documents environmental injustices, national choice and their impacts, and the connections between racial prejudice and contamination, offering new insights into all these topics." -- "Donovan's Literary Services", "Thicker Than Water takes you on an engaging journey through the many challenges of plastic pollution and diverse emerging solutions. Told through Erica's own personal experiences of epic sailing adventures at sea and connections made on land, it's a comprehensive guide to the plastic problem and what can be done to tackle it."--Emily Penn, director of eXXpedition
Erica Cirino is a science writer and artist who explores the intersection of the human and nonhuman worlds. Her photographic and written works have appeared in Scientific American, The Guardian, VICE, Hakai Magazine, The Atlantic, and other esteemed publications. She is a recipient of fellowships from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, and Safina Center, as well as several awards for visual art.
Much of what you’ve heard about plastic pollution may be wrong. Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous GreatPacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea—more like a soup than afloating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: less than nine percent of the plastic we createis reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. And plastic pollution isn’t confined to the open ocean: it’s in much of theair we breathe and the food we eat.In Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis, journalist Erica Cirino brings readers on a globe-hoppingjourney to meet the scientists and activists telling the real story of the plastic crisis. From the deckof a plastic-hunting sailboat with a disabled engine, to the labs doing cutting-edge research on microplastics and thechemicals we ingest, Cirino paints a full picture of how plastic pollution is threatening wildlife and human health. ThickerThan Water reveals that the plastic crisis is also a tale of environmental injustice, as poorer nations take in a larger share ofthe world’s trash, and manufacturing chemicals threaten predominantly Black and low-income communities.There is some hope on the horizon, with new laws banning single-use items and technological innovations to replaceplastic in our lives. But Cirino shows that we can only fix the problem if we face its full scope and begin to repair ourthrowaway culture. Thicker Than Water is an eloquent call to reexamine the systems churning out waves of plastic waste.
Format: HardbackCONTRIBUTORS: Erica CirinoEAN: 9781642831375COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 229 cm
Erica Cirino is a science writer and artist who explores the intersection of the human and nonhuman worlds. Her photographic and written works have appeared in Scientific American, The Guardian, VICE, Hakai Magazine, The Atlantic, and other esteemed publications. She is a recipient of fellowships from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, and Safina Center, as well as several awards for visual art.
Die verhaal van die kasarm en die Calitze kom tot 'n mooi einde
Ek kan nie ’n boek summier toemaak nadat die slotsin geskryf is nie. Ek lees álles, tot by die outeursnotas en die bronnelys (gewoonlik gooi ek darem net vlugtig ’n oog oor die bonne!). Chanette Paul maak in die nota oor Maanschijnbaai 2, die verdere verhaal van Nan en Jeannie, die stelling: “Lesers moet my asseblief vergewe dat my verbeelding altyd die oorhand oor die werklikheid kry en verdigsel voorkeur bo feite.” (p.635) Ek wil daarby aanhaak en bieg dat ’n uitstekende verhoudingsroman soos hierdie tydelik die oorhand gekry het oor my traagheid om te lees oor reïnkarnasie en die esoteriese. Die klomp Calitzse het my tyd en aandag totaal gekaap.
Die skrywer wy die laaste bladsye aan ’n verduideliking oor hoe die Maanschijnbaai-tweeluik ontstaan het. Sy beweer dat die Calitze haar “onkant” betrap het. Sy wou ’n romanse skryf maar uiteindelik was die karakters so kompleks dat dit op twee dik boeke en ’n intense familiedrama uitgeloop het.
Van die onderskeie karakters raak diep waarhede kwyt wat die moeite werd is om te onderstreep en te onthou, soos Zach wat dit gehad het oor die risiko om iemand op ’n pedestal te plaas omdat jy daardeur die persoon ’n onreg aandoen. (p.539) En Nan, wat die hele klomp Calitze moes grootkry, se wyse raad: “Met eerlikheid, Jeannie, kom ’n mens baie verder as met opoffering. Met eerlikheid gee jy almal ’n regverdige kans. Opoffering beteken bloot jy doen iets teen jou sin omdat jy glo dit sal ander baat.” (p.613)
Maak seker dat jy genoeg tyd op hande het, dan lees jy hierdie tweeluik in volgorde, Jo & Sue, gevolg deur Nan & Jeannie. Dit is hersien en met splinternuwe, pragtige baadjies uitgegee deur Lapa Uitgewers.
A very practical approach and the tools to go along with it
Very useful. The book provides a structure and an approach that I would have been useful earlier in my investing. I like the five gates and in particular the attention to quality and management's capital allocation decisions. I will also apply the idea of the stewardship log to get more explicit on my investment theses. This is kind of the practical aspect of what I learned from the Psychology of Money.
the title ties in really nicley the more towards the end but the title for the book suits it real...
the book is very slow burn and takes a while for like captivating parts of the book .but the middle to the end the pace of the book is really nice the beginning is just repetitive and and trust the processes
Skuld en vergifnis word nie versuiker in hierdie jeugverhaal nie
Twee halwes maak ’n hele is die wenner van ’n jeugboekprys. Ek moes myself gedurig herinner wat die teikenmark nou eintlik is, want die sake wat aangeraak word, is geensins beperk tot jeugdige lesers nie. Die sterk newe-karakters dra daartoe by die selfs baie ouer lesers goed aanklank kan vind by die storielyn wat ontvou.
“Hulle sê as jy iemand vergewe, lig jy ’n vrag van daardie persoon se skouers af. Maar miskien is sommige dinge net te swaar om van iemand anders se skouers te lig?” (p.178) Baie aandag word gegee aan skuld en vergifnis, maar geen suikeromhulde kitsoplossings word aangebied nie. Dit sou die storie beslis vervlak het.
Na die aardskuddende ontdekking wat Lira gemaak het, gaan sy vir drie maande na ’n Griekse eiland en maak sy kennis met haar ander helfte, ’n halfsuster wat presies die teenoorgestelde is van haar eie ingetoë, overthinking self. Ek het daarvan gehou dat hulle, die verskille ten spyt, nie in heftige konflik was nie. Eerder besig om algaande te ontdek dat hulle by mekaar kan aanpas en albei sterker daardeur kan kom.
Marita van der Vyver is ’n waardige wenner van die Tafelberg Jeugboekprys en hierdie boek hoort beslis in van der Vyver versamelings. Dit is uitgegee deur Tafelberg, ’n druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers.
