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At home on an unruly planet : finding refuge on a changed Earth  Cover Image Book Book

At home on an unruly planet : finding refuge on a changed Earth / Madeline Ostrander.

Summary:

"From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250620514 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The fire -- Homesick -- The flood -- The first home -- The thaw -- The explosion -- The home fires burning -- Finding home ground -- Living with water -- Safe space -- To move home -- To clean house.
Subject: Americans > Interviews.
Ecological disturbances.
Human beings > Effect of environment on > United States.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental degradation > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental disasters > Social aspects > United States.
United States > Environmental conditions > 21st century.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Stroud Branch 363.700973 Ost 31681010287464 NONFIC Available -

Madeline Ostrander is a science journalist and writer whose work has appeared in the NewYorker.com, The Nation, Sierra magazine, PBS's NOVA Next, Slate, and numerous other outlets. Her reporting on climate change and environmental justice has taken her to locations such as the Alaskan Arctic and the Australian outback. She's received grants, fellowships, and residencies from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Artist Trust, the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, the Jack Straw Cultural Center, the Mesa Refuge, Hedgebrook, and Edith Cowan University in Australia. She is the former senior editor of YES! magazine and holds a master's degree in environmental science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She lives in Seattle with her husband.


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