Sapiens, A Brief History of Humankind
The book focuses on the development of human society. If we want to rebalance our impact on the earth it would probably help to understand how we have come to design the systems - society, the economy - that interact with it.
The Water Will Come
This book by Goodell highlights the devastating impacts of climate change due to rising sea levels, but holds out the hope that we could learn to live with water
Climate Emergency Conference- Raising Ambition
A one-day conference for those looking to act on the climate emergency. Why we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and how we can shift to a zero carbon economy. What scale of change do we need to be looking at? What would the benefits be for jobs and local economies?
Burning Up; A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption
Since 1950 we have consumed vastly more fossil fuels than in the whole of human history before that. Piriani's book is a detailed account of the history of fossil fuel consumption and how fossil fuel consumption is embedded into our economic social systems
Facing up to Climate Reality book launches and events
These are the events Green House held for the launch of our book Facing up to Climate Reality; Honesty, Disaster and Hope published in 2019
Evidence to the Aviation Strategy consultation
Peter Sim's submission of evidence to the government's Department of Transport Aviation strategy consultation.
Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam
Anne Chapman reviews this trilogy of novels by Margaret Atwood which are set in the future after climate change has really hit us. It is not a far distant future: at one point we learn that it is the twenty-first century
There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years
This book is more than about climate change. Berners-Lee also mentions the biodiversity crisis, ocean acidification and plastics, to which I would add the global dispersal of man-made synthetic chemicals – the invisible counterpart of the plastics issue.
Facing up to Climate Reality; Honesty, Disaster and Hope
Our latest book, takes as its starting point the fact that the climate crisis is going to get much worse whatever we now do. The book explores what this means and how we might be able to confront escalating climate chaos while not giving up hope.
The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene
This excellent book sets out how human history has entered a new period: the Anthropocene, in which humans are a key factor shaping the planet. This is not just a new period in human history, but a new period in the Earth’s history.
Climate Jobs in Poland
As part of our 2019 project with the Green European Foundation, Green House has worked with partners in Poland - Fundacja Strefa Zieleni and the Institute for Sustainable Development - on estimates of climate jobs in Poland.
