Book Category: Climate Change and Clean Energy

John Slade weaves 20 years of international research on the twin themes of Climate Change and Clean Energy into vibrant novels. The characters, young people from around the world, will soon inherit the great challenges of a changing planet. They rise to meet these challenges with courage, intelligence, and hope.

The chapters are short, the writing is crystal clear. Slade’s books encourage readers to stretch their minds around the entire world, and to the end of the century. Slade also offers a book of poems, and a book of short essays. Both invite readers to address the Big Questions. Shall we continue taking baby steps toward a global catastrophe, or long bold strides into the Renaissance of the 21st century?

Slade’s books are unique and powerful. Spend one hour on a Sunday evening with “Invitation to a Renaissance,” and you will have launched on an extraordinary journey.

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Springboard: 23 Passages from Rocking the Cradle of Civilization

A companion book to the novel “Rocking the Cradle of Civilization.” May these 23 passages serve as a springboard for the young people today who confront the enormous challenges of the 21st Century.

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What Kind of a World Do You Want to Live In?

This coloring book, absolutely free, is perfect for schools, birthday parties, and picnics in the sunshine.

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A Journey Out of Darkness

Sometimes we need someone to step into our lives, as a guide who takes us on a journey. With courage, with hard work, and with a heart that gradually opens, we become a better person in a better world.

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The Climate Classroom, Volume I: The Climate Crisis

The Climate Classroom asks students to reach with their minds around the entire planet… and to reach with their minds to the end of the 21st Century, at least. Volume I explores the complex problems which students how inherit.

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The Climate Classroom: Volume II: The Clean Energy Renaissance

The Climate Classroom asks students to reach with their minds around the entire planet… and to reach with their minds to the end of the 21st Century, at least. Volume II explores solutions which are rapidly developing around the world.

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Leif the Believer

A viking who sailed to America with Leif Eriksson in the year 1000 A.D. returns to the world today. He finds much that is good, but he is stunned by the twin evils of global warming and modern warfare. In this unusual and powerful story, Leif the Believer changes the course of history.

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Invitation to a Renaissance

Invitation to a Renaissance, a collection of short essays, is essential to every Environmental Studies program, because it provides the…

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Melting at One End, Bleeding at the Other

This unique and powerful novel brings our contemporary world into the classroom. It is not Science Fiction Fantasy, and it…

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Climate Change and the Oceans

Why I wrote this book: How do we tap the enormous energy waiting to spring to life? As a teacher…

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We the People

An anthology of essays, stories, poems & pictures, a unique book which puts the spotlight on the students, as we piece together a deeply positive Big Picture of their world today and of their world in a healthy, prosperous & peaceful future.

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