The following list has been gathered as material that can enhance and expand our thinking about the issue of Climate Change. Participants are encouraged to read some of the material posted here.
Scientific Research
- From Climate Change to Climate Discontinuity – by Hans Ulrich Schmutz outlines current climate data and makes suggestions on what can be done.
- Energy – the Driver of Climate– NASA climate information website (no longer available on line) basic information about the science of climate.
- Solar Influences on Climate: Briefing paper #5 by Professor Joanna Haigh of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change of the Imperial College of London
- Climate Change Strengthens Earth’s ‘Heartbeat” – and That’s Bad News – by Chelsea Gohd, Space.com Staff Writer (https://www.space.com/41262-humans-affect-earth-seasons-climate.html
- Moving to the Rhythm of the Sun – from the European Space Agency
- Why Does a Solar Cycle Last for 11 Years? Scientists Might Have Found the Answer – a synopsis of a report published in the Journal Solar Physics
- Physicists claim further evidence of link between cosmic rays and cloud formation – A summary of research reported in Physics Letters A
- Earth’s Rock Record Could Reveal the Motions of Other Planets – an article from Smithsonium, March 4, 2019
Books
- Climate—A New Story, Charles Eisenstein (2018, North Atlantic Books)
- Coming Back to Life, Joanna Macy and Molly Brown (2014, New Society Publishers)
- Eco-Alchemy: Anthroposophy and the History and Future of Environmentalism, Dan McKanan (2018, University of California Press)
- Humanity’s Last Stand: The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence; A Spiritual-Scientific Response, Nicanor Perlas (2018, Temple Lodge)
- In the Shadow of the Machine: The Prehistory of the Computer and the Evolution of Consciousness, Jeremy Naydler (2018, Temple Lodge)
- Inner Experiences of Evolution, Rudolf Steiner (2009, Rudolf Steiner Press, CW132)
- Life of the Human Soul and its Relation to World Evolution, Rudolf Steiner (2016, Rudolf Steiner Press, CW212)
- Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence, Gregory Cajete (2000, Clear Light Publishers)
- Steiner and Kindred Spirits, Robert McDermott (2015, SteinerBooks)
- The Mutual Evolution of Earth and Humanity: Sketch of a Geology and Paleontology of The Living Earth, Dankmar Bosse (2019, Lindesfarne Books)
- The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision, Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi (2014, Cambridge University Press)
- Hearts and Minds, Reclaiming the Soul of Science and Medicine, Walter Alexander, (2019, website)
- The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era; A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos, Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry (1992, Harper SanFrancisco)
Relevant websites
- Video: River in the Sky https://www.pbs.org/video/the-largest-river-on-earth-is-in-the-sky-ayxiyl/
- The full report of the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations: https://www.ipcc.ch
- A summary for policy-makers of the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations: https://www.ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/summary-for-policymakers-of-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5c-approved-by-governments/
- 2019 Climate Action Summit reports to the UN: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/reports.shtml
- How do we know more CO2 is causing warming? – This summary from Skeptical Science presents the phenomenological data supporting the role of carbon dioxide and methane in warming the earth. https://skepticalscience.com/print.php?r=35