This blog is on some of the books, reports, papers, presentations and newsletters I find stimulating and helpful on upskilling myself on key topics on Climate, Ocean and Sustainability topics. I hope you will find those reading suggestions useful too. This post is work in progress and will be expanded over time. For non-fiction books I find the Blinkist App very useful if you’d like to get a first overview if a book is worth reading.
Books
| # | Title | Author | Comments | ||
| 1 | Cradle to Cradle | McDonough, Baumgartner (2009) | Classic on how we can design and manufacture products with the end of the product in mind | ||
| 2 | Merchants of Doubt | Naomi Oreske, Erik Conway (2011) | How is Big Tobacco and Climate Denier industry manipulating the discussion in their favour. And how we can learn from them to win over the indifferent to become engaged. | ||
| 3 | The Limits to Growth | Club of Rome (1974) | A classic on why we shouldn’t make growth for growth sake our overruling mantra. | ||
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Reports
| # | Title | Author | Comments | ||
| 1 | State of the Gulf | Auckland Council, NIWA+ | Excellent summary of Marine Protection efforts in the Hauraki Gulf (Auckland, NZ), see NewsHub summary | ||
| 2 | Revitalising the Gulf Report | MFE | What do we need to do now | ||
| 3 | … |
Papers
| # | Title | Author | Comments | ||
| 1 | Global human-made mass exceeds living biomass | Elbacham et al in Nature 2020 | See short summary of paper in Guardian 2020 | ||
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Presentations
| # | Title | Author | Comments | ||
| 1 | Carbon Neutral Northland | Joe Russell | Great summary of carbon effects and balance in Tai Tokerau from Feb 2021 | ||
| 2 | Impact of Methane on Climate in Northland | Martin Knoche | As part of Spacebase 2023 Methane competition overview on Methane in NZ | ||
| 3 | … |
Newsletters
| # | Title | Author | Comments | ||
| 1 | Sustainability Matters | Ray Skinner | This is a very informative monthly newsletter worth reading. Ray is an FCA Accountant and a very knowledgeable and connected Sustainability Advocate | ||
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Happy reading …
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