Tales of an Ecotourist
eBook - ePub

Tales of an Ecotourist

What Travel to Wild Places Can Teach Us about Climate Change

  1. 460 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Tales of an Ecotourist

What Travel to Wild Places Can Teach Us about Climate Change

About this book

Crossing the far corners of the globe, Tales of an Ecotourist showcases travel, from the hot and humid Amazon jungle to the frozen but dry Antarctic, as a simple yet spellbinding lens to better understand the complex issue of climate change. At its core, climate change is an issue few truly understand, in large part due to its dizzying array of scientific, economic, cultural, social, and political variables. Using both keen humor and memorable anecdotes, while weaving respected scientific studies along the way, Mike Gunter Jr. transports the reader to five famous ecodestinations, from the Galapagos Islands to the Great Barrier Reef, revealing firsthand the increasing threats of climate change. Part travelogue, part current events exposé, with a healthy dose of history, ecology, and politics, these tales of ecoadventure tackle such obstacles head on while fleshing out much-needed personal context to perhaps society's greatest threat of all.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: Seeing the World Anew
  7. I What’s up, Doc? The Galápagos Islands and Scientific Obstacles to Understanding Climate Change
  8. II Show me the Money! The Great Barrier Reef and Economic Obstacles to Understanding Climate Change
  9. III Lions, Rhinos, and Hyenas … Oh My South Africa's Hluhluwe-iMfolozi and Cultural Obstacles to Understanding Climate Change
  10. IV I have a dream Tambopata Research Center and Social Obstacles to Understanding Climate Change
  11. V The Road Not Taken The Antarctic Peninsula and Political Obstacles to Understanding Climate Change
  12. Conclusions: The Power of Travel
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. Back Cover