An interesting Grist piece that came through my social media earlier in the week.
It considers the language that we use when we refer to carbon.
Burning oil, gas, and coal — literal fossil fuels, made from the compressed remains of ancient plants and plankton — has released carbon into Earth’s atmosphere, where it traps heat and alters the climate. That process has caused massive destruction and loss of life, and it will continue to do so.
As a result, carbon came to be seen as something to “fight,” “combat,” and “capture.”
It is linked to a new book by Paul Hawken, called Carbon: the Book of Life, which came out earlier this month.
This could be another useful source for some more hopeful geographies and I will be getting a copy for the departmental library.
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