Dr. Heidi Roop: The Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone
Sneak preview, Sasquatch book release
Sun, Jan 29, 12:30 pm
American Swedish Institute
Moderated by Sven Sundgaard
Part of the Climate Solutions Series
Climate scientist Dr. Heidi Roop’s The Climate Action Handbook shows us WHY we need to take action now to combat climate change and then, critically, HOW, through easy-to-understand language and stunning infographics that offer each of us varied and doable solutions to the overwhelming challenges facing our planet.
As more focus is put on climate science, there is a need for each of us to learn how we can change our habits in our homes, communities, and governments to help mitigate the existential threat of climate change. The Climate Action Handbook is the response to this need, and the book every household needs.
This visually stunning guide available on Mar 21 does what no other climate change book manages to do: it's approachable, digestible, and offers the average human ideas, options, and a roadmap for action. It also offers hope. Climate scientist Dr. Heidi Roop lays out the issues facing the planet and offers 100 important actions that readers can take right now in their daily lives to help slow the adverse effects of climate change. Compelling infographics provide visual impact and context to the topic at hand.
This event will be moderated by meteorologist Sven Sundgaard.
Dr. Heidi Roop is the Director of the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership and an Assistant Professor of Climate Science and Extension Specialist at the University of Minnesota. Her research and Extension programs combine cutting-edge climate science and effective science communication to increase the use and integration of climate change information in decision-making at a range of scales—from city and state to national and international levels. Her climate science research takes her around the world from Antarctica to California to the shores of Lake Superior. Her recent science communication efforts were focused on her forthcoming book, The Climate Action Handbook, which outlines in a highly visual format, everyday ways we can contribute to collective and individual climate solutions. In addition to her appointments at the University of Minnesota, she also is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington and serves as expert advisor to a range of organizations and agencies as they seek to build resilience to climate change.
Sven Sundgaard has been a meteorologist for more than two decades, most of which has been spent broadcasting in the Twin Cities. He’s currently a meteorologist for Minnesota Public Radio, and digital news and information platform, Bring Me The News. He also provides weather and climate content for Currently, Inc. a subscription based climate and weather service, and is a science advisor to the Minneapolis Foundation. He’s also a licensed realtor in Minnesota to top it off.
Sven received his degree in meteorology from St. Cloud State in 2003. His research in thermodynamics won several undergraduate research awards.
He is passionate about conservation, climate change and social justice issues. He's combined these topics with his travels around the world which include six of the seven continents. He has done climate and conservation reports all the way from the arctic to the jungles of the Amazon, the Great Barrier Reef and the arid interior of Africa. He’s raised money on behalf of numerous LGBTQ+ organizations and conservation based initiatives.