{"product_id":"global-warming-and-the-sweetness-matt-hern-9780262037648","title":"Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life: A Tar Sands Tale","description":"\u003cb\u003eSeeking new definitions of ecology in the tar sands of northern Alberta and searching for the sweetness of life in the face of planetary crises.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfounded by global warming and in search of an affirmative politics that links ecology with social change, Matt Hern and Am Johal set off on a series of road trips to the tar sands of northern Alberta--perhaps the world's largest industrial site, dedicated to the dirty work of extracting oil from Alberta's vast reserves. Traveling from culturally liberal, self-consciously \"green\" Vancouver, and aware that our well-meaning performances of recycling and climate-justice marching are accompanied by constant driving, flying, heating, and fossil-fuel consumption, Hern and Johal want to talk to people whose lives and fortunes depend on or are imperiled by extraction. They are seeking new definitions of ecology built on a renovated politics of land. Traveling with them is their friend Joe Sacco--infamous journalist and cartoonist, teller of complex stories from Gaza to Paris--who contributes illustrations and insights and a chapter-length comic about the contradictions of life in an oil town. The epic scale of the ecological horror is captured through an series of stunning color photos by award-winning aerial photographer Louis Helbig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeamlessly combining travelogue, sophisticated political analysis, and ecological theory, speaking both to local residents and to leading scholars, the authors propose a new understanding of ecology that links the domination of the other-than-human world to the domination of humans by humans. They argue that any definition of ecology has to start with decolonization and that confronting global warming requires a politics that speaks to a different way of being in the world--a reconstituted understanding of the sweetness of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished with the help of funding from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan fund\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Hern, Am Johal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262037645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262037648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Matt Hern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540701769983,"sku":"9780262037648","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78d44f95-be48-4410-8eb0-a5683194ce22.jpg?v=1700589395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-warming-and-the-sweetness-matt-hern-9780262037648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}