Chapter Two: Introduction to "Climate Change and the Oceans"

Dr. John Slade

     In Chapter One (18 posts), we looked at two interweaving themes: Wind Turbines and Children.

     In Chapter Two, we shall explore a unique and powerful book in which the children grow up in a troubled world, a world which they have inherited . . . from us.

     "Climate Change and the Oceans" tells seven stories, set in seven locations around the world, today, and twenty years from now.  Based on extensive research, this book dramatizes the probable climate changes coming soon to your world. 

     The stories give climate change, and clean energy, a human face.

     This is the book that your children (born, or not yet born) hope you will read.

     While doing the research for this book, I spent hours in libraries and bookstores, looking at multitudes of books on ecology, energy, economics, and engineering.  I found many excellent books, but not one that told a story.  Not a single novel, or any sort of fiction, which might engage the interest of a sixteen-year-old in high school, or a tired parent with half an hour to read before collapsing into bed.

     As both teacher and author, I write for the young people who will soon inherit a changing world.  My method is to weave solid information into a story with short, clear chapters and vibrant characters.

     Tell me a story . . .