{"id":7599895675117,"title":"Time to Think Small","handle":"time-to-think-small","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eTime to Think Small\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":2048,\"14\":{\"1\":2,\"2\":3700253}}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planets Biggest Problems\"}'\u003eHow Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\"\u003eTodd Myers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeverage the growing power of smartphones and other technologies to face our climate crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersonal technologies are creating what the Environmental Defense Fund calls “a transformational shift” in how we address environmental problems. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime to Think Small\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how these brand-new approaches are already playing a huge role in winning some of the most difficult and important environmental struggles of our day–from fighting climate change, to ensuring drinkable water for everyone, to saving endangered animals, to keeping plastic out of the ocean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLearn how these technologies magnify and multiply the power everyone has as individuals to save our environment and how this tremendous power is not only growing, but also has the huge benefit of being independent of sudden shifts in political leadership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on two decades of environmental policy and a career working with endangered species mixed with his previous career in tech, Myers looks at the different ways we can be empowered to find environmental solutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While the positions taken by Todd Myers may be disconcerting to an old-school environmentalist such as myself, his voice is one we need to hear in the conversation about climate change. Myers makes a compelling argument that thinking small stimulates creativity, and that nimble, creative approaches can play a crucial role in achieving sustainability.\"\u003cbr\u003e —John S. Farnsworth, PhD\u003cbr\u003e Author of \u003ci\u003eNature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTime to Think Small\u003c\/i\u003e reminds me of the first words spoken on the Moon, about small steps and giant leaps. Todd Myers does, in fact, describe the giant strides from accumulated small steps that will help solve THE biggest long-term problem facing humanity today. If Big Government won’t act, WE CAN, in our own small ways!\" \u003cbr\u003e —Donald Kroodsma, \u003cbr\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong for the Curious Naturalist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/birder-on-berry-lane\"\u003eBirder on Berry Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-lost-continent\"\u003eThe Lost Continent\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e[TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMyers (\u003ci\u003eEco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e) proposes that combating climate change, pollution, and drought requires small, decentralized technologies, like smartphone apps, rather than top-down government programs. Environmental policy made strides in the 1970s, but Myers contends that governments are slow and politically shortsighted whereas lightly regulated companies and nonprofits are nimble innovators in a marketplace of ideas. His approach includes empowering consumers to act in their own best interests and giving them the data to make informed choices about, e.g., residential utilities, and to report if something has gone wrong (like a water leak). Myers contends that making consumers’ individual decisions even marginally more environmentally friendly can, collectively, create significant positive effects. Similarly, individual smartphone users could form a global network of environmental sensors and wildlife-conservation data gatherers; even crowdsourcing image identification or handwriting digitization can accelerate scientific progress. Myers attempts to address the privacy and security concerns raised by his proposed solutions, but he downplays their potential environmental costs (e.g., the energy use of blockchains).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERDICT Myers’s call-to-action and survey of current tech may appeal to environmentally conscious readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to Todd on the Whiskey Bench podcast:\u003cbr\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/bbd31097\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/urbanecowboys\/time-to-think-small-with-todd-myers?utm_source=clipboard\u0026amp;utm_medium=text\u0026amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\" target=\"new\"\u003eListen to Todd on the Urbane Cowboys podcast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/time-to-think-small-cover.jpg?v=1662046592\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/time-to-think-small-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1662046592\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Myers, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTodd Myers is the director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexpert panelist for energy and the environment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe formerly served on the executive team at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and was director of public relations for the Seattle SuperSonics and director of public affairs for the Seattle Mariners. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Todd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - 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- - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\"\u003eTodd Myers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeverage the growing power of smartphones and other technologies to face our climate crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersonal technologies are creating what the Environmental Defense Fund calls “a transformational shift” in how we address environmental problems. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime to Think Small\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how these brand-new approaches are already playing a huge role in winning some of the most difficult and important environmental struggles of our day–from fighting climate change, to ensuring drinkable water for everyone, to saving endangered animals, to keeping plastic out of the ocean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLearn how these technologies magnify and multiply the power everyone has as individuals to save our environment and how this tremendous power is not only growing, but also has the huge benefit of being independent of sudden shifts in political leadership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on two decades of environmental policy and a career working with endangered species mixed with his previous career in tech, Myers looks at the different ways we can be empowered to find environmental solutions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While the positions taken by Todd Myers may be disconcerting to an old-school environmentalist such as myself, his voice is one we need to hear in the conversation about climate change. Myers makes a compelling argument that thinking small stimulates creativity, and that nimble, creative approaches can play a crucial role in achieving sustainability.\"\u003cbr\u003e —John S. Farnsworth, PhD\u003cbr\u003e Author of \u003ci\u003eNature Beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTime to Think Small\u003c\/i\u003e reminds me of the first words spoken on the Moon, about small steps and giant leaps. Todd Myers does, in fact, describe the giant strides from accumulated small steps that will help solve THE biggest long-term problem facing humanity today. If Big Government won’t act, WE CAN, in our own small ways!\" \u003cbr\u003e —Donald Kroodsma, \u003cbr\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong for the Curious Naturalist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/birder-on-berry-lane\"\u003eBirder on Berry Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-lost-continent\"\u003eThe Lost Continent\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e[TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMyers (\u003ci\u003eEco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e) proposes that combating climate change, pollution, and drought requires small, decentralized technologies, like smartphone apps, rather than top-down government programs. Environmental policy made strides in the 1970s, but Myers contends that governments are slow and politically shortsighted whereas lightly regulated companies and nonprofits are nimble innovators in a marketplace of ideas. His approach includes empowering consumers to act in their own best interests and giving them the data to make informed choices about, e.g., residential utilities, and to report if something has gone wrong (like a water leak). Myers contends that making consumers’ individual decisions even marginally more environmentally friendly can, collectively, create significant positive effects. Similarly, individual smartphone users could form a global network of environmental sensors and wildlife-conservation data gatherers; even crowdsourcing image identification or handwriting digitization can accelerate scientific progress. Myers attempts to address the privacy and security concerns raised by his proposed solutions, but he downplays their potential environmental costs (e.g., the energy use of blockchains).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVERDICT Myers’s call-to-action and survey of current tech may appeal to environmentally conscious readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListen to Todd on the Whiskey Bench podcast:\u003cbr\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/share.transistor.fm\/e\/bbd31097\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/urbanecowboys\/time-to-think-small-with-todd-myers?utm_source=clipboard\u0026amp;utm_medium=text\u0026amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\" target=\"new\"\u003eListen to Todd on the Urbane Cowboys podcast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/time-to-think-small-cover.jpg?v=1662046592\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"product-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/time-to-think-small-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1662046592\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Myers, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTodd Myers is the director of the Center for the Environment at Washington Policy Center. He is one of the nation's leading experts on free-market environmental policy. Todd is the author of the landmark 2011 book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism Is Harming the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexpert panelist for energy and the environment. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe formerly served on the executive team at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and was director of public relations for the Seattle SuperSonics and director of public affairs for the Seattle Mariners. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\" data-mce-href=\"\/pages\/todd-myers\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Todd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-62354-554-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1-63289-248-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 240\u003cbr\u003e5 x 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}