The pivot : addressing global problems through local action / Steve Hamm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamm, Steve, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems.

Social action.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 293 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Mission

Poem: An Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans

2. The Core Team

Profile: Shulamit Morris-Evans, British Extinction Rebellion activist

3. The Scrum

Profile: Waël Alafandi, Syrian refugee studying in France

4. Struggles

Profile: Anh Nguyen, Vietnamese fish exporter studying in Sweden

5. Remapping the World

Profile: Tom Rossiter, American architect and photographer

6. The Theory of Everything

Profile: Anna Panagiotou, Greek archaeologist

7. Rethinking Resilience

Profile: Sharmin Sarah Mim, Bangladeshi teacher-trainer

8. Talking to Robots

Profile: Shay Hershkovitz, Israeli political scientist and start-up executive

9. Points of Light

Profile: Gamelilhe Sibanda, Zimbabwean technical adviser to the United Nations

10. Places

Profile: Paola Bay, Italian artist and designer

11. Bright Ideas

Profile: Ian Mabbett, Welsh university professor and inventor

12. Connecting

Notes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 29, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Hamm, Steve. Pivot

ISBN:

9780231553834

0231553838

Publisher Number:

40030797702

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.