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The pivot : addressing global problems through local action / Steve Hamm.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamm, Steve, author.
- 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.
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