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The carbon cycle : crossing the Great Divide

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2013
Author
Rawles, Kate
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
02.8 R21c
Author
Rawles, Kate
Publisher
Victoria, BC : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
336 pages ; 15 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biking
Great Divide Trail
Memoir
Climate
Climate change
Environment
Abstract
In 2006 “outdoor philosopher” Kate Rawles cycled 4553 miles from Texas to Alaska, following the spine of the Rocky Mountains as closely as possible. Cycling across unforgiving but starkly beautiful landscapes in both the United States and Canada – deserts, high mountain passes, glaciers and eventually down to the sea – she encountered bears, wolves, moose, cliff-swallows, aspens and a single, astonishing lynx. Along the way, she talked to North Americans about climate change – from truck drivers to politicians – to find out what they knew about it, whether they cared, and if they did, what they thought they could do. Kate tells the story of a trip in which she has to deal with the rigours of cycling for ten hours a day in temperatures often in excess of 100° F, fighting punctures, endless repairs and inescapable, grinding fatigue … . But in recounting the physical struggle of such a journey, she also does constant battle with her own ideas and assumptions, helping us to cross the great divide between where we are on climate change and where we need to be. Can we tackle climate change while still keeping our modern Western lifestyles intact? Should we put biofuel in our camper vans and RVs? Or do we need much deeper shifts in lifestyles, values and worldviews? -- From publisher
ISBN
9781927330777
Accession Number
P2023.25
Call Number
02.8 R21c
Collection
Archives Library
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Part Of
Pat Judge fonds
Scope & Content
File pertains to 7 black and white negatives of Cascade Mountain from the south side of the Bow River, Takakkaw Falls, the Great Divide sign, Pat Judge and fellow clergymen posed in front of St. George's-in-the-Pines Anglican Church, and baby deer.
Date Range
1953-1988
Reference Code
V638 / NA - 01 to NA - 07
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
  7 images  
Part Of
Pat Judge fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M184 / V638
Sous-Fonds
V638
Accession Number
5774, 5791, 5870
Reference Code
V638 / NA - 01 to NA - 07
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Date Range
1953-1988
Physical Description
7 photographs : b&w negatives ; 5.2 x 5.9 cm
History / Biographical
See fonds level description
Scope & Content
File pertains to 7 black and white negatives of Cascade Mountain from the south side of the Bow River, Takakkaw Falls, the Great Divide sign, Pat Judge and fellow clergymen posed in front of St. George's-in-the-Pines Anglican Church, and baby deer.
Name Access
Judge, Pat
Subject Access
Banff townsite
Bow River
Cascade Mountain
Churches
Deer
Great Divide
Mountains
St. George's-in-the-Pines Anglican Church
Scenery
Wildlife
Geographic Access
Banff National Park
Alberta
Language
NA
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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