The Carbon Diaries 2015 (Hardcover)

from KarenBall

Laura Brown lives in London, and her diary documents 2015, the first year of "carbon rationing" in Great Britain. Climate change has become such a problem that the government decides to cut all carbon emissions by 60% -- every person is issued a card that tracks their allowed use of carbon for th...

from gypsysmom

The Guardian had an article about the 5 greatest books about climate change and this one was the only one I had not read. So I reserved it from the library and dug into it the past few days. While perhaps not as good as some of the other books on the list such The Road by Cormac McCarthy and The ...

from kperry

Laura Brown lives in the U.K. and unfortunately the U.K. is the first country to establish carbon rationing. Everyone will be expected to reduce their carbon consumption by 60%. Everyone has 200 Carbon Points per month to spend on travel, heat, food, and fun. The 200 Carbon Points are loaded on a...

from lilibrarian

Climate change due to global warming is severe by 2015. After storms knock out part of their energy production facilities, England implements energy rationing. Laura, a bass player, lives for her band, and watches as her family, neighborhood, and the whole world are knocked around by calamity aft...

from flemmily

Laura Brown is 16, and lives in London in the year 2015. Following the great storm, England has decided to be the first country to introduce mandatory carbon-use rationing. Every citizen must limit their use of heat, fuel, and electricity, or be sent to Carbon Offenders Boot Camp. Laura tries to ...