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A Dream of a Low Carbon Future Ever wondered whatthe future will looklike? Ad re adream of alow Concerned about humanity’s impactonthe planet? am of We asked hundreds of school children, writers, scientists, engineers and comic artists to visualise their ideas. This book, the sequel al to the acclaimed ‘Dreams of aLow Carbon Future’, imagines apositive future where we are not only adapting to climate change but ow carbonfuture thriving in asustainable, low carbon and equitable world. The news is full of doom and gloom regarding the future. Through the medium of comics and science-fiction art, and informed by the carb ideas of leading thinkers, we instead celebrate the efforts to understand our impact on the planet, and to create amore sustainable future. on ‘“A Dream of aLow Carbon Future’ attempts avery difficult task -toinspire people with apositive vision for asustainable, low carbon future future which avoids totally catastrophic climate change but doesn’t shy away from some serious impacts we’re already heading for. Unusually,comics and sci-fi art have been used to show what living in such afuture might be like. When problem-solving, it is often vital to draw arough sketch of the desired outcome as aguide. This graphicnovel is the equivalent of that rough sketch” From the foreword by Jeremy Leggett, author of “The Winning of the Carbon War” “It is ahuge challenge to create apositive narrative of the future. ‘A Dream of aLow Carbon Future’ adopts the unique approach of acollaborative graphic novel with contributions from scientists, artists, writers, students and school children to build aremarkable vision of tomorrow.Ifyou are concerned about humanity’simpact on the planet, and want to help create abetter future, you should read this book for inspiration.” Paul Gravett, author of “1001 Graphic Novels YouMust Read Before You Die” “How incredibly refreshing to have abook about the future that is wonderfully positive, whilst remainingwholly realistic about the challengesthat lie ahead. It’ssocreatively designed and executed, and so full of provocative and fascinating ideas, that it provides the perfect antidote to all those who feel crushed by despair at the still worsening fate of our dear and preciousPlanet.” Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director,Forum for the Future McKay /D ickson editedbyJames Mckay and Benjamin Dickson Cover art by James McKay Cover design by BenjaminDickson Project Leader:Prof Paul Williams INDEX Energy 39-43 Palaeocene-Eocene Th Editors: JamesMckay andBenjaminDickson Aeroplanes 46 Energy Demand 43 ermalMaximum 8-10 Afrosindian Alliance 73,55 Energy Gardens27-40 PanArctica 87-90 ProjectAssistant:Emily Bryan-Kinns Agriculture 36 Environmental limits 64-69 Parasite 72 Airpollution18,51 EROI 6 Peak Oil20 Unlesshand-drawn,all lettering,composition anddesignisbyBenjamin Dickson Airtravel46,47 Evapotranspiration 51 Permaculture 30-35 Angels rail 51,72 Extinction 73 Permafrost thaw 87 Antibiotics 51 First City 16 Phosphorus69 Credits: Anti-fragile22Flamingoes 80-82 Photosynthesis12 Arrhenius,Svante65Flooding34,35,78-83 Photovoltaics 42 Titlepage—cartoonusedcourtesy of Joel Pett Page 72—AmesRuben text by Corban Wilkin Atmosphere 12,18,51 Food 36-37 Phytoplankton14 Page 7—Energy transitionbyMarkWilkinson Page 73—Lynxand Dales habitat text by Mark Fisher BayofYork80Forest fires75Planetaryboundaries 69 Page 10/56/61/88-90— ArtbyCorbanWilkin, partial text by Corban Wilkin, Pages74/75—Salico text fragmentsbyDougieFhillips, Little Greenbyart by Beaver 73 Forests70-75 Pollution69 Bees 27,50 Fossil Fuels 17-20,39 Population 23 basedonaconcept by LizStainforth John Swogger, ‘LittleGreenby’title by GillianFinnerty Bieberia 35,50 FractalEnergyGrid39,42,43 Port of Beverley 87 Pages11-20 -BluePearl text adaptedfrom ‘HalfGone’ by Jeremy Leggett Page 76—Arcologyart by John Swogger BigShift 58,65 Fusion72Powerstation 40 Page 16/17—Catalhoyuk landscapeart by John Swogger Page 77—Sar-Zhen text by Justin Waine; conceptbyPaulWilliams Biochar40,41 GaianBioeconomy64-69 Priestley,Joseph4,65 Page22— Intro text(1st paragraph)bySam Pickard Page 78—Doggerlandart by John Swogger, maps adaptedfrom National Geo- Biodiversity27,70,73 Gas18Public Transport 44-45,48 Bioenergy40,41 Geoengineering 40 Rainforest 68 Page23and 80—Elmet mapsbyJeffreyLinn graphic Dec 2012 Biomass34,40 Geothermal energy 85 RedKites 73,77 Page 24—editedtext by Clare Linton andRachael Unsworth Page 80 and82—portraits by HannahMcCann Biorefinery 34,40 Glaciers79,87 Refrigeration 29 Page 26/27—editedtextbyEddyMitchelland RachaelUnsworth Page 83—Iat ChongRestaurant text by AidanSmith Birds(of BayofYork) 81-83 Global warming18,23 Refugees 23,84 Page 28—Lea text by Caroline Hellgren,Co-optext by HannahMcCann Blue Pearl11-20,58-60 Greenhouse effect18,65 Re-wilding34,73 Brotherhood of theLastMile47,48 Greenhouse gases13,18,23,87 Rhizosphere37 Page 29—Myrtilletext by Katrina Adam,Tiernantext by Eddy Mitchell Page 84/85—SettlementbyJohnSwogger,Phaedra portraitbyHannahMc- Bulrushes 42 HaberProcess91Ruben, Ames72 Pages30-33—Permaculture Principles courtesy of thePermaculture Associa- Cann, Phaedra text by EveCarcas, SeaKinglanguage by MiaMckay Capitalism72,77 Hansen, James65Salico,Sebastiao 74,75 tion,art by EmmaChinnery Page 86—Religiontext by AndreaFranklin, quotes from Luther StandingBear; Carbon capture andstorage 40 Health 50,51 SeaKings 50,84,85 Page 33—Forest Garden captions adaptedfrom ‘Forest Gardening’ by Robert “Evergreen”—poembyJonathanHirst akaJoe Nodus Carbon Cycle12-18,69 Herepath 55 SeaLevel Rise 23,78-79 Carbon Dioxide 12,18-19,40,68 Housing26,27 Shipping 47,60 Hart Page 87—Leavingfor PanArcticaart by Hannah McCann Carboniferousperiod13Hurricanes29,58 SmartTransport 47 Page 38—treeart by Kirn Jutlla Page 88—90 text adaptedbyCorbanWilkinfrom storybyJamie Bright Carlotta54Hydrogen 40 Soil 30,40,68 Page 39-43— Energy text fragmentsbySteve Hall Page 90—Elmet text by RachaelUnsworth Cars 46-48 Hypercarbonates26,43 Solarclothes dryer27 Page 48—Transporttext by Rachael Unsworth Page 94—PhotosofworkshopbyAnnaWoolman,art by students from Mirfield Catatumbolightning23,85 IceAge 15,78 Solarenergy42 Catchment 35,75 Industrial Revolution17Storage43 Page 49—Cycle mapbyRobin Lovelace,Transport HubbyGrisha Grebennikov, GrammarSchool; Skipton Girls High School;WakefieldCityAcademy; David Cement/concrete 43 Insect farm 26,37 Survivalists 72 Airships by Mark Wilkinson YoungAcademy, Leeds; NicolasHawksmoorPrimary School,Towcester; Priest- Chatterton Act27Internationalcooperation 55,65 TarSands 20 Page 50/51—Health text by Iona McCleery,fragmentsfrom JannikGiesekam horpe School, Leeds; LeedsGrand Mosque Scout group;KingJames School, Chevin tech hub10,57 IPCC94Temperature change18,23 Page 52—MondaytextbyElena Trowsdale Knaresborough Circulareconomy 66-69 JragnFligh22Thalweg34,35 Citizen’s Income 67 Keeling, Charles 65 Thousand Flowers 55,65 Page 53—LeedsCyclingart by EmmaChinnery Page 95/96—Knowledge andImagination Resourcesreadinglist compiled by Climatechange 18-20,58,78-87 Kitejammer 47 Tiernan29 Pages54-55—City text by Rachael Unsworth, RachaelUnsworth Coal 13,77 Knaresborough 24,25 Tipping point23,87 Pages58-60—BluePearl text adaptedfrom ‘HalfGone’ by Jeremy Leggett Communism 72,77 Kytoons74Trains 44,47 Pages62/63—PerilsofProgresstext andart by Joel Millward-Hopkins Allother artand text by JamesMckay Computer models 79 Lea28Transport 44-49 COP21 65 Leeds44,53-55 Tyndall,John65 Page 64-69—GaianBioeconomytext adaptedfrom resources provided by Dan Cretaceous14LILAC 26,27 United Northern Kingdom23,71 O’Neill Theeditors apologisefor anyomissions or mistakes in theabove attributions Da HaiYou Min(SeaKings) 84 London Basin 8-9 UNOColonialAuthorities 57,74 Page 68—Industrial ecosystem text adaptedfrom ‘ReinventingFire’ by Amory De Bordes, Maia 25 Lovelock,James 65 Urbangreen space 51,55 Lovins Thanks to thefollowing models! DeepTime86Lovins,Amory 68 Urbanheatislandeffect55 Deforestation73Lynx 73 Utopia71 “Cast” in order of appearance: Democracy77Marine reserves 25,34 Vegetarianism37 Maia—Michelle Akure Derwentvirus50,73 Mason, Kingsley 22,28,56,88-90 Vieri, Tina 50,51 Tiernan—EddyMitchell Desalinisation 42 Merantau 24,77 VirtualPower Plant43 Japhet—KiranParmar Diseases 50 Methane87Watercycle 69 Doggerland 78 Myrtille29Weather23 Tina Vieri—IonaMcCleery Drought29Neomania 7 Wells, H.G. 6 ShaminaLalloo—Paula McNamee Dryad 37,38,52 Ngosi 54-55 Wild boar 73 Governor Chimalagi—YeshuiZhang Dystopia3NitrousOxide 43 Wind energy 39,42 Ames Ruben—Ramzi Cherad Earth12Nodus, Joe86Wolf 73 Ecology25,86 Nuclearenergy42Zones(permaculture)35 SebastiaoSalico—DougiePhillips Economy64-67 O’Byrne, Sar-Zhen 77,85 Religious girl—AndreaFranklin Ecosystem68-69 Oceanacidification 79 Electricity 19,39-43 Oil17-20 Elmet22Oxygen 12 Empire of Oil18 adream of alow carbonfuture editedbyJames Mckayand BenjaminDickson withaforeword by Jeremy Leggett ‘The oldest task in human history –tolive on apieceofland without spoiling it’ –Aldo Leopold 1 Acknowledgements As editor andprojectmanager,James Mckaywould like to thankProf Paul PhDResearchStudentsinthe EPSRC Centresfor Doctoral Trainingin Williams,Directorofthe EPSRC Centre forDoctoralTraining in Low LowCarbonTechnologies, Bioenergyand Next Generation Nuclear: Carbon Technologies; Prof JennyJones, Directorofthe EPSRC Centre for Katrina Adam,RobertBloom,James Hammerton, Vicky Hoolohan,Kelly Doctoral TraininginBioenergy;and Prof PiersForster, Directorofthe Marsh, Jennifer Norris, Kate Palmer,DougiePhillips, AidanSmith,Chris Priestley International Centre forClimateatthe UniversityofLeeds forall Vingoe,
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