The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Water Knife is the qunitessential #CliFi story by Paolo Bacigalupi. Set in near-future North America, Bacigalupi explores what happens to society when rivers and continents literally run dry, and water becomes the ultimate currency.
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Oryx & Crake, by Margaret Atwood
Oryx & Crake is slowly but surely gaining recognition as one of Atwood's best works. This fascinating and imaginative first instalment of The Maddaddam Trilogy explores the unchecked eventual conclusions of rampant corporate greed, unethical technological and scientific proliferation, climate change, and extreme inequality.
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The Weight of Light - A Collection of Free #CliFi Stories, edited by Joey Eschrich and Clark A. Miller
The short stories in this collection (from Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination) envision the social possibilities and challenges of different kinds of solar power.
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Using #CliFi to teach Economics
Cli-Fi, the “hottest” new literature genre, portrays humans dealing with extreme weather situations. Discover how dire events of such as rising water, extreme heat, and freezing temperatures are perfect situations for teaching scarcity, allocation of limited resources, and decision making. Discover how dire events of such as rising water, extreme heat, and freezing temperatures are perfect situations for teaching scarcity, allocation of limited resources, and decision making
Teaching Climate Change with The Lorax and The Jungle
Check out this fascinating article from Los Angeles teacher Mark Gozonsky on getting kids to care the climate using Dr. Seuss's classic picture book The Lorax and Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle.
8 Ways to Teach Climate Change in Almost Any Classroom
New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi
Dune, by Frank Herbert
