" There is no rain this season. My community is waiting for rain and we are very worried that without it, there will be problems for the entire upcoming year. We are experiencing a drought that will impact our health, economic situation, our planting season and affect our animals."

Agripina, Peru

About the book

Stories from the front lines of climate change summarized in a vibrant hardcover book, includes portraits from more than 20 different countries confronting the realities of a warming planet while resisting fossil fuels extractions, mobilizing and fighting for solutions.
Titled after rising temperatures and rising resistance, 1*C Rising covers stories from the worlds largest coal mines in Colombia and Germany, the toxic rivers of Nigeria to fjord mining resistance in Norway. From community energy revolution led by people in Scotland to the snowcapped mountains of Kilimanjaro all the way to the rapidly melting Arctic.

1*C Rising is a journey that travels across all corners of the world, magnifying the connection between people and planet, giving communities a platform to share their experiences and the possibility to reach the hearts and minds, inspire action and responsibility and understanding that a different future is not only possible but necessary.
 

What Is The Book like?

The book will cover more than 25 stories from 20 countries from around the world collected since 2010. Each story will have an introduction text written together with someone from the community/campaign, followed by interviews, quotes and reflections from community members, activists and author. We have designed 5 book covers based on 5 areas from 1*C Rising: Dirty Energy, Impacts, Solutions, Forests, People Power!  

All of the stories in 1*C Rising have been collected over the years.  The book will go to print in September 2018.  Therefore, we have some space to add a few more stories and allow more voices to rise!
 

“They came here without consulting the community. We did not get any job opportunities. It seems as if the community has no rights … We used to be safe here. It was peaceful. There was no conflict. Today, we get in trouble for demanding that the [mining] company respects our rights. We are even chased by the police.”

Pa Yusep, Indonesia

These are the stories :

• Toxic river - Niger delta, Nigeria
• Living around coal mine in Colombia
• Bangladesh solar school
• Resisting oil and gas on Lofoten Islands, Norway
• Indonesia coal secret
• Disappearing Arctic
• Cloudmaker, Kosovo
• Resisting fracking in Lancashire, UK
• Grassroot power - Food solution, Croatia
• Fracking impacts, Groningen, Netherlands
• Blocking largest coal mine in Germany
• Balkan flood
• Bosnia rivers - saving Blue Heart of Europe
• Coal story from Bangladesh
• Climate voices from Latin America
• Grassroots brining Climate Justice to the UNFCCC
• Last Penan of Borneo forest
• Social forest, Cameroon
• Ken Saro lives!, Nigeria
• People powered revolution in Scotland
• Saving fjords in Norway
• Oceans
• Fracking victory in Northern Ireland
• Mudslide, Sierra Leone
• Fossil Free Adriatic
• Last snows of Kilimanjaro

Titles of the stories might be changed in the book. Some more stories might be added before the book will go to print at the beginning of September 2018.  If you wish to be a part of adding more a stories to 1*C Rising, see Campaign Perk opportunities. (link)

What does the book look like?

• Dimensions: 210 x 270 mm
• Photos: more than 250 full-colour photos 
• Hardcover in 5 different versions ( You pick the one you like!)
• Pages: 300
• Language: English

The Impact

1*C is a journey of the realities in which we are currently living and speaks the truth of the difficulties we are facing while sharing important messages from front line communities in resistance, struggle and hope.  This book truly connects all corners of the world, magnifying the connection between people and planet, giving communities a platform to share their stories and the possibility to reach the hearts and minds, inspiring action, assuming responsibility and ensuring that a different future is not only possible but necessary.

Photos, interviews and visits to the communities have been completed with the exception of a few.  Now it’s time to share these incredible stories of struggles and victories.  We need your support to get this Book out, designed, printed and send it into the world so that it can be shared widely.


 

Where will your money go?

We appreciate every dollar we get from you, and we would like you to know how we will spend it. If we reach our goal ($ 15 000), this is how it will be distributed:

$11000  -  Print of at least 500 books

$2500   -  Book design and final text proofread

$600     -  Indiegogo fee

$900     -  Additional book distribution costs or adding one more story 

One World. One Struggle. 

The aim of the book is to support communities and initiatives all around the world by showing them they are not alone in their struggles. The more books we print and send out to the world, the more impact we will have and the more people we will empower.

We hope stories from this book will be heard, ideas and tactics will be shared, influence will be made and people will rise! 

About author
 

Over the past 8 years, Luka Tomac visited at least 20 countries and collected more than 25 stories of resistance and solutions, followed by photos and interviews of people on the front lines of climate change. 1*C Rising - Stories from the front lines of climate change is his fourth book in which elevates the voices of the local communities fighting for climate justice.  Luka Tomac is the author of three published books and several social art interventions.

Hidden Moslavina, 2012 

Arctic Reflections, 2012

Keepers, 2014 

Angry, 2017 - Mural in Bosnia and Herzegovina

For more information visit  www.lukatomac.com

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