NATURE AT STAKE: THE COST OF HUMAN ADVANCEMENT – NONFICTION

ERNEST SCHEYDER’s The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives explores the battle between industry titans, conservationists, community groups, and policymakers over the sourcing of materials needed to power millions of devices. It’s an honest picture of what’s at stake in this fight for energy independence and the ethical implications that affect us all. Blending science, history, and literary verve, NICOLA TWILLEY’s Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves explores the history of refrigeration, noting that just a century ago, eating refrigerated food was cause for both fear and excitement. Twilley traces the evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure and how it remade our entire relationship with food – and not always for better. Moderated by FRANCISCO GONZALEZ, executive director of the Economic Club of Miami.

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MDC TECH, SCHOOL OF GLOBAL BUSINESS & THE IDEA CENTER.

Buy The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives – Scheyder

Buy Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves – Twilley