Resources
Worth your time
Talks, reading, and links Kat returns to — on ports and clean air, trade and technology, and the people in the middle of it.
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Recommended books
- Port Town: How the People of Long Beach Built, Defended and Profited From Their HarborGeorge Cunningham and Carmela Cunningham
- Blue and Green: The Drive for Justice at America’s Port (Urban and Industrial Environments)Scott L. Cummings
- Port of Los Angeles, Conflict, Commerce and the Fight for ControlGeraldine Knatz
- Caesar’s Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around UsSam Kean
- The Coming StormMichael Lewis
- Trade War: Containers Don’t Lie, Navigating the BlusterLori Ann Larocco
- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of LifeEd Yong
- Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your PlateRose George
- Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy InsiderJohn Hofmeister
Inspirational TED talks
- Inside the secret shipping industryRose George · TED@BCG Singapore
- Where do your online returns go?Aparna Mehta · TED@UPS
- Making law on the high seasKristina Gjerde · Mission Blue Voyage
- The political chemistry of oilLisa Margonelli · TEDxOilSpill
- This is your brain on air pollutionMaría Neira · TEDSummit 2019
- The case for optimism on climate changeAl Gore · TED2016
- How China is (and isn’t) fighting pollution and climate changeAngel Hsu · TED2018
- These robots come to the rescue after a disasterRobin Murphy · TEDWomen 2015
- Why we have an emotional connection to robotsKate Darling · TED Salon: Samsung
- The beautiful future of solar powerMarjan van Aubel · TEDxAmsterdamWomen