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Chris Turner

Chris Turner is one of Canada’s leading writers and speakers on sustainability and the global cleantech industry. He is also the author of the bestseller The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need (Random House), a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Nonfiction, the Alberta Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the National Business Book Award. Turner’s first book was the international bestseller Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. His feature writing has earned seven National Magazine Awards. He lives in Calgary with his wife, the photographer Ashley Bristowe, and their two children. Connect with him on Twitter @TheTurner.

Books by Chris Turner

Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

edited by Eveline Kolijn
by (author) Rosemary Griebel, Emma Gammons & Maggie Hanna
foreword by Chris Turner

Reimagining Fire

The Future Of Energy

by (author) Eveline Kolijn, Alice Major, Larry Kapustka, Kim Mannix, Monica Kidd, Emma Gammans, Rosemary Griebel, Maggie Hanna, Richard Harrison, Barb Howard, Mark Hopkins, Shannon Kernaghan, Alexis Kienlen, Michael Leeb, Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon, Natalie Meisner, Mar’ce Merrell, Peter Midgley, Uchechukwu Umezurike & Donna Williams
foreword by Chris Turner

How to Be a Climate Optimist

Blueprints for a Better World

by (author) Chris Turner

The Look Book

Fall 2017 Sampler

by (author) Michael Adams, Chris Turner, Jody Mitic, Will Ferguson & Gare Joyce

The Patch

The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands

by (author) Chris Turner

How to Breathe Underwater

Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change

by (author) Chris Turner

The War On Science

Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada

by (author) Chris Turner

The Leap

How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy

by (author) Chris Turner

Tales of Other Worlds

by (author) Chris Turner

Planet Simpson

How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation

by (author) Chris Turner

The Geography of Hope

A Tour of the World We Need

by (author) Chris Turner