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Review of ‘The Problem With Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late’ by Judith Enck and Adam Mahoney
Read more: Review of ‘The Problem With Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late’ by Judith Enck and Adam MahoneyPlastic pollution and contamination sadly seems to be so ingrained into our environment that yet another book on the issue appears to be superfluous. That being said, Enck and Mahoney peel back the veneer of company ‘plastic-washing’ and false promises to challenge the dominant and overwhelming narrative from the plastics industry (read fossil-fuel industry) that…
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Review of ‘The Nature of Pandemics: Why Protecting Biodiversity is Key to Human Survival’ by Jake M. Robinson
Read more: Review of ‘The Nature of Pandemics: Why Protecting Biodiversity is Key to Human Survival’ by Jake M. RobinsonRobinson’s latest book, The Nature of Pandemics could not have come at a more timely moment, as hospital admissions of flu patients in the UK rose by 55% in one week owing to a winter ‘super flu’. Robinson explores what lessons have been learned from the Covid-19 global pandemic and warns that a proactive approach…
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Review of ‘Life on a Little- Known Planet’ by Elizabeth Kolbert
Read more: Review of ‘Life on a Little- Known Planet’ by Elizabeth KolbertKolbert, the Pulitzer Prize winning author, has gathered for her readers 17 celebratory articles from the last 20 years of her writing career, to highlight and inspire others working for a better climate today and tomorrow. With devastating climate events happening daily around the world, articles on issues from ten years or over, may seem…
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Review of ‘Clearing the Air’ by Hannah Ritchie
Read more: Review of ‘Clearing the Air’ by Hannah Ritchie‘Climate change- and the energy, materials and food systems that drive it- is a massive but solvable problem.’ It is not often that we find a climate book that is openly honest, factual and optimistic about where we are in ‘one of the biggest challenges that humanity faces’. Ritchie structures this book into a question-…
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Review of ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by Bill McKibben
Read more: Review of ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by Bill McKibbenBill McKibben’s ‘Here Comes The Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization’ is a book which throughout highlights the transformative revolution of solar power and which revels in the ability for countries around the world to see past the short-term interests of the fossil fuel industry- desperately clinging on…
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Review of ‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet’ by Kate Marvel
Read more: Review of ‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet’ by Kate MarvelDr Marvel’s ‘Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet’ is a wonderfully balanced book. It offers clear and detailed scientific information, which logically ties all the climate clues together, while at the same being unashamedly and unapologetically a personal account of the range of feelings that the climate crisis brings. Marvel’s writing…
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Review of ‘Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis’ by Tim Lenton
Read more: Review of ‘Positive Tipping Points: How to Fix the Climate Crisis’ by Tim LentonTim Lenton’s ‘Positive Tipping Points’ does well to remind us all that we have agency to create meaningful change- that as cogs in the societal machine, we have the power to enhance and act transformatively, or to disrupt the current system. As he notes, “To get out of the incumbent, unsustainable state we need a…
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Review of ‘Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World’ by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez
Read more: Review of ‘Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World’ by Michael Mann and Peter HotezWhen two world-class science heavyweights take the time to warn us about scientific endeavour being under attack by bad actors, it is incumbent upon us to listen. Doctors Michael Mann and Peter Hotez have spent much of their professional life being targeted by the political and ideological opposition to science at enormous personal cost and…
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Review of ‘They Poisoned The World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals’ by Mariah Blake
Read more: Review of ‘They Poisoned The World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals’ by Mariah BlakeBlake’s book is a detailed, comprehensive, chronological investigation into how synthetic PFAS chemicals polluted and contaminated town after town in America. It focuses on the dogged and determined individuals, who fought against chemical companies which delayed, obfuscated and denied the extent of their PFAS pollution. Most of the narratives come from individuals concerned about the…
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Review of ‘Love, Anger & Betrayal’ by Jonathon Porritt
Read more: Review of ‘Love, Anger & Betrayal’ by Jonathon PorrittJust Stop Oil. Now pause and consider the emotional response you just had to those words. Was it pride? Frustration? Anger? Apathy? From where did those emotions arise? How did you form that opinion, and has a dominant narrative shaped your response to this group of activists? Jonathon Porritt gathers together testimonies, contributions and profiles…
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