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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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Review of ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit
Read more: Review of ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ by Rebecca Solnit‘With courage nothing is impossible.’ Sir William Hillary, founder of the RNLI. These words of Hillary matched the theme of Solnit’s ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’ so aptly that they seemed like the epigraph. In both cases, saving lives at sea and climate activism, the work of volunteers is vital. Those people who understand…
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Review of ‘Total Garbage- How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal the World’, Edward Humes
Read more: Review of ‘Total Garbage- How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal the World’, Edward Humes‘You will swallow 285 pieces of plastic today. You will do it again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next.’ ‘Total Garbage’ by Edward Humes opens with shocking facts about the level of plastic pollution that we have in our world today. He helpfully visualises the extent of the plastic that we are ingesting…
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Review of ‘Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions’ by Akshat Rathi
Read more: Review of ‘Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions’ by Akshat Rathi‘It’s now cheaper to save the world than destroy it.’ Rathi’s ‘Climate Capitalism’ starts with a stark economic argument, one which might resonate with economists, company directors and policy makers, but misses the mark somewhat with the public. The book charts so-called ‘unlikely heroes’ who have had long-term visions and through timing, solutions and being…
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Review of ‘Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice’ edited by Farhana Sultana
Read more: Review of ‘Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice’ edited by Farhana SultanaIn the 2025 documentary “Ocean with David Attenborough”, industrialised modern fishing trawlers were described as ‘modern colonialism at sea’. A stark phrase which highlights the argument central to ‘Confronting Climate Coloniality’- that a colonial mindset is still at the heart of over-exploitation, resource stripping and profit building. The documentary stated, “Few wealthy nations are starving…
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Review of ‘How Not to Die (Too Soon) by Devi Sridhar
Read more: Review of ‘How Not to Die (Too Soon) by Devi SridharProfessor Devi Sridhar comprehensively exposes the ‘lie’ of individualism within the global health crises and challenges us to switch to a narrative of more government accountability for the policy decisions which affect us all. She argues that where you live matters to your life expectancy and that the expected behaviours, driven by government action and…
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