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Review of ‘A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It And How to Get It’ by Mike Berners- Lee
Read more: Review of ‘A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It And How to Get It’ by Mike Berners- LeeMike Berners-Lee’s fresh new book challenges us all that we deserve more on climate communication, that we should expect more and finally, that we have the agency to demand more on climate communication. He calls for a new high standard of honesty and truth to reset the moral balance and reminds us that the standard…
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Review of ‘Scientists On Survival’
Read more: Review of ‘Scientists On Survival’Scientists On Survival– a collection of essays, articles and thoughts from Scientists for XR- is the rare beast. A climate book written by experts which isn’t about science, but which is a story about humans. A story of journeys and a story of love. The writer and campaigner Matthew Todd describes the book this way: ‘This…
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Review of ‘Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, The Caribbean and the Origins of the Climate Crisis’ by Tao Leigh Goffe
Read more: Review of ‘Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, The Caribbean and the Origins of the Climate Crisis’ by Tao Leigh Goffe‘Dark Laboratory’ charts and chronicles the embedded and systemic colonial racism primarily from Western Europeans to those in the Caribbean, and argues that this ‘history’ should not have ‘a veil of ignorance’ pulled in front of it, but should be exposed, acknowledged, and a new narrative told. Goffe questions, ‘Yet, as a global community, we…
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Review of ‘Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change’ by Dr Friederike Otto
Read more: Review of ‘Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change’ by Dr Friederike Otto‘Climate Injustice’ by Dr Otto is an uncomfortable read for an audience in the Global North and reminds us of the truth- that if your neighbour’s house is on fire, you don’t argue about the price of your garden hose. You put out the fire. This is not simply a book about more frequent extreme…
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Review of ‘Catastrophe Ethics’ by Travis Rieder
Read more: Review of ‘Catastrophe Ethics’ by Travis Rieder‘Modern life is morally exhausting. And confusing. Everything we do seems to matter. But simultaneously, nothing we do seems to matter.’ Rieder begins his exploratory text into ethics in a familiar and recognisable manner, making it clear that being faced with a plethora of lifestyle and moral choices and decisions, we can be overloaded and…
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Review of ‘The Serviceberry- An Economy of Gifts and Abundance’ by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Read more: Review of ‘The Serviceberry- An Economy of Gifts and Abundance’ by Robin Wall KimmererRobin Wall Kimmerer follows the act of love that was ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’, with another book full of joy and gratitude that is ‘The Serviceberry.’ This short book highlights the gift economy that we need, while challenging the economic structure that has been artificially created for us, and one in which we are willing participants of…
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Review of ‘The Blackbird’s Song & Other Wonders of Nature’ by Miles Richardson
Read more: Review of ‘The Blackbird’s Song & Other Wonders of Nature’ by Miles RichardsonMiles Richardson’s ‘The Blackbird’s Song’ is a joyous celebration of nature, through the lens and timeframe of a natural year. Although this text chronicles and charts a personal journey of nature connectedness, Richardson urges that a nature connected society is one which is needed now. ‘The twin crises of biodiversity loss and warming climate require…
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Review of ‘The Lie of The Land-Who Really Cares for the Countryside?’ by Guy Shrubsole
Read more: Review of ‘The Lie of The Land-Who Really Cares for the Countryside?’ by Guy ShrubsoleThis is an engaging, detailed exposé by Guy Shrubsole of the narrative of who owns the land in England, how this ‘myth’ has become enshrined, and how we can create a new framing to appoint new stewards to change this ‘lie of the land’. Shrubsole makes the repeated point in this book that ‘Stewardship, though…
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Review of ‘Treewilding’ by Jake M Robinson
Read more: Review of ‘Treewilding’ by Jake M RobinsonHow would you describe a tree? Would you talk about its trunk, its branches, its leaves, its roots, its abundant life? Would you describe it as an object or a subject? How many species of tree can you name in 30 seconds? Our knowledge, relationship and connection with trees, forests and woodlands, may be under…
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Review of ‘The Language of Climate Politics- Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It’ by Genevieve Guenther
Read more: Review of ‘The Language of Climate Politics- Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It’ by Genevieve GuentherAlthough Francis Bacon acknowledged that ‘Knowledge is Power’, Dr Genevieve Guenther contends in this new release that instead, ‘Language is power.’ Language is the vehicle for creating ideologies and belief systems and those who control the narrative, can usually control the level of action and response. A truism that fossil- fuel companies have followed in…
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