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moss_and_the_void's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
4.0
these essays had enough variety and perspective that some were not my cup of tea. that's ok - diversity of tactics is real and many of these essays felt informative, hopeful, or useful to me.
merthelibrarian's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
sellnow_hannah's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
“We live on the boundary of deciding to make positive contributions although we know we are complicit in the destruction”
All we can Save is an at times encouraging, at others heartbreaking collection of essays and poems by a variety of women including politicians, journalists, professors, authors, artists, and teen activists who are all making contributions in the fight against climate change.
Climate change is such an overwhelming and existential problem that it can often feel easier to stick our heads in the sand. This book helps to show that yes, we are complicit, but we are not helpless. And everyone is needed, every little bit counts. This book is challenging but hopeful. I’ll read and reference it again and again.
lastpaige111's review
5.0
This book is so powerful it should be required reading. The essays are moving and informational, and by leaders of all varieties in climate awareness and activism movements — scientists, young activists, lawyers, etc. I particularly loved the chapter about sustainable farming and ways of recapturing carbon in the soil. Buy it, share it, and act when inspired by it! We all must.
kaanno's review
challenging
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
3.5
Listened on audio. A good collection. A lot of the essays felt too middle of the road/centrist, but that’s the nature of a diverse collection of perspectives I guess. I also might not be the target audience? As someone already entrenched in a lot of the ideas presented in these essays. I really really liked most of the section on buildings/habitats and appreciated the regenerative farming and energy/anti-oil and anti-pipeline takes (the people who wrote in these two sections seemed generally to be really “in” it). But I was disappointed that the food and farming section - and the book as a whole- didn’t really address factory farming and large scale animal agriculture (I think it was mentioned in a list of other harmful practices ONCE). I’d been hoping for some kind of year of meats connection between feminism, environmentalism and animals. Even the more leftist takes ignored this problem. And it’s fine that essays in the noirishment part didn’t call out factory farming, but I’m disappointed that a perspective about this wasn’t included ANYWHERE in the book.
I also wish info about the authors could have been included at the beginning or end of their essays. A lot of perspectives frankly depend on who is giving them. And bc i was lostening in audio, the about the authors at the end was not contextual or helpful. I was particularly skeptical of the essay that mentioned Waikiki conservation because they centered tourism as if it was a well-agreed-upon fact that Hawaiian residents (including indigenous Hawaiians!!) want to support and preserve a tourism-focused shoreline. Like, who wrote that?! A government official.
Regardless, I love the centering of so many different women’s perspectives. It’s ok for me to disagree with other women, though I largely agreed with a lot of the essayists. Idk how to express exactly what it was, but the building and architecture part resonated witb me a lot.
I also wish info about the authors could have been included at the beginning or end of their essays. A lot of perspectives frankly depend on who is giving them. And bc i was lostening in audio, the about the authors at the end was not contextual or helpful. I was particularly skeptical of the essay that mentioned Waikiki conservation because they centered tourism as if it was a well-agreed-upon fact that Hawaiian residents (including indigenous Hawaiians!!) want to support and preserve a tourism-focused shoreline. Like, who wrote that?! A government official.
Regardless, I love the centering of so many different women’s perspectives. It’s ok for me to disagree with other women, though I largely agreed with a lot of the essayists. Idk how to express exactly what it was, but the building and architecture part resonated witb me a lot.