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4.2 AVERAGE
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I don't really want to give this a rating for the subject matter, but I do think some of the essays were stronger than others, so if you want a subjective rating of the experience of the writing, I'd give it a 9 out of 10.
I think everyone should read this book and all the other books in this new Penguin collection (I can tell they're all going to be important reads, just based on my experience with this one). They're all written by writers well-known for their writing on nature and the climate. I've got four of them on my shelves, and just happened to start with this one. I'm really glad I did.
George Monbiot is passionate about the climate crisis and preserving what we have left of our natural world. I thought a number of these essays, the strongest ones, were quite thought-provoking, and made me consider the climate crisis more deeply. I think his strongest work is where he's offering his own experiences of climate change and his own grief about the decline of the natural world. Where he's reporting the speeches or efforts of others, this book isn't as strong, but, with those essays, he does capture a moment in time in the fight to save the natural world.
This has made me want to read more by Monbiot. I think his role is to draw attention to the issues, rather than come up with the answers. He's a writer, not a scientist. But he does clearly care, and does present thoughts on how we might mitigate the worst effects of the crisis we humans have caused.
I will read more by him, and more from this collection in future.
I think everyone should read this book and all the other books in this new Penguin collection (I can tell they're all going to be important reads, just based on my experience with this one). They're all written by writers well-known for their writing on nature and the climate. I've got four of them on my shelves, and just happened to start with this one. I'm really glad I did.
George Monbiot is passionate about the climate crisis and preserving what we have left of our natural world. I thought a number of these essays, the strongest ones, were quite thought-provoking, and made me consider the climate crisis more deeply. I think his strongest work is where he's offering his own experiences of climate change and his own grief about the decline of the natural world. Where he's reporting the speeches or efforts of others, this book isn't as strong, but, with those essays, he does capture a moment in time in the fight to save the natural world.
This has made me want to read more by Monbiot. I think his role is to draw attention to the issues, rather than come up with the answers. He's a writer, not a scientist. But he does clearly care, and does present thoughts on how we might mitigate the worst effects of the crisis we humans have caused.
I will read more by him, and more from this collection in future.
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This was depressing right from the opening essay. Although poinient and hopeful closer to the end, the opening essay set a deep dark tone that was hard to shift. Granted, given climate changed is being discussed, the tone is set right where it should be.
A very hard read, demanding the grief that comes with accepting the reality of climate and ecological change. The facts highlight the paradox that is the notion of perpetual economic growth simultaneous with a reduction in CO2 emittions and other attempts to mittagate global warming and climate change. The reality is the two mix no better then oil and water.
Watch out for cruelty / harm to animals, it will hit only a few pages in.
A very hard read, demanding the grief that comes with accepting the reality of climate and ecological change. The facts highlight the paradox that is the notion of perpetual economic growth simultaneous with a reduction in CO2 emittions and other attempts to mittagate global warming and climate change. The reality is the two mix no better then oil and water.
Watch out for cruelty / harm to animals, it will hit only a few pages in.
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