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A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis by Vanessa Nakate
barefootmegz's review
2.0
I remember the day I first heard Vanessa Nakate’s name: the day she was cropped from a photo next to other young climate activists, and she decided not to let it slide. The backlash from that incident introduced the world to the reality of the many climate activists beyond Europe and the USA. It also brought home the fact that climate action must be intersectional to truly be relevant in our world.
A Bigger Picture is the book the world needs to see a more global picture of climate action. Its weakness lies in the fact that it is largely amorphous: now it is a memoir, now it is motivational; now it is a rallying cry for climate activism, now it is a treatise. While I’m not saying this can’t be done, I am saying that it needed to be restructured to be more impactful. While Nakate is clearly a formidable young woman, there are sections that required more depth and self-awareness.
Young people at the beginning of their activism journey will benefit greatly from A Bigger Picture, and the developed world will benefit from knowing - well, the bigger picture.
Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
A Bigger Picture is the book the world needs to see a more global picture of climate action. Its weakness lies in the fact that it is largely amorphous: now it is a memoir, now it is motivational; now it is a rallying cry for climate activism, now it is a treatise. While I’m not saying this can’t be done, I am saying that it needed to be restructured to be more impactful. While Nakate is clearly a formidable young woman, there are sections that required more depth and self-awareness.
Young people at the beginning of their activism journey will benefit greatly from A Bigger Picture, and the developed world will benefit from knowing - well, the bigger picture.
Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
fkshg8465's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
This next generation of young adults are doing great things!
azi's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Loved learning about some of the direct, current consequences of the climate emergency in various parts of Africa, and I love how she highlighted that the effects would sooner be felt by women/girls, people from the Global South, and marginalised peoples in the Global North.
A bit repetitive but glad I read this book.
A bit repetitive but glad I read this book.
vickiwangui's review
4.0
Vanessa Nakate’s first book is a powerful story, a memoir and a manifesto about climate justice.
sammieelynn's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
jenlouisegallant's review
4.0
A really good look at the intersection of climate change and race, and how the choices of certain areas of the world end up affecting the rest of the world.
dilemmanorton's review
5.0
Vanessa Nakate is a must read for all climate activists in the Global North.